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Netflix’s hit true crime series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” has triggered new interest in the serial killer/cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer. Hart Fisher has pre-launched the Big Book of Dahmer Indiegogo campaign to bring back his Legendary Jeffrey Dahmer comics. Hart D. Fisher is the world-famous author of the infamous “Jeffrey Dahmer: An Unauthorized Biography of a Serial Killer” comic book. He is also the founder (with his late wife Wakako) of the streaming horror tv channels, American Horrors & American Horrors Classic (available on Roku & Glewed.tv) and the American Horrors Film Festival located in historic downtown Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. His work has been featured on Larry King Live, CNN’s “Murder By Numbers,” “Entertainment Tonight”, CNN Headline News, A&E’s Biography, The Discovery Channel’s “The Verminators” (with his late wife Wakako), Tattoo Savage, People, The Comics Journal, the non-fiction bestseller “The A-Z Guide to Serial Killers” and most recently in John Borowski’s seminal documentary “Serial Killer Culture”. For more information about
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“Rock’n’Roll will never die, but it often kills a few folks along the way.” AWA Studios, the independent developer of bold and relevant stories from the world’s most outstanding artists, writers, and artisans, announced today the forthcoming launch of BLACK TAPE, an all-new original mystery comic series that tells the fictional story of a miscreant and rock idol named Jack King, who drops dead under mysterious circumstances in the middle of a sold-out show. Penned by award-winning comic creator Dan Panosian (IRON MAN, WOLVERINE) and illustrated by acclaimed international artist Dalibor Talajić (DEADPOOL, LOGAN), BLACK TAPE highlights the best of horror, heavy metal, and 1960s Los Angeles all while attempting to uncover what really happened to the rock’n’roll legend. “Mick Jagger claimed the swagger, Paul McCartney & John Lennon wrote the best tunes, and Robert Plant wailed like no other — but all those singers served as frontmen in a rock ensemble act. Only Jack King put it all together
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A dark fantasy series featuring reimagined, classic horror characters in an all-new shared universe. Set in medieval Romania, when a family is separated from each other, they encounter villains and creatures they never knew existed. An epic journey where gorillas fight werewolves and a steampunk, Atlantean Frankenstein topples cities. Now is your chance to get the Deluxe Hardcover edition of Cover of Darkness collecting all six thrilling issues. Alongside the Deluxe Hardcover, Cover of Darkness: The Card Game is also being released of the graphic novel series. Will you risk it all and hope to win big or play it safe? Cover of Darkness: The Card Game is easy to learn and only takes 15 minutes to play and is full of re-playability. The graphic novel series is written by George Michail and features artwork by MJ Hiblen. The team also includes Chris Cam. Head to Kickstarter now to back it and score amazing perks including digital downloads, hardback copies,
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Richard T. Wilson’s Halloween Girl graphic novel series got off to a fine start, as related in this Horror Fuel review of Volume 2, and now publisher Mad Shelley Comics has released the full series. Following is the official press announcement. Following rave reviews and critical acclaim for Vol 1-4, Richard T. Wilson’s entire Halloween Girl graphic novel series has just been released! The Emmy® award-winning, writer-filmmaker, describes his latest project as a ‘supernatural odyssey with a healthy dose of reality’. “After all these years, this feels like the first thing I’ve written in a way. I feel like my whole life, I’ve been punching through the darkness like the ‘Halloween Girl’ – but this is the first time I’ve actually written about it!” says Wilson. What is the ‘Halloween Girl’? An angsty, teen ghost named Charlotte (aka ‘Halloween Girl’) and her wise-cracking, supernatural gal pal, Poe who battle diabolic, secret society, The Hollow for the soul of their hometown
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To celebrate Trick ‘r Treat’s first-ever theatrical release, Legendary Comics, in collaboration with Rocketship Entertainment, today launched a new Kickstarter initiative (HERE) for the graphic novel Trick ‘r Treat: The 15 Anniversary Omnibus Collection. The compendium features the original Trick ‘r Treat Omnibus along with an all-new story by Trick ‘r Treat creator Michael Dougherty and new covers by Zid (Dune Movie Graphic Novel), Ben Templesmith (Fell, 30 Days of Night), and Christopher Shy (Friday the 13th, Rise of the Warrior) This edition of the Omnibus will only be made available on Kickstarter and not released to retail outlets. Reprinted in this edition is the original Omnibus, which contains the 2009 Trick ‘r Treat comic (first published by D.C.) that adapts the film and features the talents of (Marc Andreyko, Mike Huddleston, Jim Charalampidis, Grant Bond, Christopher Gugliotti, Fiona Staples), as well as the second comic Trick ‘r Treat: Days of the Dead (Zach Shields, Todd Casey, Fiona Staples, Jose
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35 years after publishing Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s first-ever graphic novel, today Scary Monster, Lakesville Productions and Foton Pictures have now announced that development on Violent Cases is well underway with Academy Award®-winning actor Ben Kingsley attached in the lead role of the Osteopath led by the creative team behind the BAFTA-nominated The Girl With All The Gifts, director Colm McCarthy, writer Mike Carey, and producer Camille Gatin. At only 50 pages, “Violent Cases” features a narrator, who tells of how, as a small child in Portsmouth, he was taken by his father to be treated by an osteopath ( a licensed physician who uses both conventional treatments and osteopathic manipulative medicine) who was once employed by Al Capone. The nature of the narrator’s relationship with his father, the tales the osteopath told, and the disturbing events that followed, are partially obscured by the narrator’s imperfect recall of things he was not old enough to understand at the time.
