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The Molting Comic Book series is an independent effort by author and illustrator Terrance Zdunich, created with the help of letterer Oceano Ransford and colorists Brian Johnson & Molly Rodman. The Molting Comic Book series paints the portrait of a dysfunctional American family in the early ’90s. Set against a decaying urban landscape in Anaheim, CA, the so-called ‘Happiest Place On Earth’, the story traverses human history – from Upper Paleolithic hunting parties to Southern Gothic grotesqueries – to explore the family’s roots, secrets and unconventional family bonds, forged in the wake of tragedy and through the horrors of everyday life.
In Chapter One of The Molting Comic Book series, a cache of cockroaches observe unspeakable abuses from the shadows, mute witnesses to suddenly-orphaned Susie and Tony Deveraux’s chaotic new existence.
In Chapter 2 of The Molting Comic, Guilty Susie has grown up and settled into a guiltless semblance of the American Dream. Her aimless husband Abe and her two teenage sons, Joseph and Trevor, haven’t a clue of her incendiary past. Only the cockroaches know what happened, once upon a time.
Fertile females of the American cockroach lay their eggs in a hardened case called an ootheca. The females within the Pryzkind family home also seek to seduce and reproduce. but they keep their intentions better concealed. In The Molting Comic Chapter 3, intentions are hidden away like the secrets in Guilty Susie’s lonely attic.
The Molting Comic Chapter 4 Lethal Raids takes us back 45,000 years to Gibraltar where the family of Man pits thugs against thinkers. Antagonists against artists. Brawn against Brains. In 1990’s Anaheim, The Pryzkind family continues the age-old battle.
Mother’s Day, the 5th chapter in The Molting Comic Book series, unfolds on Halloween night in Anaheim, but the real witches, vampires and ghosts materialize when some unsuspecting trick-or-treaters knock on the Pryzkind family’s front door.
In Chapter 6 of The Molting Comic, Trevor and Joseph attempt their biggest caper yet, alliances are tested, and the arrival of mail forces the Pryzkind family to choose sides.
In Chapter 7 of The Molting Comic Book series, winter’s religious holiday season provokes the Pryzkind family to contemplate whether they are the masters of their own destiny or being guided by invisible forces.
“[ The Molting ] is a powerful and sorrowful tale that further demonstrates Zdunich’s remarkable sense of tragedy and his ability to convey that sense clearly in both the most fantastical and the most mundane of settings.”
G.D. Falksen, TOR “A self published peek into Zdunich’s fevered psyche that plays like a scorching Tennessee Williams tale re-envisioned as a domestic abattoir.”
Chris Alexander, Fangoria “Zdunich is a true iconoclast, and the medium of comics, as emotionally immediate as that of film, suits his skills perfectly.”
Joseph McCabe, FEARnet “There’s a handful of unique artists out there that are not only distinguishable through their art, but that are also able to create a whole world for their original characters to fully flourish in. One such artist is Terrance Zdunich.”
Rob G, ShockTilYouDrop ” The Molting is a fine, fine horror comic”
Ambush Bug, Ain’t It Cool News “A series with more legs under it than any cockroach out there.”
THEoDEAD, Bloody-Disgusting “Violent, unique, and wholly independent, Zdunich has crafted a great new horror comic series”
Jon Peters, KillerFilm ” The Molting is an experience that you won’t get from another of the majors or even other imprints. It’s horrific, personal and deep.”
Bruce Moyle, (Cool) Shite On The Tube “It’s not often a graphic series comes along that makes me feel like haunting my local comic shop on roll-out day, eager to be the first to get my hands on the latest issue. The Molting is that kind of series.”
Rebecca Panovich, RevolutionSF “Zdunich’s work is a refreshing break from business-as-usual in entertainment.”
Magdelen, Xomba ” The Molting is a book that I cannot recommend highly enough.”
Eric Ratcliffe, Comic Related “There’s a real sense of creeping menace in these issues.”
Greg Burgas, Comic Book Resources “A deep, raw, complex emotional journey.”