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Preview: Jim Henson's Labyrinth #2 (of 8)

Jim Henson's Labyrinth #2 preview. Finding her way to the Goblin City is no easy task as the clock ticks closer to 13 #comics #comicbooks

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New Horror 2023 - Day 1

"The beautiful face kept her secret and told me nothing."

"Snatched from the Brink" by Mary E. Penn (1878)

I select a lot of stories without fully understanding the plot since I don't want to spoil, so sometimes it's a dice roll as to how much spookiness is contained in a given story. But this one delivers after it winds its way through a tale of marital impropriety and the ~horror~ of an unmarried woman's dishonor.

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"No one knew what the sorcerer wanted with so many beautiful young girls…"

"Birds of a Feather" by Stephanie Phillips, Maan House, Giorgio Spalleta, Justin Birch, Chris Sanchez (2021)

A Bluebeard story somehow always finds itself into my horror list each year, but they're usually taking the original and flipping it on its head. This one's short and sweet and probably could have told the tale without the direct references, but with so few pages it's perhaps best to make things explicit.

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"It needs to tenderize the soul by attacking your sanity."

It Lives Inside dir. Bishal Dutta (2023)

I liked this a lot, despite a lot of reviews about how mediocre it is. While it does a lot by the numbers, the point here is to give it a cultural spin based on Hindu tales of terror, and that's what makes it special. And I'm always a sucker for high schoolers not being believed by adults and having to take things into their own hands. (In fiction, not in real life where adults should be less shitty about supporting teens.)

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Alice Never After #1 Review

Alice Never After #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Dan Panosian Art by Dan Panosian, Giorgio Spalleta and Cyril Glerum Colors by Francesco Segala and Gloria Martinelli Letters by Jeff Eckleberry The Rundown: Alice discovers there might be danger in Wonderland as her sister tries to help her in the real world. Alice’s sister and her fiancé continue to try to reach Alice in the real world as her…

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“Alice Ever After” Continues with “Alice Never After”

Dan Panosian and Giorgio Spalleta are returning to Wonderland with a sequel to Alice Ever After. 

(Spoilers ahead)

In Alice Never After “Alice finally got her wish. Wonderland has become her new home, but with her abuser’s avatar with the uncanny grin turning the mad residents of a moonstruck world against her, she’s clawing for a little rationality amongst the chaos. As Alice’s sister, Edith and her childhood friend Earl fight for a way to bring her back, Alice has to contend with whether or not her torment is due to her father, herself, or maybe a curious combination of both…” (BOOM! Studios)

Alice Never After #1, featuring a main cover by Dan Panosian and variant covers by Jenny Frison and InHyuk Lee, goes on sale in July 2023.

(Image via BOOM! Studios - Dan Panosian’s Cover of Alice Never After #1)

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Magic #22 begins to bring the various plotlines together

Magic #22 begins to bring the various plotlines together #comics #magicthegathering #mtg

Magic: The Gathering comes to comics courtesy of BOOM! Studios. Magic #22 lays things out as the various groups begin together and plotlines start connecting. Story: Jed MacKay, Rich DouekArt: Giorgio Spalleta, Alberto LocatelliColor: Francesco Segala, Gloria Martinelli, Arianna ConsonniLetterer: Ed Dukeshire Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit…

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ALICE EVER AFTER Issue #1 by Dan Panosian, Giorgio Spalletta and Fabiana Mascolo [variant covers]

Left to right, top to bottom:

Cover A by Dan Panosian Cover E Virgin Variant by Dan Panosian Cover B by Jenny Frison Cover C Virgin Variant by Jenny Frison  Cover D Reveal by J. Scott Campbell Cover D Reveal Virgin Variant by J. Scott Campbell MMC Exclusive Brown Variant by Ben Templesmith MMC Exclusive Green Variant by Ben Templesmith Exclusive Variant by John Giang Cover D Black & White Variant by J. Scott Campbell

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Episode 320

Comic Reviews:

Are You Afraid of Darkseid? by Elliott Kalan, Mike Norton, Allen Passalaqua, Kenny Porter, Max Dunbar, Luis Guerrero, Calvin Kasulke, Rob Guillory, Dave Wielgosz, Pablo Collar, Wil Quintana, Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Jesus Hervas, Eva De La Cruz, Ed Brisson, Christopher Mitten, ToWe Hny Avina, Terry Blas, Garry Brown, Marissa Louise, Jeremy Haun, Tony Akins, Moritat

Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary 100-age Super Spectacular by Michael Conrad, Becky Cloonan, Jim Cheung, Marcelo Maiolo, Jordie Bellaire, Paulina Ganucheau, Kendall Goode, Amy Reeder, Marissa Louise, Mark Waid, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Tom King, Doc Shaner, Vita Ayala, Isaac Goodhart, Jeremy Lawson, Steve Orlando, Laura Braga, Romulo Fajardo Jr, Stephanie Phillips, Marcio Takara, G. Willow Wilson, Meghan Hetrick

Arkham City: Order of the World 1 by Dan Watters, Dani, Dave Stewart

DC Horror Presents: Soul Plumber 1 by Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, PJ Holden, John McCrea, Mike Spicer

