THE BANNER Frontman To Launch Comic Book Series

November 7, 2005

Joey Southside, vocalist of New Jersey hardcore heroes THE BANNER, has announced that he is hard at work on his own comic book series. The project with the working title of "Life Is Hell" is the first signing to MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE guitarist Frank Iero's Skeleton Crew Publishing. The series will follow a band of anti-heroes including a werewolf and vampire who will be tackling threats even more horrorific than themselves. Combining splatter-punk elements, the book will focus a great deal on the hardcore punk lifestyle as a backdrop for the series.

Southside has completed work on the scripts for seven issues and is in talks with several artists at the moment. Commented Joey, "I began work on this some time ago and what's ironic is a lot of the script has inspired lyrics from our new album ['Each Breath Haunted'] and not vice versa."

THE BANNER have made a name for themselves with their raw punk/hardcore sound that imbues other elements such as dark, gothy textures into their sound and a lyrical bent using horror references for real-life metaphors. The band hail from the same Jersey town as MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE and are that group's preferred opening act when home.

THE BANNER are on tour with WALLS OF JERICHO through November. Also appearing on the bill are MODERN LIFE IS WAR.

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