The Girl, The Priest, and The Devil
An original graphic novel
December 16 2025
For fans of The Autumnal by Daniel Kraus and Beowulf by Santiago García & David Rubín, The Girl, the Priest, and the Devil is a captivating horror graphic novel with the otherworldly quality of the Greek folklore of old and a heroine who will do anything to make a better life for herself.
In Ottoman Greece, a motherless girl named Daphne leads a suffocating farmer’s life. When her older brother dies after a short illness, her father curses God for leaving him with only a daughter.
Unable to pay the local priest for his son’s burial, he compels Daphne to go to the village and beg for money. When Daphne gets rejected and mocked by the villagers, she flees to the mountains, where she comes upon a gold pouch, and realizes that she finally has a chance to dream of better things.
But just before she’s about to carry out her escape plan, the Devil pays her a visit. These lands belong to him. And payment is due.
In The Girl, the Priest, and the Devil, Black Mass Rising author Theo Prasidis and emerging artist Staša Gačpar immerse readers in the mystical countryside of 19th century Greece, a land wreathed in legends and superstition, to share Daphne’s story.
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ABOUT THE CREATORS
Theo Prasidis is a Greek writer and graphic novelist, whose work has been published by Image Comics, TKO Studios, Scout Comics, and Dead Sky Publishing, including The Girl, the Priest, and the Devil. He writes quixotic fantasies and horror about hidden folklore, bizarre rituals and wistful dreams.
Staša Gačpar is a Serbian-Croatian illustrator. She primarily creates watercolor paintings of folk life and tales from South-Eastern Europe. Her work attempts to give a voice to South Slavic and Balkan people, as well as to introduce an audience to the natural beauty of those cultures. The Girl, the Priest, and the Devil is her latest graphic novel with Dead Sky Publishing.
Yasmine Pond is a Brazilian–German freelance illustrator and comic artist currently living in Southern Oregon. She is known for her illustration work for Orville Peck’s Bronco Tour in 2022, and for her book cover design of He Hears Death written by A.L. Davidson. The Girl, The Priest, and The Devil is her debut as a colorist.
Buddy Beaudoin is a professional comic book letterer most known for Speed Racer, Gatchaman, Arcbound, and Love Me: A Romance Story. The Girl, the Priest, and the Devil is his latest graphic novel with Dead Sky Publishing.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Dead Sky Publishing
Publication dates: September 23, 2025
Language: English
