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Red Room: Crypto Killaz! by Ed Piskor

Trade Paperback – Fantagraphics – February 2024 – 176 pages

Mistress Pentagram and the Red Room Players return as Crypto Killaz! careens to its boldest — and bloodiest — crescendo! In this final arc of the hit Red Room series, the arrest of the Steel City Cannibal forces his daughter into the media spotlight and under scrutiny of even more sinister forces… Then, meet… the Cryptocurrency Keeper, a rising YouTube star in the world of Bitcoin and dark web entrepreneurs, coming to you from the Dorm Room of Doom! That is, until Bitcoin crashes and bankrupts many of his followers, who hold him responsible… Meanwhile, Piskor turns back the clock with the secret history of Thomas Edison’s role in the invention of modern day red rooms, and in rumored footage of Jack the Ripper’s final act! Crypto Killaz! wraps up the Red Room series with a secret origin, documenting in lurid detail every step that goes into creating the most famous Red Room persona in history — and it isn’t pretty!