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Bad Kids Go To Hell is a four issue comic mini-series published by Antarctic Press. The series was written by Matthew Spradlin and Barry 'Bazz' Wernick. The majority of the series pencils and inks are by Anthony Vargas with Chris Allen filling in on pencils for most of issue #2. The coloring was by various artists at Antarctic Press.

Plot
Set entirely within the fictional prep school known as CrestView Academy, (in the city of the same name), this dark comedy-thriller involves six of Crestview's richest (and snottiest) students who are brought together for detention inside the school's new library. Bored, the kids goad one another into a half-hearted seance. The joke quickly turns deadly when they rouse an angry spirit, and over the course of their eight hour detention, each of the kids die off one by one in horrible accidents until only one remains. The mystery is whether the murders are really the work of an evil phantom, or if one of the six kids has conspired to bring them all together for detention in order to 'level' the social playing field.

Characters

 * STUDENTS
 * Megan McDurst: The 'brain' of CrestView Academy. Though attractive, Megan suffered severely from chronic asthma, and was seldom without her inhaler. She was seen as a 'buttoned up' type who was usually the first to tattle on another student. Apparently, there was a damaging YouTube video posted of Megan stripping naked in class and kissing another girl. Despite the incident, she was not expelled from school. Megan's father (a powerful litigation attorney) had the damaging video removed and is looking to sue the student who posted it.
 * Tricia Wilkes: The 'queen' of CrestView. Homecoming Indian Princess'. Cheerleader. And buyer of enough cocaine to support most of the field workers living in Peru. Described by other students as 'Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton morphed into one single force of awfulness'. Despite her long list of erratic outbursts, she was not expelled from CrestView. Even before she was murdered, her 'frenemies' stopped talking to her. Her father (a midwest Rupert Murdoch-type) contributed the endowment to build the new library at CrestView Academy.
 * Craig Cook: The school's 'jock' and all-around lady killer. Craig played tight end for the CrestView Apaches before breaking his leg. (A freak accident at the school dance possibly caused by student Matt Clark). Despite having a long history of anti-social behavior, Craig was never expelled from school. It's rumored Craig might have been using 'performance enhancing' drugs before the accident, but any inquiries died soon after Craig's father ( A powerful city councilman in CrestView) helped the Academy clear up some zoning legalities it was facing.
 * Tarek Ahmed: The 'nerd' of CrestView Academy. The kid who was 18, but looked 14. One step behind on the latest joke, the latest style, and the latest YouTube video. He tried to come off as more scholastic than he appeared, when, in fact, he was a terrible student. Despite his grades, he was never expelled from school. His application to Harvard was rejected, much to the dismay of his overbeariing father, a well-to-do architect in CrestView.
 * Matt Clark: The 'sketchy new kid' of the school. No one knew too much about him. He drove a 71 Challenger, listened to WASP, and had a mild addiction to chocolate pudding. In one week he was caught: jerking off in class; making fun of a handicapped student; destroying the school dance; setting fire to the school bushes; and doing drugs in the school gym. He was kicked out of his previous school under mysterious circumstances, something bad enough to land him in a juvenile detention center. Before the horrible events which recently took place at CrestView, Matt was sent a letter informing him of his expulsion from CrestView Academy... despite his outstanding GPA.
 * Veronica Harmon: The 'goth' of the school. Veronica is often found skipping class, hanging out in the school parking lot, brooding, cigarette in hand. Though smoking and skipping class were strictly against school policy. she was never expelled. It was rumored that her and Dr. David Day were having an affair, but no solid evidence was presented to confirm if this were true or not. It's also said Veronica worshiped the devil. Veronica denied this and was always quick to point out that she did NOT worship the devil, but in fact, only promoted the devil.


 * TEACHERS / FACULTY
 * Max: The school janitor. A big, strong bear of a man, but somewhat lacking in the brains department.
 * Dr. David Day: The senior Guidance Counselor for CrestView. Born in England before moving to the States, "D-Day" (as he was affectionately called by the school's seniors) also taught psychology at the Academy as he simultaneously worked on his first novel.
 * Headmaster Nash: The Nasher as he is still called, has no sense of humor about anything or anyone whatsoever. He is the school's unshakable disciplinarian (i.e.: detention, detention, detention). Don't mess with the Nasher are words every CrestView Academy graduate will remember until his dying day.
 * Miss Gleason: History teacher and coach of the CrestView Academy cheerleading squad. Often described as the resident 'cougar' of CrestView.

Series and Graphic Novel
The series was released monthly starting in June of 2009 culminating in September of 2009. The collected trade paperback (graphic novel) was released in January of 2010.

Reviews

 * Review of Bad Kids Go To Hell #1 at comicrelated.com
 * Review of Bad Kids Go To Hell #1 at From the Tomb.com