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Strange Highways
The first installment in a new series of illustrated dark fantasy novels from New York Times best-selling author Micky Neilson and legendary Blizzard Entertainment artist and director Sam Didier.
Welcome to Texas! Well, the new Texas, that is.
After seceding from the oppressive USA, the Lone Star Nation is now a part of what’s called by the yanks the Divided States of America . . . a desolate wasteland full of biker gangs, strip clubs, and run-down towns where justice usually comes in the form of a bullet—and lots of ’em to boot. In this new Texas, the bizarre is commonplace, and any legendary horror monster—be it zombie, werewolf, or vampire—is just another soul on the road.
Growing up as a freak in a traveling carnival, one might expect to have it rough. But being beaten, shot, hung, and left for dead by the very people who raised you? That’s downright extreme. Unfortunately for his attackers, Jo Jo, the former “Feral Kid,” is very hard to kill. And now he’s out for that most basic of human desires: payback.
Traveling the strange highways of the Divided States, Jo Jo comes across an eccentric gallery of freaks and rogues: a young “dancer” on the run from her depraved “father,” a messianic head of a biker cult, and a gruesome collection of assassins, cutthroats, and clowns-for-hire. Each confrontation brings Jo Jo closer to his ultimate target: the Rambling Man—carnival ringleader, necromancer, and the man who wants Jo Jo dead more than anyone.
’Course that’s just fine with Jo Jo, ’cause he feels the exact same way.
Welcome to Texas! Well, the new Texas, that is.
After seceding from the oppressive USA, the Lone Star Nation is now a part of what’s called by the yanks the Divided States of America . . . a desolate wasteland full of biker gangs, strip clubs, and run-down towns where justice usually comes in the form of a bullet—and lots of ’em to boot. In this new Texas, the bizarre is commonplace, and any legendary horror monster—be it zombie, werewolf, or vampire—is just another soul on the road.
Growing up as a freak in a traveling carnival, one might expect to have it rough. But being beaten, shot, hung, and left for dead by the very people who raised you? That’s downright extreme. Unfortunately for his attackers, Jo Jo, the former “Feral Kid,” is very hard to kill. And now he’s out for that most basic of human desires: payback.
Traveling the strange highways of the Divided States, Jo Jo comes across an eccentric gallery of freaks and rogues: a young “dancer” on the run from her depraved “father,” a messianic head of a biker cult, and a gruesome collection of assassins, cutthroats, and clowns-for-hire. Each confrontation brings Jo Jo closer to his ultimate target: the Rambling Man—carnival ringleader, necromancer, and the man who wants Jo Jo dead more than anyone.
’Course that’s just fine with Jo Jo, ’cause he feels the exact same way.
184 pages, Hardcover
Published May 14, 2019
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About the author
Micky Neilson
63 books60 followersMicky Neilson is a two-time New York Times best-selling author whose graphic novels, Ashbringer (#2 on the list) and Pearl of Pandaria (#3) have both been published in six languages. As one of the first writers at Blizzard Entertainment, he has more than two decades of experience in the cutting edge of the gaming industry. He has self-published three horror novels in his original series The Turning, on Amazon. In 2017 Micky was tapped to write The Howling: Revenge Of The Werewolf Queen, a comic book continuation of the beloved 1981 Joe Dante horror film The Howling. In 2018 Micky completed his first original sci-fi novel, Ridgerunners, and co-wrote the graphic novel The Invisible Empire: Madge Oberholtzer And The Unmasking Of The KKK, as well as the illustrated novel Strange Highways. Most recently Micky wrote the bestselling book The Art Of Spyro: Reignited Trilogy and completed his sci-fi trilogy Skiptracer. Micky lives in beautiful Washington State with his wife and daughter where he enjoys life's essentials: movies, comic books, chocolate and sushi.
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February 20, 2023
Ok, I really like this story. I liked how the story was told in a third person and the way it was written with a Texas accent.
When the Lone star state is cut off by a wall and it is a wasteland of biker gangs, strip clubs and run down towns.
Jojo is left for dead, hanging from a bridge with a noose around his neck. The thing is jojo can’t die and he is looking for the ones that did this to him. He knows who they are and why they did it. He will hunt them down and take back what is his.
When the Lone star state is cut off by a wall and it is a wasteland of biker gangs, strip clubs and run down towns.
Jojo is left for dead, hanging from a bridge with a noose around his neck. The thing is jojo can’t die and he is looking for the ones that did this to him. He knows who they are and why they did it. He will hunt them down and take back what is his.
December 17, 2022
I honestly wasn't sure about the tone of this story at first, but it was a pleasant surprise. I look forward to seeing more of the new Texas!
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