An ensemble comedy, Todd follows the misadventures of a
dysfunctional small-town family caught in extraordinary circumstances.
The heart of the story is son Todd – a good-hearted kid
who wears a paper bag on his head because he’s so ugly. Or is he? He’s never
actually seen without the bag. Relentlessly bullied, Todd’s efforts to make
friends get him imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit. As prison gangs close
in on Todd, his fate hinges on inept cops, a tough jailhouse ally, his mother’s
promiscuity, and a celebrity Scientologist who makes Todd’s father a very
creepy offer he may not be able to refuse.
“In my career, I’ve had the pleasure of creating crazy
characters, but with Todd we’ve tapped into the most insane parts of our
imaginations,” says Perker. “Political correctness has no place in this book.
Our goal is to create a wholly original world that will make you laugh and
break your heart, by any means necessary. We make a solemn promise to our
reader: no good deed will go unpunished.”
“Though the world and characters in Todd are a hyper-real
version of small town America, like all satire it deals with important
real-world themes,” says Kristensen. “Todd explores the idea that we all live
in a prison of some kind – whether it’s schoolyard bullying, a bad marriage,
shitty job, oppressive religious doctrines, gang membership, or actual prison
walls.”
This creative team previously collaborated on Dark
Horse's Escapist anthology and have
several project in the works including
a feature film Playground, with writer-producers Gabe Sachs and Jeff
Judah (Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, Freaks and Geeks TV series).
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