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Joseph Schmalke and CEX Publishing are launching a comic series, Seven Years in Darkness, and attendees at New York Comic-Con will get their first look thanks to an Ashcan being sold at the convention. The comic tells the story of the first group of students to enter a wizarding school in over a hundred years. 72 children are selected for the new class, but only seven will graduate, alive. Joseph Schmalke is the Co-Publisher of Black Caravan and a comics creator, writer, and illustrator residing in Westbrook, Maine. Joe is the artist and writer of several comic book titles including The Infernal Pact, Cherry Blackbird, Phantom Starkler, and more. “Seven Years In Darkness breaks with some horror taboos where children could die in a high fantasy winner-takes-all situation,” Schmalke said. “A group of kids are forced into the academy of Black Magic and while seventy-two enter only seven will leave alive. CEX took a bold move picking up this book
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Archie Comics is wishing everyone a very scary holiday season with an all-new one-shot comic, HAPPY HORRORDAYS, hitting store shelves (and stockings) in December! The horror anthology features a return to the world of the hit Archie Horror series JUGHEAD: THE HUNGER bycreatorsFrank Tieri(Deadpool) andJoe Eisma (Morning Glories), along with two more tales of yuletide terror bound to keep you up at night hoping that sound on the roof is who you think it is. Setting up his offering, Tieri said, “In ‘‘Twasthe Night Before the Hunger,’ X-Mas turns into an X-Massacre when Jughead finds himself up against none other than a pissed-off Krampus one fine Christmas morn. It’s a nice little tale of ho-ho-horror where we may see more than just Christmas cookies and hamburgers getting eaten.” In Tieri’s JUGHEAD: THE HUNGER series, Jughead is a werewolf, and we were treated to another trip back to that fan-favorite universe in CHILLING ADVENTURESPRESENTS… WEIRDER MYSTERIES, a sci-fi horror one-shot released
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Legendary Comics, like its parent studio, is known for blockbuster storytelling and memorable characters who drive the action. Their latest original graphic novel is all of that with a dash of sleep-deprived, fast-paced fright that will keep you up at night. Sleep Terrors is written by Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic, Justice Society) and features art by Stephanie Son, is an all-new tale of revenge gone wrong that is destined to keep you up at night, and it’s the exact kind of menacing late-summer monster romp you need to kick off spooky season. Horror fans can score an exclusive hardcover edition (among many other rewards!) in a crowdfunding campaign that ends September 21, 2022. The book follows tortured soul Terri Shepherd as she learns, to her shock and creeping dread, that people who wrong her — even in the slightest! — are getting brutally killed by some unseen force while she sleeps. The monster is kept at bay
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Hocus Pocus 2 isn’t the only spooktacular Halloween movie debuting on Disney+ this fall. The new trailer for Marvel’s hair-raising Special Werewolf by Night has just arrived. The black and white horror is from director Michael Giacchino who wanted to pay homage to the horror classics that spooked you as a child while honoring the comic of the same name. The character made its first appearance in Marvel Spotlight #2, released in February 1972. Gael Garcia Bernal (M. Night Shyamalan’s Old) stars as a character able of transforming into a werewolf while retaining their human intellect. Laura Donnelly stars as Nina Price. “Price is the niece of the character Jack Russell/Werewolf by Night and a vampire/werewolf hybrid. She carried the Lycan gene and was further changed after being bitten by a vampire.” Werewolf by Night will be unleashed on Disney+ on October 7, 2022.
