From rural Kentucky Hyena Hell writes and draws comics. They are a comics mentor with Sequential Artists Workshop and teach comics. Hyena Hell signs copies of Demons: Rise and Grind at Forbidden Planet New York City on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from 5-7 PM.

Demons: Rise and Grind centers on Bug and Grog, pit demons of Hell. They’ve got it pretty good – some routine brutality, some quotidian violence, and then they are basically free to do whatever – and whomever – they like. That is, until Grog gets noticed for being frustratingly competent, and ruins the whole thing by being sent to work in Hell’s “upstairs office.” As he tries to navigate a series of byzantine systems and bureaucratic absurdities, Bug tries to navigate the frustration of being left behind. Will Bug learn to accept this new status quo with grace, or do something impulsive and reckless? Spoiler alert: It’s something impulsive and reckless.

This fourth comic in the Demons graphic novel series by Hyena Hell can be read in sequence or as a standalone book.