Books and Comics

Books, comics, and the like related to Halloween, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, or the bizarre.

[Books and Comics]

Help Turn ‘Never Sleep Again’ from a Documentary into a Book!

In 2006, author Peter M. Bracke released Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, a full-color 300+ page book that served as an exhaustive retrospective on the entire Friday the 13th franchise. Last year, that book was turned into an equally extensive and comprehensive documentary, with the written words on the page

[Books and Comics]

Hungry for More Mick Taylor? Check Out the Wolf Creek Origin Novels!

This past Thursday marked the VOD release of Wolf Creek 2, the long-awaited sequel to Greg McLean’s 2005 film. McLean once again wrote the script and directed, with Aussie actor John Jarratt returning to reprise the role of Mick Taylor; the most downright badass horror icon of this generation, if you’re asking me. While Wolf

[Books and Comics]

Inevitability Part 2: How Judge Dredd Helped Shape My Love of Horror

I recently wrote a little bit about how I believe a love of horror was inevitable in my life when I look back to my childhood. In that first article I focussed on the characters within my favourite cartoon shows that had undeniable and recognisable horror influences and how I found myself drawn to them

[Movies]

Fangoria Magazine’s Many Appearances in Horror Movies

Earlier today, over on their official website, Fangoria announced that they’ve partnered up with a publisher and will be putting out a hardcover book called Fangoria: Cover to Cover this coming summer, which will provide a full-color look at EVERY SINGLE one of the magazine’s covers, since its launch way back in 1979. The coffee

[Books and Comics]

Fangoria — Cover to Cover

The latest news over at Fangoria has me jazzed in all the most horrific ways! This summer, Cemetery Dance and Fango will be teaming up to create an epic Fangoria coffee table book that will feature every Fangoria cover in their 35 year history! Talk about a conversation piece. Oh, you read that right. The

[Interviews]

Shadow Master: My Q&A with Kyle Hotz

I’m going to start this article by attempting to do something tricky … I want to TRY and explain in words what appeals to ME visually in comic book artwork, not just Horror comics but all comic art in general. I’ll be giving a few examples and some of you might think there is very

[Bite-sized Horror]

My God, It’s Full of Stars

I very much enjoyed 2010, the sequel to 2001 and hope one day that they make 2061 and 3001 into films as well.

[Interviews]

Jason, Maggots and Tony Stark: My Q&A with Friday the 13th Artist Mike Wolfer

If you’ve followed my articles in recent weeks you will know I have a soft spot for horror comic books, especially books that feature the iconic characters we all know and love. Sometimes years can go by without anything being produced but occasionally the stars align, deals are made and good things happen. In 2005

[Books and Comics]

Goosebumps Gold — The Series That Never Was

2014 has proven itself to be a great year for fans of R.L. Stine, who introduced many of us to the horror genre at a young age. Not only is his pre-Goosebumps series Fear Street making a return, but Goosebumps itself is at long last getting a feature film adaptation, which recently entered production, after