{"product_id":"dark-regards-9798894880242","title":"Dark Regards","description":"\u003cb\u003eSOMETIMES YOU BREAK THE INTERNET--AND SOMETIMES THE INTERNET BREAKS YOU! AT LAST--THE TRUE STORY OF THE VIRAL HOAX SO INSANE IT COULD ONLY BE TOLD AS A COMIC BOOK!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the honestly pretty impressive mind of multi-hyphenate writer-comedian-actor-musician Dave Hill (\u003ci\u003eTasteful Nudes\u003c\/i\u003e) and breakout artist Artyom Topilin (\u003ci\u003eI Hate This Place\u003c\/i\u003e) comes the SHOCKINGLY TRUE, TERRIFYINGLY HILARIOUS, AND ONLY MODESTLY EXAGGERATED tale of how one stand-up comedian forged a secret online identity as America's first true black metal icon . . . and accidentally started an international incident that almost wiped Gary, Indiana, off the map! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo decades ago, Dave Hill and his first band set out to rock their high school auditorium in a fury of heavy metal hellfire. They failed miserably. Years later, Dave has made a new life for himself as a rising star in the New York comedy scene--a career where getting laughed at on stage is the entire point and not just a tragic consequence. But when Dave's metal ambitions are reawakened by the über self-serious \"satanic\" genre of Norwegian black metal, Dave creates a ridiculously hyperbolic alter ego and a band to match that, together, reignite the spark of his forgotten rock 'n' roll fantasy. But when Dave's internet-fueled rumors of Witch Taint--a metal band \"so extreme that you must remove all sharp objects from the immediate area\" when their music is played--spreads all the way to Europe, his story will spiral dangerously out of control as Norway's most extreme black metal butchers come to reap their revenge . . . and put everything and everyone Dave holds dear in the crosshairs (of their axes, which, truth be told, don't actually have crosshairs, but hey, it's a metaphor). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollects \u003ci\u003eDark Regards\u003c\/i\u003e #1-4.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oni Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798894880242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112","brand":"Dave Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197341429941,"sku":"9798894880242","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_99f8ffaf-a3c5-4bd0-a2c7-434273c4f21f.jpg?v=1769623311","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dark-regards-9798894880242","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}