Deprog

Edited by Anna Kubik, Other Gab Contreras, Edited by Kristy Baptist, Other Dani Strips, Illustrated by Lisa Sterle, By Tina Horn, Edited by Steve Wands

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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

112 Pages, 6.5 x 10.75

Formats: Trade Paper, PDF, PDF, PDF, PDF

Trade Paper, $17.99 (CA $23.99) (US $17.99)

Publication Date: September 2024

ISBN 9781639511761

Rights: WOR

Dead Sky Publishing (Sep 2024)

Price:	$17.99

Overview

Deprog is a new detective thriller from Tina Horn (SfSx) and Lisa Sterle (Witchblood) that’s John Constantine meets Jessica Jones with a kinky Midsommar twist. Meet Tate Debs, a hardboiled hard drinking leather loving dyke detective with an office in the back of Los Angeles’s last video store. Tate specializes in rescuing and deprogramming people from abusive groups with extreme beliefs — like the one Tate herself escaped, that believed in inter-dimensional travel and taboo ritual sex. When a femme named Vera, who may just be fatale, hires Tate to infiltrate a group of mystical hippies out in the desert, she must decide if Vera’s charms are worth being re-traumatized. Soon, Tate must face her past out of devotion to the femme she may be falling for… and a single minded drive to avenge her family.

Reviews

“DEPROG #1 takes the best aspects of the hard-boiled detective narrative—memorable characters navigating intriguing conflicts—and injects a tantalizing dose of queer erotica that will leave you jonesing for more.” —Jeremy Holt, Made in Korea, Gatsby, What If?…Venom

"Part-heist, part-fascist hellscape, and one hundred percent sexual revolution, SfSx is unlike any comic you've ever read—and you're going to want to pick up the trade paperback edition… effortlessly captures the feeling of this revolutionary and terrifying moment in time". — SyFy Wire

"Twists that could only show up in a 21st-century sci-fi story written by a queer sex worker…. SfSx is a crime thriller rooting for the criminals, an urgent reminder that the cyberpunk dystopia is already here." — Daily Dot

"Readers with a yen for third-wave feminist fury will find plenty to enjoy in these porn-friendly adventures." — Publisher’s Weekly

"An action adventure horror comic with didactic layers, Safe Sex feels deeply relevant." — LA Review of Books

"This story is from a sex worker’s perspective written by someone who has lived this life. The protagonists do go through hardships and trauma, but I appreciated the distinction (made) that the hardship doesn’t come from sex work on its own, but the stigma people in our society put on sex workers." — Jezebel

"A celebration of the way queer people, sex workers, and other sexual outsiders are always at the forefront of advancing our cultural ideas about sex and pleasure." — Teen Vogue

"If any comic-book lover thinks SFSX is a far-fetched dystopia, they haven’t been paying attention." — Playboy

Author Biography

Tina Horn is a writer, educatrix, and media-maker. Her book of fetish cultural criticism based on her long-running indie podcast Why Are People Into That?! came out June 2024 from Hachette. Tina is the creator/writer of the sci-fi sex-rebel comic book series Safe Sex (Image) and the host/cowriter of the phone sex podcast Operator (Wondery). Her reporting on sexual subcultures has appeared in Rolling Stone, Playboy, Hazlitt, Glamour, Jezebel and elsewhere; she is the author of two nonfiction books and has contributed to numerous anthologies including the queer horror collection Theater of Terror and We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival which she also co-edited. Tina has lectured on adult entertainment politics and queer BDSM identities at universities and community centers all over North America, and works as an on-set consultant for theater, film, and television including the dominatrix scenes of Pose. She is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow, winner of two Feminist Porn Awards, an AVN-nominated director, and holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence. Originally from Northern California, Tina spent a decade in NYC before re-settling in Los Angeles.

Lisa Sterle is the illustrator-creator of the iconic, bestselling Modern Witch Tarot deck, which has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue Italia and Cosmopolitan. She is also the co-creator and artist of the comics Witchblood, Squad, Long Lost, and Submerged. She has worked with HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, DC, IDW, Image, BOOM! Studios, and many others.

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