Comic book creator, Everette Hartsoe, best known for
launching the successful company LONDON NIGHT STUDIOS in the early 90’s, makes
his return to the industry after a 14 year hiatus. Everette Hartsoe’s RAZOR:
SCARS is a 150+ page graphic novel that will take his popular creation, Razor
into a darker territories, while reinventing her for a new generation of
readers.
Nicole Mitchell witnessed the murder of her father and
the abduction of her sister, Jackie. Now an orphan bouncing from foster homes,
in and out of juvenile detention, Nicole was sent to Brighton Mental Institute
and has spent the past 10 years locked away, enduring more abuse than any human
could fathom. Upon her release at age 18, Nicole plans to take matters into her
own hands , to extract revenge on her father's killers, find her sister and
stop the flow of human trafficking within the corrupt walls of Queen City.
This book is dark, gritty goth-noir work of fiction for
mature readers, in the vein of Sin City and The Crow.
THE HISTORY OF RAZOR
Everette Hartsoe created RAZOR in 1991 as a way to help
deal with hisdepression over the death of his younger sister. The subject
matter of a ultra-violent female vigilante turned off many publishers, so he
decided to self-publish under the banner LONDON NIGHT STUDIOS. The 1st issue
exceeded all expectations, which enabled Everette to quit the day job and draw
comics full time. The flagship title, RAZOR UNCUT reached issue 51, which is a
major feat for any independent comic book publisher. Between 1992-99 Razor has
appeared in over 100 different publications. Sales from the 5 issue mini series
(1996) RAZOR: BURN sold in excess of 150,000 copies and was WIZARD MAGAZINE top
20 books of 1996. The last publication Razor appeared in was the highly
successful cross-over with James O' Barr's THE CROW entitled THE CROW/RAZOR:KILL THE PAIN (1999) which sold around 250,000 copies throughout it's initial
run. To this date back issues of Razor comics and cards are actively bought
sold and traded on eBay and online comic retailers.
THE FUTURE OF RAZOR
Everette Hartsoe's RAZOR is currently in film development
with MOST FILMS' Jeff Most ( the producer of THE CROW) RAZOR: SCARS graphic
novel will be the beginning of many more self-contained graphic novels from
Everette Hartsoe and an on-going comic series with Kevin Alsop's AMRYL
ENTERTAINMENT.
