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Created by Jesse Negron, HYDE picks up Mr. Hyde’s story, from the Robert Louis Stevenson novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and imagines a world where Mr. Hyde has defeated Jekyll. Now unencumbered by interruptions from his alter ego, Hyde can finally freely explore his dark tendencies with uninhibited abandon. The 2- volume graphic novel series finds Mr. Hyde in his new domain, the sewers beneath London, where he experiments on others, using the corrupting serum to create even more “Hydes.” Each volume in the series will contain two chapters with over two hundred pages. Johnny Depp will have input on all aspects of the property and create the character of Hyde.
The graphic novel HYDE chapter 1 of 4, which will ship on Halloween this year, is currently available for pre-order at mechanicalcake.com.

(C) 2025 Mechanical Cake
Used with permission.
Transcript
00:00Dear gentle reader,
00:03it is time that I tell my side of the story.
00:11On Halloween Eve,
00:14a relentless melancholy enveloped me,
00:18for I realized I was the only living thing.
00:22Walking amongst the dead,
00:25I saw that every grimy corner of the city was filled with listless, lifeless automatons.
00:36And I wondered why do they not all just kill themselves?
00:47What do you want?
00:49What a beautiful dress.
00:51Shall we play some bridge?
00:53Mother,
00:57Can't play bridge, you have no hands.
01:02To avert my mind from turning upon itself,
01:06I fashioned a fearsome brood.
01:09Keep your trap shut,
01:12Mom, busy boy.
01:17Back to business.
01:19I'm on to something.
01:25Do you think that I'd forgotten?
01:31I missed that dog.
01:33Yes, I know, I know.
01:45I know what you're saying.
01:46I know exactly what you're saying.
01:48Do you think I'm stupid?
01:51I know.
01:56Nope.
01:57Shush.
01:58It's not enough now.
01:59A little more.
02:00I know.
02:01Of course it's dangerous.
02:02Maybe.
02:03Ahhhhhhhh.
02:08Machy.
02:09Ahhhhhhhahaha.
02:18sonage.
02:20And to my surprise, I was struck with a glorious vision.
02:40I descended down the spider's thread into the trench of hell.
02:52Contrary to the craft depictions, I found it to be a magical place, bursting forth with profound beauty.
03:01The lower I dare travel. I am taller than this. The more lovely and sublime it became.
03:12I saw the kingdom of plants, wherein the more there was fornication, copulation, the greater the abundance, variance and radiance.
03:25I saw the kingdom of animals, you say, out of my bloody head.
03:34Where if the more savage and brutal the survival dance between predator and prey, the more exquisite and genius and noble the creature.
03:50Then, I saw the kingdom of man, each eye revealing a different London.
03:59In my left eye, I saw a city mired in the bleak misery of perpetual cruel stasis.
04:09In my right eye, I saw a city glowing with the eternal fire of ingenuity and bathing in the light of creation.
04:24It was then that I knew I was ready to work.
04:32I was ready to go.
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