History ComicBook / WelcomeToHoxford

His psychiatrist, Dr. Jessica Ainley, tries to make sure that her former patient isn't being abused and is given the medications he desperately needs but is constantly rebuffed and treated as a nuisance by Gordon Baker, Hoxford's warden. When she sneaks into the prison, she finds it surprisingly empty given its size, and confirms her suspicions that Ray is off his meds, and is now proclaiming himself to be Kronos, Lord of the Titans, and preparing to do battle with the beasts. When her presence is discovered, the Warden, rather than kicking her out, locks her in his office, and then things start getting ''really'' weird.

''Welcome to Hoxford'' is a 4-issue miniseries by Creator/BenTemplesmith that follows Ray Delgado - an utter psychopath who's considered a major threat even when ''on'' his anti-psychotic medications, as he's transferred to the titular Hoxford penitentiary, a private prison owned by the Russian-based Usmanov Corporation along with [[HellholePrison other irredeemable prisoners]]. His psychiatrist, Dr. Jessica Ainley, tries to make sure that her former patient isn't being abused and is given the medications he desperately needs but is constantly rebuffed and treated as a nuisance by Gordon Baker, Hoxford's warden. When she sneaks into the prison, she finds it surprisingly empty given its size, and confirms her suspicions that Ray is off his meds, and is now proclaiming himself to be Kronos, Lord of the Titans, and preparing to do battle with the beasts. When her presence is discovered, the Warden, rather than kicking her out, locks her in his office, and then things start getting ''really'' weird.

* BedlamHouse: Hoxford's a prison/insane asylum.

* PowerBornOfMadness: Ray Delgado achieves what he does because he's just that disconnected from reality. Who else would come up with the idea of biting off a werewolf's tongue as it's snarling at you? He even finishes the series by [[spoiler: challenging the Alpha to a DuelToTheDeath and ''wins'', effectively [[KlingonPromotion becoming the packleader]] without actually being a werewolf]].

''Welcome to Hoxford'' is a 4-issue miniseries by Creator/BenTemplesmith that follows Ray Delgado - an utter psychopath who's considered a major threat even when ''on'' his anti-psychotic medications, as he's transferred to the titular Hoxford penitentiary, a private prison owned by the Russian-based Usmanov Corporation along with [[CompleteMonster other irredeemable prisoners]]. His psychiatrist, Dr. Jessica Ainley, tries to make sure that her former patient isn't being abused and is given the medications he desperately needs but is constantly rebuffed and treated as a nuisance by Gordon Baker, Hoxford's warden. When she sneaks into the prison, she finds it surprisingly empty given its size, and confirms her suspicions that Ray is off his meds, and is now proclaiming himself to be Kronos, Lord of the Titans, and preparing to do battle with the beasts. When her presence is discovered, the Warden, rather than kicking her out, locks her in his office, and then things start getting ''really'' weird.

* [[ManBitesMan Man Bites Wolf]]: Ray rips a werewolf's tongue out of its mouth using this method.

''Welcome to Hoxford'' is a 4-issue miniseries by Creator/BenTemplesmith that follows Ray Delgado - an utter psychopath [[DeadlyEuphemism who doesn't do well with roommates]] and is considered a major threat even when ''on'' his anti-psychotic medications, as he's transferred to the titular Hoxford penitentiary, a private prison owned by the Russian-based Usmanov Corporation along with [[CompleteMonster other irredeemable prisoners]]. His psychiatrist, Dr. Jessica Ainley, tries to make sure that her former patient isn't being abused and is given the medications he desperately needs but is constantly rebuffed and treated as a nuisance by Gordon Baker, Hoxford's warden. When she sneaks into the prison, she finds it surprisingly empty given its size, and confirms her suspicions that Ray is off his meds, and is now proclaiming himself to be Kronos, Lord of the Titans, and preparing to do battle with the beasts. When her presence is discovered, the Warden, rather than kicking her out, locks her in his office, and then things start getting ''really'' weird.

This inspired a 15-minute [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stnRvFzGWY8 fan-film]] that, while largely faithful to the source material, omits large portions of the plot and ends immediately after [[spoiler: Ray kills the werewolf entering his cell]] due to budget constraints.

Due to the brief nature of the story, most spoilers will be unmarked unless they occur in the final issue.

