Oni Press Summons ESTUARY: A GHOST STORY #1 with Tim Daniel, D.B. Andry, & Maan House in April!

The Haunted Past of Old California Rages into the Modern Dayin a Stunningly Rendered Supernatural Thriller

OUT OF THE BLOODSTAINED PAST OF OLD CALIFORNIA… A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEVIL IS RISING WITH THE TIDE! This spring, Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997 – is proud to present ESTUARY: A GHOST STORY #1 (of 4) – a chilling tale of secrets buried deep beneath the surf of the idyllic Pacific coast written by rising stars Tim Daniel & David “D.B.” Andry (Crush Depth, Morning Star) with gorgeously atmospheric artwork by modern horror virtuoso Maan House (Mine is a Long Lonesome Grave)!

Atop a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean sits the Mission at Arbués Point, a 400-year-old Spanish mission made infamous as one of California’s oldest and most haunted historical sites. But beneath its crumbling, tourist-trap facade, a reclusive nun has spent decades within the Mission’s walls, honing her prayers and practice in pursuit of a secret long-buried beneath the majesty of the chapel, and under the dark waves of the tidal estuary below. When marine archaeologist Maris Cristobal accepts the nun’s offer to begin excavating a fabled shipwreck lying in wait beneath the Mission’s turbulent waters, she’ll soon discover that the sins of past and present are about to wash together into a harrowing surge of a vengeance that can no longer be contained . . .

“Drawing ESTUARY was a process of searching for that which surrounds us but remains hidden,” said Maan House. “I tried to capture the mystery of what the sea carries away and the heavy silence of the mission ruins, giving form to the invisible presences that inhabit the landscape. I intended to evoke an atmosphere where the hidden carries as much weight as what lies before us.”

“ESTUARY: A GHOST STORY is a pretty perfect example of Tim and I writing what we know,” said D.B. Andry. “Both of us hailing from Northern California and growing up in and around San Francisco, Bodega Bay and Monterey, this book captures the haunted vibes, the mystery, the romance and the sense of history of these areas. Myself being raised Catholic, tying the other-worldly elements of ESTUARY to the very real past of the Missions I grew up making dioramas of, was both natural and cathartic. This was a story that poured out of Tim and I, more like something waiting to be discovered rather than something created.”

“With ESTUARY: A GHOST STORY, we were invited by editor Bess Pallares to be a part of Oni Press’ storied history with a modern gothic tale shrouded in fog, set aflame, and driven over the cliffs of Monterey Bay,” said Tim Daniel. “Artist Maan House and colorist Steve Canon have combined their talents to conjure a book awash with a dreadfully thick atmosphere drenched in Maan’s deep blacks and alight with Steve’s brazen Hammer Horror-esque colors. The mix of the spiritual and the supernatural is thick and present on every page, but a gothic tale is not complete without a touch of romance, and in Maris Cristobal and Hunt Willis readers can expect our unwitting sleuths to discover not only their desire for one another, but a deep dark malevolence lurking beneath the grounds of the old Mission at Point Arbués—an age-old vengeance enrobed in extreme piousness. ESTUARY: A GHOST STORY is a modern gothic tale for the smartphone age.”

Nothing stays buried for long in ESTUARY: A GHOST STORY #1 (of 4) – in comic shops everywhere April 8th with a roaring pyre of stunning covers from interior artist Maan House, Vanesa R. Del Rey (Redlands), and Tim Daniel (The Plot)!