Fresh Hell in Fits(2019)OverviewPress Release
"Fresh Hell in Fits - a falsified history of The Residents" is a comic book written and illustrated by Steven Cerio. It consists of 40 pages (8 in color) and give the band's history - or at least the history as fabricated by Cerio.
It was released in 2019 by Psychofon Records in two version: a regular edition with a run of 300 copies, and a collector's edition of 33 copies that also included an additional print and signed certificate.
Four years in the making, "Fresh Hell in Fits - counterfeit tales and miraculous events - a falsified history of The Residents" is 40 pages of finely detailed visions of a singular world done in Cerio's unmistakable style. This narrative comic records Cerio's falsified retelling of the impossible evolution of performance art magnates The Residents. A bold and wildly inaccurate travel journal along an asynchronous timeline losing you perilously in a superstitious fog. All predicated on nary a single kernel of truth, this wandering evolutionary tale of a blinkless spirit trying to find the right body. A story influenced by the group's early releases that inspired the artist as a teen in the suburbs of New York with their spirit of free adaption and fruitful exploration. "The spirit and the music were both so looming and beautiful... like open doors" said the artist in an interview with Seconds magazine.