Yup. This is happening.

Clown Fatale is the new upcoming Dark Horse comic series by Victor Gischler (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike—A Dark Place, Punisher MAX, X-Men) and drawn by Italian artist Maurizio Rosenzweig, with colors by Moreno Dinisio.

The series promises to be full of dark humor and graphic violence as we dive into a vivid, stylish, cinematic tale of action and blood. The series will also feature covers by Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash, Ex Sanguine, The Occultist).

“I wanted to write a comic that was like the baby of Russ Meyer and Quentin Tarantino on whiskey and meth, and Dark Horse was cool enough to let me do it,” stated writer Victor Gischler. “I wanted something that was Grindhouse but simultaneously a parody of Grindhouse. Clown Fatale is the result, and Maurizio and Moreno are killing it with the visuals.”

Plot

In the world of circus folk, there’s nothing lower than a clown. So when the Femme Clowns are mistaken for contract killers, they abandon their shabby traveling circus for a world of violence and cruelty—with clown makeup.

Clown Fatale #1 is in comic shops everywhere November 13, 2013.