Ahoy’s ‘Cereal’ Unites ‘Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter Of…’ Stories And Offers Something New
by Erik Amaya
Fans of Mark Russell and Peter Snejbjerg‘s Cereal stories from Ahoy Comics’s Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter Of… anthology will have something to look forward to this Halloween — a collected edition of Cereal!
The volume will comprise all of the original Snifter stories and a brand new, three-part conclusion to the tale. Per the company, Cereal centers on The Marquis de Cocoa. Recently transformed into a vampire, he “braves the agony of sunrise to throw his famous breakfast parties, where he plays his deadly games with such oddly familiar characters as the Quaker, Beau Berrie, and The Brute. This is their secret backstory, a chilling tale of a war of monsters who kill without remorse and stay crunchy in milk.”
“Monsters play such an expansive role in our collective conscience, being used for everything from giving face to our deepest fears to selling us breakfast cereal,” Russell said in a statement. “This book looks at monsters from every angle at once. It sees them as we are — as cartoonish but scary, as comical, and yet, still sad.”
Ahoy Comics Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer added, “Cereal is a delicious slice of satire … I can’t wait for readers to load up on pop rocks, down a bunch of soda, and discover the charm of The Marquis de Cocoa, the Quaker, Beau Berrie, and The Brute.”
Cereal hits comics store shelves on October 12th
