New ‘Creepshow’ Comic Book Series Launching This Halloween Season
Is any comic book license safe from the all-encompassing IP appetite of Robert Kirkman?! Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment will launch a new Creepshow comic book anthology in September, a comic based on the Shudder TV series based on the 1982 George Romero and Stephen King film inspired by the EC Horror Comics of the 1950s. Or, in other words, it’s our favorite comic book industry mascot, the ouroboros, up to its old tricks again!
Creepshow, the comic, will be five-issue series with an all-star lineup of creators. From the press release:
What’s that lurking in the dark? Who’s that walking up behind you? And why does it sound like death is slowly creeping this way? Why, it’s Creepshow!
Each issue of the five-part anthology will feature different creative teams from the worlds of comics, film, television, and beyond. Every uniquely horrifying standalone story is guaranteed to SCARE YOU TO DEATH.
The superstar creative roster behind Creepshow includes Chris Burnham (Die!Die!Die!), Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series), Steve Langford (Creepshow TV series), Josh Malerman (Creepshow TV series, Bird Box), David & Maria Lapham (Stray Bullets), Steve Foxe (Razorblades: The Horror Magazine), John McCrea (Hitman), and Kelley Jones (Batman, The Sandman), with many more to be announced. Brian Witten is overseeing on behalf of Nictorero’s Monster Agency Productions.
To commemorate this monumental event, representatives of Skybound, the Creepshow TV production, and Striker Entertainment, described as “a global licensing IP accelerator,” gathered in a secluded spot in the woods to perform the unholy ritual of producing fawning press release quotes.
“Growing up a fan of horror comics and Famous Monsters, I will never forget the thrill of seeing a new issue hit the stands … thumbing through the pages with the anticipation of diving into a dark twisted and outrageous world filled with ghouls, zombies and the classic comeuppance,” said Nicotero in a statement about the new comic. “I’m very proud to see Creepshow find its rightful place on comic book shelves everywhere!”
Creepshow is produced by Cartel Entertainment. Exclusively see the cover of Creepshow issue #1 above.
