Watch for a new comic book, the eponymous offspring of a village in Michigan named "Hell."
A woman takes an ax to her husband in their new home, someone is boiled alive in a public pool and a father is swallowed by the earth. Just another day in Hell. The gruesome acts never actually happened in this rural hamlet with the diabolic name, but those and other macabre tales are brought to life - and death - in the new comic book, "Hell, Michigan" ...
The real Hell - located 60 miles west of Detroit - has a population of about 250 and no elected government. The origin of the name is unclear. One of the most popular theories holds that George Reeves, an early settler, was asked what he thought the town should be named. He reportedly replied, "I don't care, you can name it Hell if you want to" and the name stuck.
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We've never been to Hell, Michigan, but if memory serves, it's near that large geographic area known as "the Thumb," one of the biggest redneck sanctuaries on the planet. Years ago, Eric tried to get some college friends to take a road trip there, but they declined, saying (we quote freely from memory): "Have you ever been there? It's a block long, with nothing but one bar, a gas station, and a small grocery store."
