CREEPY COMICS (2009)

"Neil Kleid (W), Joe Harris (W), Dan Braun (W), Mike Woods (W), Angelo Torres (A), Bernie Wrightson (A), Jason Shawn Alexander (A), Eric Powell (Covers), and others On sale July 15 b&w, 48 pages $4.99 Ongoing What's black and white and clawing its way onto your reading list? It's the newly resurrected Creepy, of course! Now, don't fret, my putrid pets-these new terror tales are cut from the same cursed cloth as the outlandish originals, telling contemporary horror stories with gorgeously ghoulish art from a lineup that'll make you lose your head! Original Creepy artist Angelo Torres teams up with devilish Dan Braun on 'Hell Hound Blues'; Michael Woods and artist Saskia Gutekunst serve up a dose of 'Chemical 13'; Neil Kleid and Brian Churilla provide 'All the Help You Need' at a weird weight-loss camp; and jaundiced Jason Shawn Alexander brings his phenomenal painting skills to Joe Harris's 'The Curse'! Plus Bernie Wrightson, the return of 'Loathsome Lore,' and more. All this, plus one classic story from Uncle Creepy's dank dungeon, and you've got 48 freakish pages of terror to bring home to mummy! o This big book of boo will be a regular quarterly offering! o Features a painted cover from Eric Powell!"

"CREEPY #2 Various (W/A) On sale Oct 28 b&w, 48 pages $4.99 Ongoing It's alive! It's evil! And it's coming for you. Horror fans and art fiends, beware-a new issue of new Creepy is lurking right around the corner. Dark Horse Comics and New Comic Company keep the hellfires burning in October with another evil-engorged 48 pages of short horror stories by established greats and ook-inducing newcomers. This issue, we're featuring the second mind-bendingly gruesome chapter of 'The Curse;' a ghastly shocker from legendary horror writer Joe R. Lansdale; an all-new Loathsome Lore; new work from Jason Shawn Alexander, Dan Braun, and Greg Ruth and much, much gore! Creepy is not only packed with paralyzing tales of fear, it's a jaw-dropping value, too. With 48 pages packed with content, not advertising, our boo buffet is one hell of a deal! o The reanimation of a beloved series continues with new, freakishly great stories! o New frightening tales from masters of illustrated terror!"

"CREEPY #3 Various (W/A) On sale Feb 24 b&w, 48 pages $4.99 Ongoing Uncle Creepy is back with the third thick and icky issue of Creepy! This issue Doug Moench and Angelo Torres team up to tell a tale of demonic devotion and organized crime, Joe Harris and Jason Shawn Alexander wrap their warped three-parter, 'The Curse,' and a weird revisionist look back at the fall of the Nazi empire reveals a shocking truth-evil never dies! Plus an all-new Loathsome Lore, a bonus Creepy classic story, and more! o Creepy debuted to rave reviews in July 2009, and the first issue sold out! 'Terrifyingly good!' - Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net "

"CREEPY #4 Various (W/A) On sale June 23 b&w, 48 pages $4.99 Ongoing Fandom's favorite fright fiend Uncle Creepy is back with another insanity-inducing issue of his hit new Creepy comics! From the darkest corners of the human heart, and from the most demented pockets of the human mind, here comes another smorgasbord of screams to get you through the night. This issue features the second chapter of the most vile revisionist take on World War II imaginable, as writer Dan Braun and Craig Haffner team up with artist Dennis Calero on the mind-bending conclusion of 'X-Change.' Plus, an all-new Loathsome Lore featuring the fantastically freakish art of The Goon's Eric Powell, as well as brand-new work from Michael Wm. Kaluta, Bill Morrison, the amazing Angelo Torres, and more! 'New Creepy is terrifyingly good!' -Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net"

"David Lapham (W/A), Benjamin Truman (W), Timothy Truman (A), and others The newest, gnarliest, and ickiest incarnation of the classic horror anthology Creepy is clawing its way onto your must-read list for 2011! Don't miss the demented debut of Creepy #5 this March, which features strange and stunning offerings by David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Timothy Truman (Conan), classic Creepy cover artist Sanjulian, and much, much gore. Whether you prefer your horror tales bloody and bold, or supernatural and subtle, Uncle Creepy and his maleficent minions are sure to satisfy your lust for scary stories!"

"Joe R. Lansdale (W), Alice Henderson (W), Christopher A. Taylor (W), Jason Shawn Alexander (P/Cover), and Nathan Fox (P) Run! Hide! Call the authorities! You'll find all your efforts futile . . . It was foolish to think you could escape Creepy #6! There will be no mercy shown as you recoil in horror at tales brought to you by Joe R. Lansdale, Nathan Fox, Christopher A. Taylor, Jason Shawn Alexander, Alice Henderson, and more! Featuring 48 bone-chilling pages Creepy #6 will make your summer scream!"

"Joe R. Lansdale (W), Keith Lansdale (W), Bill Morrison (W), Dan Braun (W), and Sanjulian (Cover) Hope your New Year's resolution was to be terrified, because Creepy is back to start 2012 with a scream! Featuring the latest from bone-chilling scribes Joe and Keith Lansdale, Christopher Taylor, and Dan Braun, this installment of the abominable anthology is sure to leave you shivering in the corner until next year!"

