Hellboy and the BPRD #1 – A Thriller in Brazil(ler)!
A few weeks ago, I thrilled to the news that Hellboy and the BPRD are back. The issue hits shelves on December 3 (just over a week away!), and I’m here to tell you that it is great reading. Set in...
View ArticleThreat Level: WEDNESDAY! Gotham by Midnight #1 Templesmith’s Gotham is...
Gotham By Midnight #1 DC Comics $2.99 w. Ray Fawkes a. Ben Templesmith Why?: So let’s see… the guy who writes 2 of DC’s horror titles Constantine and Pandora and is a regular contributor to the...
View ArticleAnd Then Emily Was Gone Concludes, Send Your Therapy Bills to ComixTribe
And Then Emily Was Gone, the 5-installment horror comic from ComixTribe, wraps up on December 17th with a conclusion that will leave you reeling, shaking your head, and possibly wondering what the hell...
View Article“And Then Emily Was Gone” Concludes! Hits Shelves 12/17!
A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed the final issue of ComixTribe’s And Then Emily Was Gone. My doctor says I’ll stop shaking any day now, honest. In case it had slipped your mind, or you scoffed at my...
View ArticleVampirella #8 Adds a Dash of Literary Intrigue!
If you’ve been following Vamps scribe Nancy A. Collins’ latest Vampirella series, you know she defeated her half-brother, Drago, took his place as the ruler of the Nosferatu, and inherited his castle...
View ArticleThe History of Horror in Comics – Live Online Streaming Event with John Lees!
If you’ve been reading ComixTribe books, you know John Lees. He’s the guy that gave me nightmares thanks to And Then Emily Was Gone, thank you so much. Well, John knows horror and he knows comics, and...
View ArticleNew Horror from Dark Horse: Death Head
This is going to be one of those books. I can feel it. The ones that make you check the windows before you go to bed at night, the ones that you turn over in your head all day long. Death Head, from...
View ArticleDeath Head #1 Made My Skin Crawl!
If I told you a comic featured a Plague Doctor, would you want to read it? Probably yes, because you’re awesome. It was that simple premise that sucked me in to Death Head, and that was how I ended up...
View ArticleAndersonville – Get your Horror with a Dose of History!
There has been a substantial amount of ink spilled over the American Civil War. There have been brilliant graphic novels and novels written, non-fiction and fiction, as scholars and writers all try to...
View ArticleOur Friend Satan?
I was contacted about a Kickstarter recently and I was so distracted by other things I almost missed it. Check out the pitch… “Our Friend Satan is a rip roaring story about Satan suffering from a...
View ArticleSTEAM MAN – Grab this book!
The Old West, circa 1895 – giant squid monsters start coming out of the sky, and causing a lot of problems. A group of monster hunters comes together, led by Captain William Beadle, to form the crew of...
View ArticleRowans Ruin – Classic Horror From BOOM! Studios
Rowans Ruin #1 (of 4) Writer: Mike Carey Artist: Mike Perkins Finally! A horror book that’s scary instead of gruesome, though I have a feeling the gruesome is on it’s way. The story is about a house, a...
View ArticleBob: Non-Union Psychic – Gives us a world of possibility
In a world where psychics are a legitimate business, though tightly unionized, we find Bob. He’s a hairdresser, a barber, and a psychic. He can see people’s auras, he can see non-corporeal forms...
View ArticlePUT THAT PHONE DOWN! CUSACK, JACKSON AND KING REUNITE FOR “CELL”
PUT THAT PHONE DOWN: CUSACK, JACKSON AND KING REUNITE FOR “CELL“ Long delayed (filming ended in early 2014), Tod Williams’ adaptation of Stephen King’s 2006 novel CELL isn’t a catastrophe, nor is it a...
View ArticleSemiautomagic – Intense Action & Horror from Alex de Campi & Jerry Ordway
Semiautomagic is a frighteningly beautiful book. Alex de Campi, best known these days for her 2015 Darkhorse series “Grindhouse”, is back with Semiautomagic a supernatural adventure story drawn in a...
View ArticleStitches: The Undertaking Pulls Together Two Genres With Ease
Ghouls! Zombies! Mystery! Noir! Stitches: The Undertaking, story by Travis Duda & Dan Lee with art & letters by Shawn Daley, is one of those rare comics that comes from out of nowhere, with a...
View ArticleSNARL is a real page turner!
SNARL is one of those rare one-shot comics that really make use of the format. The storytelling is tight, superbly well paced, and filled with tension. More on the technical side later, first and...
View ArticleDREXLER #1 – It Takes a Monster To Kill One
DREXLER is a Sci-Fi tale that follows Erron Drexler, a soldier of fortune, returning to his small town roots to investigate a string of monstrous slayings despite being considered a monster himself (by...
View ArticleIchabod Jones Monster Hunter – is a glimpse into the abyss.
Ichabod Jones is a psychotic killer confined to a mental institution but by the end of this story he’ll be an escapee, a monster hunter, a savior, and a sacrifice. Maybe. I love a crazy protagonist,...
View ArticleMorte, a touching look at being human
Morte is an intriguing one-shot from Source Point Press Though Source Point Press is best known for horror titles they also have science fiction, action-adventure, pulp, heck they ever have a craft...
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