The comic shop went quiet when I cracked open issue one. The centipede woman on the cover made even the regulars glance up. I left with two issues and a stubborn grin.
I read Regicide as someone who buys more comics than is strictly reasonable and judges them by their elbows: does the book push through the crowd and keep you reading? Image Comics’ new series by Patrick Kindlon and Ludovic Lalliat does that and more. You’ll know the names—Kindlon came from Frontiersman, Lalliat posts striking pages on Instagram—and Image is hardly an obscure label; that pedigree signals intent, not promise.
At my local shop the cover stopped a crowd—Why Regicide earned a pull-list slot
When a single cover can change the flow of people at a counter, you pay attention. The book sells a premise instantly: a masked wanderer named Doru and an old farmhand, Mihas, are hired to kill the viceroy of Transylvania. That logline is lean and it refuses to be cute. It’s a promise of purpose—assassination, ancient monsters, moral friction—and the comic keeps that promise issue after issue.
What is Regicide about?
It’s a road tale with teeth. You follow Doru—MF DOOM-style mask, dry wit, and an agenda—and Mihas, a hammer of a man who keeps asking why he’s being swung. Together they hunt, they bicker, and they fight things that look like they crawled out of the worst pages of your nightmares. Kindlon writes the banter with a savagely precise eye; Lalliat draws the violence with textured strokes that make flesh and shadow feel tactile.
On the page the fights hit hard—How Kindlon and Lalliat shape urgency and tone
The book opens with a contract, not a conversation: that’s a clear editorial choice. Kindlon keeps stakes immediate; panels move fast, dialogue pinches the air, and you feel time compress. Lalliat’s art amplifies that compression—thick inks, graffitied textures, and an appetite for grotesque detail that borrows a clinical eye from H.R. Giger and the kinetic brutality readers associate with Kentaro Miura.
Is Regicide similar to Berserk?
Yes and no. If you come expecting a frame-for-frame echo of Berserk, you’ll be disappointed. But if you want brutal, morally gray combat and monstrous imaginations, Regicide is in conversation with Miura’s work. It isn’t imitation; it’s an answer written in new handwriting. Kindlon’s prose balances bleakness with a black humor that keeps the book from curdling, and Lalliat’s creature designs—centipede women, ink-shadow predators—settle into your head and linger.
At the counter readers ask where to buy—Where availability, price, and platforms matter
Every new series lives or dies in the shop aisle. You can get Regicide at your local comic store, through Image Comics’ site, or digitally on platforms that sell single issues. If you want a physical copy, expect retail cover price around $4.99 (€5); digital storefront prices will vary by vendor.
Where can I buy Regicide?
Support your local shop first. If that isn’t an option, Image Comics sells issues on its site and major digital comic platforms carry the series. Instagram and ComicBookClubLive have been early places for previews and collector chatter; follow Ludovic Lalliat’s Instagram for process pages and Image for release news.
At the core the monsters steal the show—Why creature design carries emotional weight
I remember staring at Lulia, the centipede woman, and feeling something like vertigo. The book uses monsters as character shorthand: they’re not only obstacles but mirrors. The ink-shadow enemy that feeds on belief is the smartest trick; it forces characters and readers to wrestle with fear that is real because others accept it as real. That idea plants a question in your head—who makes monsters true?
Few new series fuse tone, craft, and appetite as cleanly as Regicide. It behaves like a chimera assembled from Dracula, Berserk, and Claymore—parts recognizable, but fused into a creature that moves on its own. If you prize horror that pulls teeth and humor that spits bone, this will probably be the book you keep revisiting.
So you could ignore the book and save money, or you could add Regicide to your pull list and watch a pair of mismatched protagonists argue their way through escalating horrors—will you pick safety or curiosity?