"Uncle Creepy has unearthed another malicious mag's worth of terror! Waiting in these pages are brand-new stories from Jeff Parker (Thunderbolts, Hulk), Colleen Coover (X-Men: First Class), Rick Geary (A Treasury of Victorian Murder), Doug Moench (Batman), and Kelly Jones (Criminal Macabre) all wrapped up in a cover from horror master Richard Corben (Hellboy, classic Creepy and Eerie)! "

"No rest for the wicked! Uncle Creepy doesn't need a summer vacation when he can spend the time scuba-diving through comics' darkest, murkiest waters. In this issue he's surfaced with a batch of our most fearsome features to date, as Doug Moench and Kelley Jones (Batman: Unseen) continue their tale of Lovecraft insanity, Doselle Young (The Monarchy) delves into the murderous side of parallel universes, Emily Carroll (His Face All Red) brings horror from a spooky kitchen knife, and more, plus a classic reprint from Creepy magazine."

"In honor of the greatest horror writer of them all, Uncle Creepy presents an all-Lovecraft special. We're not worthy! We're not worthy! Leading off with the twist-filled conclusion to Doug Moench and Kelley Jones's mind-blowing 'The Lurking Fate That Came to Lovecraft,' this issue also includes takes on the master from the teams of John Arcudi/Richard Corben and Matt Weinhold/Darick Robertson, a classic reprint of 'The Rats in the Walls,' and a variety of other Lovecraft-inspired features! For once even Uncle Creepy is scared!"

"February is when dear Uncle Creepy's fancy turns toward . . . scaring the bejeezus out of readers! Prepare to swoon at the bouquet of terror offered up by our team: Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets) weaves a tale of love gone horribly wrong, Jamie S. Rich (It Girl and the Atomics) and Joëlle Jones (Hourse of Night) provide a peek at voyeuristic ghosts, and J. Torres (Jinx) and Amy Reeder (Batwoman) make you afraid to go into the water-or near your beloved! Plus, the Creepys find romance in Dan Braun and Peter Bagge's latest Creepy Family strips!"

"New terror from legendary artist Richard Corben reveals that six feet of soil can't keep a good man down! John Arcudi (B.P.R.D.) and Julian Totino Tedesco (Uncanny X-Force) explore the aftermath of a deadly plane crash in the ghastly 'Pack Leader.' And join Ron Marz and Richard P. Clark for a delightfully twisted fairytale!"

"The abominable anthology turns unsweet thirteen! Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun) celebrates crossroads mishaps, Josh Simmons (The Furry Trap) and Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma) reveal a small town's twisted secrets, and Dan Braun and Lukas Ketner (Witch Doctor) ride a subway to hell! Don't push your luck-read Creepy!"

"You can't believe how many things there are to be afraid of! First, forget black cats-Ray Fawkes (Justice League Dark) and Tomm Coker (Zombie Bomb!) will make you terrified of blackbirds! And Matthew Southworth (Stumptown) takes you further into the dark than you've ever imagined! Better learn to read from behind your fingers!"

"It's a sickening sweet sixteen! Join Uncle Creepy for some sensational scares from a cavalcade of cursedly clever creators! Rachel Deering and Vanesa R. Del Rey wind up a lovesick mechanical monstrosity, and Ted Naifeh gives a lurid lesson in blackmail and bewitching bedlam! It's a fright delight"

"Uncle Creepy emcees an execrable exhibition from some of horror comics' most talented creators! Paul Tobin and Juan Ferreyra share the tidings of a grim guardian angel, and J. Torres and Ron Salas mount some twisted taxidermy! Creeps unite! o New story from Colder team Paul Tobin and Juan Ferreyra!"

"It's Uncle Creepy's golden anniversary, and his loathsome legacy lives on in this milestone of macabre monstrosity! Prepare for putrid productions from Fred Van Lente (Conan the Avenger), Corinna Bechko (Star Wars: Legacy), Peter Bagge (Bat Boy), Art Baltazar (Itty Bitty Hellboy), and a horrible host of sinister surprises! Don't miss out!"

"Ring in spring with more thrills and chills than you can shake a baseball bat at! Featuring pugnacious paintings from Richard P. Clark (House of Gold & Bones) and brutal ball games from Ivan Cohen (Beware the Batman) and Attila Futaki (Severed), plus hilarious tales of the Creepy family from Peter Bagge and Dan Braun!"

"Uncle Creepy opens up a pet shop of horrors this April! Join us for housebroken beasts of the Felis, Canis, and monstrous varieties from such talented terror-tale tellers as Matthew Southworth, Kelly Thompson, Peter Bagge, and more! "

"Hot summer nights make for the very best frights, right here in good ol' Creepy Comics! Featuring spooky sequential storytelling from such graphic greats as Jeff Parker, Vera Greentea, and Sandy Jarrell-plus another Creepy classic from the vile vault! You'll be sweating with sickening satisfaction!"

"Creepy and Dark Horse know how to make your Halloween hellacious! Party like a pagan with page after page of poetic pictorial panels from Alex de Campi, Damon Gentry, Ben Towle, and Troy Nixey! Ghouls rule!"

"Peter Bagge and Dan Braun return to deliver more gory Creepy Family antics, and Joshua Boulet continues to explore Sister Creepy's place in her twisted clan's family tree. Writers Rachel Deering and Jai Nitz bring us the dilemmas of two pariahs trying desperately to hold onto their humanity and faith. These new stories-and more surprises-will leave you as breathless and bewildered as their poor protagonists!"

"Before Uncle Creepy goes into hibernation, we're bringing Richard Corben back to the pages of Creepy! Regular contributor Dan Braun will collaborate with Corben on an all-new story, writer Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein joins forces with Portuguese artist Ricardo Cabral, and Peter Bagge revisits the Creepy Family Tree! Tony Guaraldi-Brown delivers a killer Monster Gallery piece, Glenn Fabry provides a disturbing color pinup, and more surprises fill this final foray into fright!"