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Netflix’s hit true crime series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” has triggered new interest in the serial killer/cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer. Hart Fisher has pre-launched the Big Book of Dahmer Indiegogo campaign to bring back his Legendary Jeffrey Dahmer comics. Hart D. Fisher is the world-famous author of the infamous “Jeffrey Dahmer: An Unauthorized Biography of a Serial Killer” comic book. He is also the founder (with his late wife Wakako) of the streaming horror tv channels, American Horrors & American Horrors Classic (available on Roku & Glewed.tv) and the American Horrors Film Festival located in historic downtown Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. His work has been featured on Larry King Live, CNN’s “Murder By Numbers,” “Entertainment Tonight”, CNN Headline News, A&E’s Biography, The Discovery Channel’s “The Verminators” (with his late wife Wakako), Tattoo Savage, People, The Comics Journal, the non-fiction bestseller “The A-Z Guide to Serial Killers” and most recently in John Borowski’s seminal documentary “Serial Killer Culture”. For more information about
Continue reading →
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“Rock’n’Roll will never die, but it often kills a few folks along the way.” AWA Studios, the independent developer of bold and relevant stories from the world’s most outstanding artists, writers, and artisans, announced today the forthcoming launch of BLACK TAPE, an all-new original mystery comic series that tells the fictional story of a miscreant and rock idol named Jack King, who drops dead under mysterious circumstances in the middle of a sold-out show. Penned by award-winning comic creator Dan Panosian (IRON MAN, WOLVERINE) and illustrated by acclaimed international artist Dalibor Talajić (DEADPOOL, LOGAN), BLACK TAPE highlights the best of horror, heavy metal, and 1960s Los Angeles all while attempting to uncover what really happened to the rock’n’roll legend. “Mick Jagger claimed the swagger, Paul McCartney & John Lennon wrote the best tunes, and Robert Plant wailed like no other — but all those singers served as frontmen in a rock ensemble act. Only Jack King put it all together
Continue reading →
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A dark fantasy series featuring reimagined, classic horror characters in an all-new shared universe. Set in medieval Romania, when a family is separated from each other, they encounter villains and creatures they never knew existed. An epic journey where gorillas fight werewolves and a steampunk, Atlantean Frankenstein topples cities. Now is your chance to get the Deluxe Hardcover edition of Cover of Darkness collecting all six thrilling issues. Alongside the Deluxe Hardcover, Cover of Darkness: The Card Game is also being released of the graphic novel series. Will you risk it all and hope to win big or play it safe? Cover of Darkness: The Card Game is easy to learn and only takes 15 minutes to play and is full of re-playability. The graphic novel series is written by George Michail and features artwork by MJ Hiblen. The team also includes Chris Cam. Head to Kickstarter now to back it and score amazing perks including digital downloads, hardback copies,
Continue reading →
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Richard T. Wilson’s Halloween Girl graphic novel series got off to a fine start, as related in this Horror Fuel review of Volume 2, and now publisher Mad Shelley Comics has released the full series. Following is the official press announcement. Following rave reviews and critical acclaim for Vol 1-4, Richard T. Wilson’s entire Halloween Girl graphic novel series has just been released! The Emmy® award-winning, writer-filmmaker, describes his latest project as a ‘supernatural odyssey with a healthy dose of reality’. “After all these years, this feels like the first thing I’ve written in a way. I feel like my whole life, I’ve been punching through the darkness like the ‘Halloween Girl’ – but this is the first time I’ve actually written about it!” says Wilson. What is the ‘Halloween Girl’? An angsty, teen ghost named Charlotte (aka ‘Halloween Girl’) and her wise-cracking, supernatural gal pal, Poe who battle diabolic, secret society, The Hollow for the soul of their hometown
Continue reading →
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To celebrate Trick ‘r Treat’s first-ever theatrical release, Legendary Comics, in collaboration with Rocketship Entertainment, today launched a new Kickstarter initiative (HERE) for the graphic novel Trick ‘r Treat: The 15 Anniversary Omnibus Collection. The compendium features the original Trick ‘r Treat Omnibus along with an all-new story by Trick ‘r Treat creator Michael Dougherty and new covers by Zid (Dune Movie Graphic Novel), Ben Templesmith (Fell, 30 Days of Night), and Christopher Shy (Friday the 13th, Rise of the Warrior) This edition of the Omnibus will only be made available on Kickstarter and not released to retail outlets. Reprinted in this edition is the original Omnibus, which contains the 2009 Trick ‘r Treat comic (first published by D.C.) that adapts the film and features the talents of (Marc Andreyko, Mike Huddleston, Jim Charalampidis, Grant Bond, Christopher Gugliotti, Fiona Staples), as well as the second comic Trick ‘r Treat: Days of the Dead (Zach Shields, Todd Casey, Fiona Staples, Jose
Continue reading →
AdaptationBooksComic Books/Graphic NovelsMoviesNews
35 years after publishing Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s first-ever graphic novel, today Scary Monster, Lakesville Productions and Foton Pictures have now announced that development on Violent Cases is well underway with Academy Award®-winning actor Ben Kingsley attached in the lead role of the Osteopath led by the creative team behind the BAFTA-nominated The Girl With All The Gifts, director Colm McCarthy, writer Mike Carey, and producer Camille Gatin. At only 50 pages, “Violent Cases” features a narrator, who tells of how, as a small child in Portsmouth, he was taken by his father to be treated by an osteopath ( a licensed physician who uses both conventional treatments and osteopathic manipulative medicine) who was once employed by Al Capone. The nature of the narrator’s relationship with his father, the tales the osteopath told, and the disturbing events that followed, are partially obscured by the narrator’s imperfect recall of things he was not old enough to understand at the time.
