The Haunted Hillbilly

About this book

A comic book in words episodic and eerie The Haunted Hillbilly is a carnivalesque thrill-ride that reads both like a vintage 1950s issue of Tales from the Crypt and a 21st century re-imagining of Michael Ondaatjes The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. The Haunted Hillbilly is an historical first-person narrative told by Nudie The Carnival Couturier (the names a twist on Nudie the Rodeo Tailor a real-life figure perhaps best known for dressing Elvis Presley) a gay couturier who in Derek McCormacks spellbinding world also happens to be a vampire. As the story evolves with its magical poetic cadence Nudie makes then breaks the career of country-and-western legend Hank Williams.