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Chaos: Smiley the Psychotic Button
October 9, 2014, Mt. Laurel, NJ: Dynamite home entertainment is happy to announce the most recent spine-chilling installment in its ongoing Chaos! Comics line, Chaos: Smiley the Psychotic Button. Written by Mike Raicht (Dark Shadows) and featuring artwork by Juanan Antonio (Dungeons & Dragons), this 48-page one-shot special explores the origin of Smiley — the demonic entity affixed to the chest of the comic industry’s reigning malcontent, Evil Ernie. featuring cover artwork by Chaos! artist Mirka Andolfo, Chaos: Smiley the Psychotic Button is scheduled for release in January 2015.
The Smiley one-shot answers the question: just how frightening could the origin of Evil Ernie’s peculiar decorative accessory be? When the answer involves Lucifer, mass murder, the struggle for control over Hell, and the tastiest meat patties that your hard-earned 99 cents can afford, the term “terrifying” may not actually be descriptive enough. In addition to the fear-fraught core story, this special double-sized comic includes a back-up story wherein heaven attempts to counter Smiley’s blasphemous existence on earth with the creation of its own powerful trinket: the holy Pizazzinator.
“In my mind, Smiley is one of the most distinct and essential characters in the Chaos! Universe,” says Mike Raicht. “Not only does he buddy around with one of my favorite characters, Evil Ernie, but he also holds some pretty interesting secrets about the universe inside that demented mind of his. Researching his origins and speaking with Tim Seeley (the writer of the line-defining Chaos! and Evil Ernie series) about possible directions for the most powerful plastic trinket around has been a blast. I really hope I can offer just the best amount of outrageous evil and twisted fun for Chaos! fans old and new .”
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