Continue reading →
BooksComic Books/Graphic NovelsFilm Festivals
Joseph Schmalke and CEX Publishing are launching a comic series, Seven Years in Darkness, and attendees at New York Comic-Con will get their first look thanks to an Ashcan being sold at the convention. The comic tells the story of the first group of students to enter a wizarding school in over a hundred years. 72 children are selected for the new class, but only seven will graduate, alive. Joseph Schmalke is the Co-Publisher of Black Caravan and a comics creator, writer, and illustrator residing in Westbrook, Maine. Joe is the artist and writer of several comic book titles including The Infernal Pact, Cherry Blackbird, Phantom Starkler, and more. “Seven Years In Darkness breaks with some horror taboos where children could die in a high fantasy winner-takes-all situation,” Schmalke said. “A group of kids are forced into the academy of Black Magic and while seventy-two enter only seven will leave alive. CEX took a bold move picking up this book
Continue reading →
BooksComic Books/Graphic NovelsHoliday HorrorNews
Archie Comics is wishing everyone a very scary holiday season with an all-new one-shot comic, HAPPY HORRORDAYS, hitting store shelves (and stockings) in December! The horror anthology features a return to the world of the hit Archie Horror series JUGHEAD: THE HUNGER bycreatorsFrank Tieri(Deadpool) andJoe Eisma (Morning Glories), along with two more tales of yuletide terror bound to keep you up at night hoping that sound on the roof is who you think it is. Setting up his offering, Tieri said, “In ‘‘Twasthe Night Before the Hunger,’ X-Mas turns into an X-Massacre when Jughead finds himself up against none other than a pissed-off Krampus one fine Christmas morn. It’s a nice little tale of ho-ho-horror where we may see more than just Christmas cookies and hamburgers getting eaten.” In Tieri’s JUGHEAD: THE HUNGER series, Jughead is a werewolf, and we were treated to another trip back to that fan-favorite universe in CHILLING ADVENTURESPRESENTS… WEIRDER MYSTERIES, a sci-fi horror one-shot released
Continue reading →
BooksComic Books/Graphic NovelsNewsTrailers
Legendary Comics, like its parent studio, is known for blockbuster storytelling and memorable characters who drive the action. Their latest original graphic novel is all of that with a dash of sleep-deprived, fast-paced fright that will keep you up at night. Sleep Terrors is written by Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic, Justice Society) and features art by Stephanie Son, is an all-new tale of revenge gone wrong that is destined to keep you up at night, and it’s the exact kind of menacing late-summer monster romp you need to kick off spooky season. Horror fans can score an exclusive hardcover edition (among many other rewards!) in a crowdfunding campaign that ends September 21, 2022. The book follows tortured soul Terri Shepherd as she learns, to her shock and creeping dread, that people who wrong her — even in the slightest! — are getting brutally killed by some unseen force while she sleeps. The monster is kept at bay
Continue reading →
AdaptationComic Books/Graphic NovelsHalloweenMoviesNewsStreaming TVThrillerTrailers
Hocus Pocus 2 isn’t the only spooktacular Halloween movie debuting on Disney+ this fall. The new trailer for Marvel’s hair-raising Special Werewolf by Night has just arrived. The black and white horror is from director Michael Giacchino who wanted to pay homage to the horror classics that spooked you as a child while honoring the comic of the same name. The character made its first appearance in Marvel Spotlight #2, released in February 1972. Gael Garcia Bernal (M. Night Shyamalan’s Old) stars as a character able of transforming into a werewolf while retaining their human intellect. Laura Donnelly stars as Nina Price. “Price is the niece of the character Jack Russell/Werewolf by Night and a vampire/werewolf hybrid. She carried the Lycan gene and was further changed after being bitten by a vampire.” Werewolf by Night will be unleashed on Disney+ on October 7, 2022.
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