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Forbes wrote a sugary report about yet another Tynion-sponsored horrorfest titled "Exquisite Corpses":

Exquisite Corpses combines the elements of a classic mystery with a to-the-death struggle in the vein of The Purge or Hunger Games. According to the announcement, “Every five years on Halloween, the wealthiest families in America play a game. Twelve of the deadliest people in the world are dropped into a small town with just one goal: last killer standing wins. For the citizens of Oak Valley, Maine – this year's unlucky arena – the goal is much simpler. They must survive the night.”

Exquisite Corpses is an extended collaboration between Tynion and Walsh, who wrote the creative bible for the series, and some of the most acclaimed and popular creators in comics, including Adam Gorham (Hellhunters), Becca Carey (Absolute Wonder Woman), Che Grayson (Dark Spaces: Good Deeds), Claire Roe (Dark Spaces: The Hollywood Special), Gavin Fullerton (The Closet), Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), Marianna Ignazzi (Catwoman), Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian), Tyler Boss (You’ll Do Bad Things), and Valentine De Landro (Bitch Planet).

The collaborators aren’t working blind as they do in the avant-garde literary game of “Exquisite Corpse.” Rather, Tynion says he and Walsh have assembled a writers room that encourages each creator to contribute in their own style and voice. “We didn’t leave it entirely to chance, but we did all come into the meeting last year in Buffalo without knowing in advance what would happen next in the story or who would make it to the end,” said Tynion in a phone interview.

Unfortunately, they are working blind, that is, to common sense, and the recognition that horror isn't everything. Some of the writers and artists involved sure do look like the usual leftist crowd that's not doing much of anything for the sake of bright fun and optimism.

“Everyone was very character focused. The writing is centered on the human characters caught in the crossfire of this deadly game,” said Tynion. “Our goal is to lay out all these exciting pieces and get people invested in which characters are going to survive to the end.”

Please, do tell us about it. Whether it's character focused, that doesn't excuse the continued emphasis on horror themes. It's possible to write a brightly focused tale with just as much character focus, and maybe even more. Instead, we continue to be lectured about how great it is somebody's foisting the horror genre on the medium.

Tynion is clearly excited about the potential of this story in the comics space, but he said it does not stop there. “We definitely see it as having legs and other media,” he said. “There's a game play element in how we've laid out the pieces of this story and it's going to become apparent to readers really quickly that we have a plan to make the game something that our readers can play and engage in. We have a lot more to unveil between now and the release of the first issue.”

As expected, he's hinting he's hoping this'll gain traction in the movie business, and anybody in Tinseltown who's interested in producing another variation on The Most Dangerous Game will make filming deals with them, even if whatever audience it draws shows no interest in checking out the comics. And if the audience is being invited to provide input, then we might have yet another variation on Batman: a Death in the Family in production. If so, it demonstrates how some of the darkest stories tragically serve as the worst influence for modern writers. To be sure, not many considered what negative effect stories like what Jim Starlin wrote in 1988 could have years later. Unfortunately, this is what's being pushed by the PC crowd, and now we're seeing some of the saddest results of where earlier stories like the Batman tale of the late 80s led to.

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