In March 2010 it was announced at the Emerald City Comicon that creator Tim Seeley was taking Hack/Slash from Devil's Due Publications to Image Comics. Hack/Slash graduated to an ongoing series in May 2007, which included a Hack/Slash Annual collecting the webcomic featuring the SuicideGirls photo shoot. The Hack/Slash section contained a recap portion of the 25-cent preview issue. In 2007, Devil's Due released a Free Comic Book Day comic showcasing their Family Guy and Hack/Slash titles.

Seeley penciled the new part of the preview and was one of the pencilers and inkers of the one-shot along with Mark Englert, Nate Bellgarde, Andy Kuhn and Joe Largent. Chucky, which saw the lead duo taking on the evil doll and was penciled by Matt Merhoff. The first 'Hack/Slash' miniseries, Land of Lost Toys, debuted, penciled by Dave Crosland, followed by a collection of new short stories in a 2006 special issue called Trailers (featuring art by writer Stefano Caselli and Tim Seeley, Mike Norton, Skottie Young and Josh Medors).Ī 25-cent preview issue giving newcomers a recap of 'Euthanized' hit the markets in 2006, along with 'Slice Hard', the first one-shot of 2006, Hack/Slash Vs. The 'Hack/Slash' one-shots were collected as the First Cut trade paperback in the same year. Hack/Slash began in 2004 as a series of one-shots, starting with the Stefano Caselli-penciled Hack/Slash (later referred to by its story title Euthanized), followed by the Federica Manfredi-penciled Girls Gone Dead.Ģ005 saw the one-shot Comic Book Carnage and the series stars, Vlad and Cassie, appeared in the Aadi Salman-pencilled The Final Revenge of Evil Ernie.

Main article: List of Hack/Slash story arcs Devil's Due and Volume 1

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