"The concept is what would a serial killer look like if he was a pro wrestler."

  --David Shapiro, head of Semkhor Productions, which is partnering with Jericho on this endeavor.

Chris Jericho is professional wrestling’s self-proclaimed renaissance man.

The Tampa resident whose real name is Chris Irvine lives up to the hype.

Besides performing for All Elite Wrestling, Jericho is the front man for the Gold Record band Fozzy, author of three New York Times bestsellers, an actor, a movie producer, a gameshow host, a podcaster and a philanthropist.

On Saturday, the eight-time wrestling world champion will add comic book writer to that resume when he releases his “The Painmaker” graphic novel series at a launch event at Clearwater’s Emerald City Comics at 11 a.m.

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