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Insomnia can be difficult to endure in itself, but what happens when you can't sleep in the far reaches of deep space and your only companion is a computer and your unraveling psyche? That intriguing (and horrifying) question is explored in stunning visual style within the pages of Station Grand, a new sci-fi graphic novella written by Craig Hurd-McKenney, illustrated by Noah Bailey, and lettered by Saida Temofonte.

With Station Grand now available via Oni Press and Simon & Schuster, Daily Dead had the great pleasure of catching up with Craig and Noah in a new Q&a feature to discuss their intriguing collaboration!

Thank you for taking the time to answer questions for us, Craig and Noah, and congratulations on Station Grand! How and when did you initially come up with the idea for this story?

Noah Bailey: Thank you so much for having us! I’m really excited to talk about the book!

In their new graphic novella Station Grand, Xeric Grant-awarded and Ignatz Award-nominated writer Craig Hurd-McKenney and acclaimed illustrator Noah Bailey create a unique and terrifying look at the cold darkness of space. Here, they look at what happens when one researcher deals with insomnia while outside of Earth’s orbit…

In the upcoming sci-fi graphic novella:

Dr. Michael Kinney is light years from Earth, overseeing the terraformation of Venus. Michael is all alone, save for the computer, which keeps him company during the 272 day-long orbit around the sun from night to day. During this time, there is no contact with Mission Control.

With his circadian rhythms disrupted by his extended stay in deep space, his insomnia peaks. Reality as he knows it comes into question. As Michael struggles to finish his mission, what he thinks he knows will collide with the existential mysteries of the universe: Who am I? Why am I here?...

With Small Crimes, Evan “E.L.” Katz joins the ranks of Jeremy Saulnier, Macon Blair and others who’ve embrace a dark, degenerate microcosm of rural Americana. It’s a growing trend, where backwoods suburbia morphs into a moral cesspool. Be it Nazi skinheads who board up a punk club or a crooked cop plunged into the same dark waters he previously emerged from, those like Katz have no problem kicking a few horses when they’re down. This makes for dead-end tension and minimal options, but sometimes there’s just a little too much hopelessness to go around. We’re all creatures of habit (can a criminal really reform?), but audiences need something to believe in – that’s the struggle here.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stars as Joe Denton, a disgraced ex-cop who’s coming off a six-year prison stint. Denton – a father of two – wants nothing more than a second chance.

"It's happening all over again..." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an indie drama titled Small Crimes, from writer/director E.L. Katz, who last made the cult favorite Cheap Thrills. "Game of Thrones" star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau plays a disgraced former cop who returns to his town from a prison sentence for attempted murder, hoping for redemption only to end up trapped in the mess he left behind. This film has an excellent supporting cast including Gary Cole, Jacki Weaver, Robert Forster, Molly Parker, Michael Kinney, Pat Healy, and Macon Blair (who co-wrote the script). This trailer is actually quite impressive - the dialogue is spot on, footage looks great, there's some cool action, I'm definitely intrigued. Here's the first official trailer for E.L. Katz's Small Crimes, direct from Netflix's YouTube: After serving time for the attempted murder of a District Attorney, disgraced former cop Joe Denton (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) returns home looking for redemption.

A gas explosion in Stafford, New Jersey, was captured on a police dashcam Tuesday. The explosion injured 15 people, two critically, when it completely destroyed a single-family residential home. The structure had been under renovation, and no one was home when it exploded at roughly 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. The explosion could be heard up to 10 miles away, and windows in the surrounding homes were blown out by the force of the blast. Two gas workers with life-threatening injuries were transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic County, according to reports, while eight others with minor injuries were taken to the local medical center,...

A gas explosion in Stafford, New Jersey, was captured on a police dash cam Tuesday. The explosion injured 15 people, two critically, when it completely destroyed a single-family residential home. The structure had been under renovation, and no one was home when it exploded at roughly 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. The explosion could be heard up to 10 miles away, and windows in the surrounding homes were blown out by the force of the blast. Two gas workers with life-threatening injuries were transported to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic County, according to reports, while eight others with minor injuries were taken to the local medical center,...