{"title":"Illustrated by Daniel Irizarri","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781637155202","title":"Cemetery Kids Don't Die Vol. 1","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A chilling reflection on the cost of overreliance on technology and the seductive power of virtual realities to reshape our identities and relationships, sure to resonate with both horror and science fiction fans.\" —Library Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Younger comics fans will delight in this breezier update to David Cronenberg’s ExistenZ.\" —Publishers Weekly \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYOU'RE ONLY ALIVE IF YOU'RE ONLINE . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe twenty-first century sucks hard, but it's been made somewhat tolerable by the latest media innovation to finally unseat the iPhone. Enter the Dreamwave: the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow the obsession of millions around the globe, it's also the one point of solace for four friends whose lives have been marred by trauma and dysfunction. Together, this group of ultra-online \"Cemetery Kids\" spend their nights roaming the open world of the most immersive and brutal horror game ever created: \"Nightmare Cemetery.\" Together they seek to dethrone an enigmatic humanoid monster known only as the \"The King of Sleep.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhich was fun—until one of them doesn't wake up . . . and finds their consciousness locked inside a horror game that is anything but imaginary. Now, the three remaining Cemetery Kids must navigate the game's forbidden landscape to rescue their friend . . . and pray that the secret lurking at its center doesn't follow them home. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExperience an exhilarating, terrifying adventure downloading from the cortexes of critically acclaimed writer Zac Thompson (Hunt for the Skinwalker, The Dregs) and blockbuster artist Daniel Irizarri (XINO, Judge Dredd)!","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302504313205,"sku":"9781637155202","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781637155202_9bc9a150-8f79-4680-9a8b-5164f8988fb1.jpg?v=1786023264"},{"product_id":"cemetery-kids-don-t-die-vol-2-run-rabid","title":"Cemetery Kids Don't Die Vol. 2: Run Rabid","description":"\u003cb\u003eLog in and lose your mind!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne year ago, four friends escaped the unrelenting terror of the video game called Nightmare Cemetery. After spending endless hours locked into the innovative Dreamwave—the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep—in order to save one of their own from the game’s all-too-real consequences, they survived . . . barely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut after their harrowing rescue, they’ve decided they’ve had enough of Nightmare Cemetery and its enigmatic final boss, the King of Sleep. That is, until the newest DLC, The Blighted Sprawl, suddenly appears online with a promise to reveal the truth of what actually lurks at the heart of Nightmare Cemetery's digital darkness . . . and why its effects are now bleeding out into the real world in an array of bizarre and disturbing new ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom writer Zac Thompson (Into the Unbeing) and illustrator Daniel Irizarri (Judge Dread, XINO) comes the next chilling chapter of cybernetic horror with Cemetery Kids Run Rabid.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57495548264821,"sku":"9798894880808","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9798894880808.jpg?v=1786618212"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/illustrator-daniel-irizarri.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}