C2E2: The Occultist Returns From Tim Seeley and Mike Norton

'Harry Potter meets Trainspotting' sounds like either the best or worst comic book ever written, [...]

The Occultist #1

"Harry Potter meets Trainspotting" sounds like either the best or worst comic book ever written, and it's hard to guess which. Easier when the names involved are Tim Seeley and Mike Norton, whose Revival at Image has been making waves this year. From the floor of the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo this morning, Dark Horse Comics announced that Seeley is returning, and bringing Norton with him, to his successful 2011supernatural superhero series The Occultist. Steve Morris will provide covers. Here's the pitch: When the Sword, a mysterious book of powerful spells, binds itself to him, the fact that Rob's life has been falling apart doesn't seem like such a big deal. To survive, Rob must learn to control the book's unpredictable magic, while his life slips even further out of control . . . An evil witch doctor wants the Sword to reject Rob, now known as the Occultist, by deciding that he is a bad host in the ongoing war against the realm of the dead. The solution lies in a Catholic schoolgirl who dabbles in death for a quick high.

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