JOE HILL’s RAIN

WRITER: JOE HILL, DAVID M. BOOHER

ARTIST: ZOE THOROGOOD

COLORS: CHRIS O’HALLORAN

LETTERS: SHAWN LEE

Telling the story as a five-issue miniseries is an award-winning creative team consisting of writer David M. Booher (Canto, Killer Queens), artist Zoe Thorogood (The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott), colorist Chris O’Halloran (A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance), and letterer Shawn Lee (Madman Artist’s Select). 

Rain first appeared in author Joe Hill’s acclaimed novella collection Strange Weather, and tells the story of a seemingly normal August day in Boulder, Colorado -- the skies are clear and Honeysuckle Speck couldn’t be happier. She’s finally moving in with her girlfriend, Yolanda. But their world is literally torn apart when dark clouds roll in and release a downpour of nails—splinters of bright crystal that shred the skin of anyone not safely under cover. 

“Honeysuckle Speck walked into my life back in 2016, trailing thunderclouds and one hell of a story like nothing I had ever really worked on before. It was a western; a mystery; an end-of-the-world-tale; a road-story; and, especially, a love story. It was so scary and sad and eccentric and absurd it was almost like it belonged to its own genre — call it grimquirk. I’m thrilled (and a little amazed) by the loneliness and emotional clarity of Zoe and David’s adaptation. They’ve captured everything I was hoping to get on the page when I wrote the story and something more besides, something unique and all-their-own, full of heartbreak and beauty. It’s so unlike anything out there, it really had to be an Image book, which has always been a home for original and wonderful creator owned books. I’m grateful to them for making it possible, and to Zoe, David, Shawn, and both Chris’s for bringing their very best to the book.” - Joe Hill 

Rain makes vivid this escalating apocalyptic event, as the deluge of nails spreads across the country and around the world, threatening everything young lovers Honeysuckle and Yolanda hold dear.