{"id":74035,"date":"2019-03-10T01:01:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T06:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=74035"},"modified":"2019-03-10T01:03:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T06:03:18","slug":"megadeth-death-by-design-graphic-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=74035","title":{"rendered":"MEGADETH- &#8220;Death By Design&#8221; Graphic Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/megadethdeathbydesign-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/megadethdeathbydesign-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/megadethdeathbydesign-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/megadethdeathbydesign-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/megadethdeathbydesign-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/megadethdeathbydesign-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/megadethdeathbydesign.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>MEGADETH<\/strong> have partnered with publisher <strong>Heavy Metal<\/strong> to create a new graphic novel celebrating the band\u2019s 35th anniversary. The 350-page anthology fleshes out stories inspired by each of the songs on <strong>Megadeth<\/strong>\u2018s forthcoming greatest hits collection, \u201c<strong>Warheads On Foreheads<\/strong>\u201c, which is due out on March 22nd. Numerous writers and artists were hired on for the project, here\u2019s the rundown:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Rattlehead<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Dan Fogler<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Andy Belanger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Mechanix<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Ben Meares<\/strong> &amp; <strong>DAF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Killing Is My Business<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Alex de Campi<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Mack Chater<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>The Conjuring<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Llexi Leon<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Kevin West<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Wake Up Dead<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Tony Lee<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Gyula Nemeth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Devils Island<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Sebastian Girmer<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Esau Escorza<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Good Mourning\/Black Friday<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Leah Moore<\/strong>, <strong>John Reppion<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Ben Templesmith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Set The World Afire<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Diego Agrimbau<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Agust\u00edn Alessio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>In My Darkest Hour<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>David Baille<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Conor Boyle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Holy Wars\u2026The Punishment Due<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Tim Seeley<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Ignacio Calero<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Hangar 18<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Brendon Small<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Bel\u00e9n Ortega<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Tornado Of Souls<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Patrick Kindlon<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Marco Turini<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Rust In Peace\u2026Polaris<\/strong>\u201c:<strong> Hector Lima<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Garrie Gastonny<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Five Magics<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Johnathan LaMantia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Take No Prisoners<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>ML Miller<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Carlos Granda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Skin O\u2019 My Teeth<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>PM Buchan<\/strong> &amp; <strong>John Pearson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Angry Again<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Homero Rios<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Anton Kokarev<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Symphony Of Destruction<\/strong>\u201c:<strong> Justin Jordan<\/strong> &amp; <strong>John Bivens<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Sweating Bullets<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Sean Lewis<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Axel Medellin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>A Tout le Monde<\/strong>\u201c:<strong> Llexi Leon<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Richard Friend<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Train Of Consequences<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>James Harvey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Reckoning Day<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Jeff Burandt<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Jason Gongour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Trust<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Frazer Irving<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>She-Wolf<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Curtis Pires<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Antonio Fuso<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Wanderlust<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Abraham Mart\u00ednez<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Patricio Delpeche<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Dread And The Fugitive Mind<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Jonathan Land<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Andrea Mutti<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Blackmail The Universe<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Haylar Garc\u00eda<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Abel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Washington Is Next!<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Haylar Garc\u00eda<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Kevin Enhart<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Head Crusher<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>R.G. Llarena<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Danijel Zezelj<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Public Enemy No. 1<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>John Ostrander<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Miguel Mora<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Kingmaker<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Brian Wood<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Riccardo Burchielli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>The Threat Is Real<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Joe Keatinge<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Anand Radhakrishnan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Poisonous Shadows<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Christine Larsen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Death From Within<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>Alex de Campi<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Wilfredo Torres<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Dystopia<\/strong>\u201c: <strong>David Baille<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Simeon Aston<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Megadeth<\/strong> vocalist\/guitarist <strong>Dave Mustaine<\/strong> commented of the project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201cI have always fantasized about <strong>Megadeth<\/strong> doing something this gloriously electrifying and gruesome. I hope everyone will enjoy the graphic novel as much as I enjoyed working with <strong>Heavy Metal<\/strong> to put it together for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Heavy Metal<\/strong> CEO <strong>Jeff Krelitz<\/strong> added:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201cSince I was old enough to buy records, <strong>Megadeth<\/strong> has been one of my favorite bands, not only for the great storytelling in the music, but the world building imagery on the album covers. This opportunity to meld the two world together and tell stories inspired by their songs is a privilege that we are excited to present to the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The book will be presented in a 12.25\u2033x12.25\u2033 prestige album format and four different collector\u2019s editions are planned:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Leather bound slipcase edition with 4-clear vinyl set of <strong>Warheads On Foreheads<\/strong> and <strong>Death By Design<\/strong> graphic novel signed by <strong>Dave Mustaine<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>FYE<\/strong> Exclusive Leather bound slipcase edition with 4-clear vinyl set of <strong>Warheads On Forehead<\/strong>s and <strong>Death By Design<\/strong> graphic novel signed by <strong>Dave Mustaine<\/strong><\/li><li>Leather bound slipcase edition with 4-clear vinyl set of <strong>Warheads On Foreheads<\/strong> and <strong>Death By Design<\/strong> Graphic novel<\/li><li>Standard hardcover edition of <strong>Death By Design<\/strong> graphic novel<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u201c<strong>Megadeth: Death By Design<\/strong>\u201d will be released on June 05th with initial pre-orders available at <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.heavymetal.com\/\">heavymetal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEGADETH have partnered with publisher Heavy Metal to create a new graphic novel celebrating the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74035"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74038,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74035\/revisions\/74038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}