So far, music fans have been indulging in 'House of Gold & Bones, Pt. 1,' the first of a two-part musical installment from Stone Sour. But those who've been following Corey Taylor's exploits know that the music is only a portion of the ambitious scope the singer has for his latest artistic output. Coinciding with the second album release this April, fans will get to check out a corresponding comic book series.

Taylor told Comic Book Resources, "The last 10 years of my life have been the most formative. I realized I was on the threshold of the rest of my life -- I had an idea of who I wanted to be as a man and I realized who I was at the time didn't exactly jibe with what that idea was. So I started the process of changing for the better … 'House of Gold & Bones' is loaded with that journey, but it also has a lot of pieces from my friends' lives -- some are a lot more ahead of the curve than others, but we all are trying to do the same thing: trying to figure it all out. That's why I wanted to tell the story in the first place -- to put it all in perspective and find my place in it all."

The singer says the comic series story spills out like a contemporary fable, with the hero waking up in a world he doesn't understand and learning more about himself than he could have ever imagined. While the two albums tell part of the story, Taylor says it's been enjoyable to translate the tale and expand on some of the ideas with the comic series. He's also found that his two artistic loves balance each other out.

"Both genres are fathomless when it comes to possibilities," says Taylor. "But in music, you only really get the emotion of the singer or the music, which makes it hard if you're trying to convey the emotion of the scene. With comics, you get that snapshot of emotion: the looks on the faces, the color of the sky, the veins in people's necks, but you don't get the fluid feel of being in the moment, like film or music. I hope between the two, we'll be able to put these pieces together perfectly."

The first issue of the "House of Gold & Bones' comic series arrives April 17. Artist Richard P. Clark's variant cover for issue No. 1 is shown above. For more on Taylor's discussion about comic books and more exclusive images, check out Comic Book Resources' full interview here.