David Dastmalchian is continuing his budding career as a comics author with a brand new horror title for upstart publisher Panick Entertainment.
The actor, who can currently be seen in The Life of Chuck as well as Dexter: Resurrection, is working on The Accessories, a five-issue mini-series that he co-created and is co-writing with longtime creative associate Leah Kirkpatrick. The comic and details will be unveiled at Dastmalchian’s Saturday panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
Patrick Piazzalunga is illustrating the books which Panick will publish next year. Panick is the horror and science fiction venture that launched last year and was founded by a cadre of entertainment and comics industry veterans, including several from the world of DC.
Accessories focuses on the classic side characters that have supported some of horrordom’s most vile villains — Igor, the assistant to many mad scientists; Renfield, the lackey to Dracula; and Mrs. Hyde, the wife of dual personality-challenged Dr. Jeckyll/Mr. Hyde.
The logline and premise reads:
After lifetimes in the background, three of history’s greatest horror sidekicks finally say what they’ve never dared to before: Enough is enough!
Igor, Renfield and Mrs. Hyde have aided their masters’ diabolical missions for decades but today is the day they stop being loyal. Today the real horror walks out the front door. The looming question is…what do they do now? These three discarded servants find each other in the fallout, forming a band of gawky but determined anti-heroes caught between angry villagers, vengeful monster-hunters and furious former employers. Their survival will take more than just guts, luckily, they know where to procure more.
In a darkly comic descent into revenge and rebirth, the hench finally claim the title they never asked for…The Accessories!!
Dastmalchian has built a notable career working with directors such as James Gunn, Christopher Nolan and Denis Villeneuve, with many of their movies falling directly into the geek sphere bullseye. And he next shoots the villain role of Mr. Bison in video game adaptation Street Fighter.
But he is also birthing a body of comic writing work. Among the highlights is his horror creation Count Crowley, which is published by Dark Horse.
Panick is focused on genre storytelling, beginning in the field of comics and graphic novels, and then aims to platform that into films, television, games and other media. So Accessories has plans beyond the printed page.
The first issue is due to hit shelves on June 2, 2026. Check out the first look below.
Courtesy of Panick Entertainment