Expanding upon being a bassist/songerwriter for Life of Agony, Alan Robert is teaming once more with IDW publishing to produce a new horror comic miniseries titled The Shunned One which arrives in 2014.
An Angel of Death goes rogue after being ordered to take several innocent lives and starts carrying out his own judgment on humans based on their actions instead of whether their names appear on the preordained Death List. The Angel’s unsanctioned murders instantly alter the balance within the universe and trigger a string of unforeseen disasters that spiral out of control. Banished from Heaven by his Creator and hunted by a pack of vengeful death angels, The Shunned One must hide among the humans to survive while trying to reverse the damage he’s done.
“This will definitely be my darkest series to date,” stated Robert who also collaborated with IDW on Killogy, Crawl to Me, and Wire Hangers. “The tragedies in Newtown and Aurora really hit home for me. I can’t even begin to imagine the pain those families are going through. I suppose The Shunned One is my subconscious reaction to events like that—just trying to cope with all this death and my worst fears in my own way.”
“I’m happy to once again put my life in Alan Robert’s hands in the form of his latest series for IDW,” remarked Chris Ryall, IDW’s Chief Creative Office/Editor-in-Chief. “As he’s proven with his numerous series for us already, he’s an expert at telling dark, fantastical tales, and The Shunned One, featuring the Angel of Death himself, is only the latest reason we’re happy to keep walking into dark territory with him.”