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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: In spades, as the protagonist is the thoroughly insane Ray Delgado, but the antagonists are [[spoiler: a pack of werewolves using the prison as a PeopleFarm]].

* PowerBornOfMadness: Ray Delgado achieves what he does because he's just that disconnected from reality. Who else would come up with the idea of biting off a werewolf's tongue as it's snarling at you? He even finishes the series by [[spoiler: challenging the Alpha - Warden Baker - to a DuelToTheDeath and ''wins'', effectively becoming the packleader without actually being a werewolf]].

This inspired a 15-minute [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stnRvFzGWY8 fan-film]] that, while largely faithful to the source material, omits large portions of the plot due to budget constraints.

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Most of the scenes where Ray is either on his own or the central character has the reader see aspects of what he does through his demented psyche.

* MommyIssues / DaddyIssues: Ray suffers from both of these, as he'd killed his mother by pushing her over (accidentally, [[UnreliableNarrator according to him]]), and then suffered sexual abuse at the hands of his father.

* AGodAmI: Ray believes himself to be Kronos, [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Lord of the Titans]]; though he later becomes convinced [[spoiler: that he's a werewolf instead]].

* OnlySaneWoman: Dr. Ainley in the most literal sense, as everyone else at Hoxford is either criminally-insane or [[spoiler: a werewolf]].
* [[spoiler: OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: While fitting with most depictions of werewolves in medieval myth, these versions have MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily and are vulnerable to more conventional methods of death than silver bullets]].

* PowerBornOfMadness: Ray Delgado achieves what he does because he's just that disconnected from reality. Who else would [[spoiler: come up with the idea of biting off a werewolf's tongue as it's snarling at you]]? He even finishes the series by [[spoiler: challenging the Alpha - Warden Baker - to a DuelToTheDeath and ''wins'', effectively becoming the packleader without actually being a werewolf]].

* ILoveTheDead: Skunty, who is in prison for killing people so that he could enact this trope on them - [[spoiler: this eventually costs him his life, as he does this with a ''werewolf'''s corpse [[TooDumbToLive while the others are still on the hunt]]]].

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: In spades, as the protagonist is the thoroughly insane Ray Delgado, but the antagonists are [[spoiler: a pack of werewolves using the prison as a PeopleFarm]].

This inspired a 15-minute fan-film that, while largely faithful to the source material, omits large portions of the plot due to budget constraints.

* PowerBornOfMadness: Ray Delgado he achieves what he does because he's just that disconnected from reality. Who else would [[spoiler: come up with the idea of biting off a werewolf's tongue as it's snarling at you]]? He even finishes the series by [[spoiler: challenging the Alpha - Warden Baker - to a DuelToTheDeath and ''wins'', effectively becoming the packleader without actually being a werewolf]].

* CrazyAwesome: Ray Delgado, to the point that it's not even a YMMV, as he achieves what he does ''because'' of his insanity. Who else would [[spoiler: come up with the idea of biting off a werewolf's tongue as it's snarling at you]]? He even finishes the series by [[spoiler: challenging the Alpha - Warden Baker - to a DuelToTheDeath and ''wins'', effectively becoming the packleader without actually being a werewolf]].

''Welcome to Hoxford'' is a 4-issue miniseries by Creator/BenTemplesmith that follows Ray Delgado - an utter psychopath [[DeadlyEuphemism who doesn't do well with roommates]] and is considered a major threat even when ''on'' his anti-psychotic medications, as he's transferred to the titular Hoxford penitentiary, a private prison owned by the Russian-based Usmanov Corporation along with [[CompleteMonster other irredeemable prisoners]]. His psychiatrist, Dr. Jessica Ainley, tries to make sure that her former patient isn't being abused and is given the medications he desperately needs but is constantly rebuffed and treated as a nuisance by Gordon Baker, Hoxford's warden. When she sneaks into the prison, she finds it surprisingly empty given its size, and confirms her suspicions that Ray is off his meds, and is now proclaiming himself to be Kronos, Lord of the Titans, and preparing to do battle with the beasts. When her presence is discovered, the Warden, rather than kicking her out, locks her inside his office closet, and then things start getting ''really'' weird.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Strictly averted, as Dr. Ainley is hellbent on making sure that even those that society's written off as lost causes are still treated like people.