Amazing Spider-Man 75 by Zeb Wells, Patrick Gleason, Marcio Menyz, Kelly Thompson, Travel Foreman, Jim Campbell, Ivan Fiorelli, Edgar Delgado

Eternals Celestia by Kieron Gillen, Kei Zama, Matthew Wilson

Ghost Rider Kushala Infinity Comic 1 by Taboo, Guillermo Sanna, Jordie Bellaire

We Have Demons 1 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Dave McCaig

Righteous Thirst For Vengeance 1 by Rick Remender, Andre Lima Araujo, Chris O'Halloran

Cruel Biology by Christopher Sebela, Brian Churilla

Jennifer Blood 1 by Fred Van Lente, Vincenzo Federici

Chicken Devil 1 by Brian Buccellato, Hayden Sherman, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Out 1 by Rob Williams, Will Conrad, Marco Lesko

Dirtbag Rapture 1 by Christopher Sebela, Kendall Goode, Gab Contreras

Party & Prey GN by Steve Orlando, Steve Foxe, Alex Sanchez, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Squad GN by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Lisa Sterle

Primordial GN by Bruce Zick

Stars, Hide Your Fires GN by Kel McDonald, Jose Pimienta

Minnie Mouse: Big Dreams GN by Brooke Vitale, Artful Doodlers

Additional Reviews: Star Wars Terrifying Tales, Bodyguard, Snowman, Basketful of Heads, Unfinished Corner, Muppets Haunted Mansion

Longbox of Horror: Spider-Man Disassembled by Paul Jenkins, Humberto Ramos, Paco Medina, Michael Ryan

News: ND Stevenson transition and substack, Bunn brings back Dragonring through Kickstarter, Flanagan does House of Usher, Letitia Wright nonsense, Bat Family Webtoon gets YouTube live action adaptation, Agatha Harkness TV show, Pinhead cast for Hulu series, Bat/Cat special delayed, Astro City/Autumnlands/Arrowsmith and new series from Kurt Busiek at Image, Cillian Murphy stars in next Nolan movie as Oppenheimer, Saga returns in January, Kiernan Shipka bringing Sabrina to Riverdale, Who returns on Halloween, more Tom Taylor nonsense, Jon Kent, Disney gets a new Chief Creative Officer, Devil's Reign Tie-Ins, NYCC thoughts, Gamergate show

Halloween Question

Trailers: Game of Thrones prequel, Peacemaker, Hypnotic, Resident Evil, Robin Robin

Comics Countdown:

Nice House On The Lake 5 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno

The Me You Love In The Dark 3 by Skottie Young, Jorge Corona, Jean-Francois Beaulieu

We Have Demons 1 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Dave McCaig

Bountiful Garden 2 by Ivy Noelle Weir, Kelly Williams, Giorgio Spalleta

Star Trek: Year Five 25 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Jody Houser, Brandon Easton, Jim McCann, Paul Cornell, Angel Hernandez, Silvia Califano, Stephen Thompson

Arkham City: Order of the World 1 by Dan Watters, Dani, Dave Stewart

Dark Ages 2 by Tom Taylor, Iban Coello, Brian Reber

Fire Power 16 by Robert Kirkman, Chris Samnee, Matthew Wilson

Savage Avengers 25 by Gerry Duggan, Patrick Zircher, Javier Tartaglia

Crush and Lobo 5 by Mariko Tamaki, Amancay Nahuelpan, Tamra Bonvillain

Check out this episode!

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Preview: Red Sonja: Black, White, Red Vol. 2

Red Sonja: Black, White, Red Vol. 2 preview. It’s Red Sonja as you’ve never seen before…all presented in beautiful black, white, and red #comics #comicbooks

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Sean Murphy Covers Alice Never After #1

Sean Murphy Covers Alice Never After #1 #comics #comicbooks

BOOM! Studios has revealed the variant cover by Sean Murphy for Alice Never After #1, a new and haunting adventure from writer Dan Panosian, artists Giorgio Spalleta with Cyril Glerum, colorist Francesco Segala with Gloria Martinelli, and letterer Jeff Eckleberry. Join Alice in another twisted take on Alice in Wonderland and continue to blur the lines between fantasy and reality this July…

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The World at the End of the Rabbit Hole Grows Larger in Alice Never After

The World at the End of the Rabbit Hole Grows Larger in Alice Never After #comics #comicbooks

Dan Panosian and Giorgio Spalleta’s twisted take on Alice in Wonderland will continue to blur the lines between fantasy and reality this Summer in Alice Never After, only at BOOM! Studios. Alice finally got her wish. Wonderland has become her new home, but with her abuser’s avatar with the uncanny grin turning the mad residents of a moonstruck world against her, she’s clawing for a little…

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New Fiction 2023 - October

Another October in the can! And now I wish I could snooze through the real horror that is the holiday season. Maybe I'll stay in October forever... forever... forever...

Here's the long version (since Tumblr blocks too many links in one post).

The TL;DR:

Short Stories

"Snatched from the Brink" by Mary E. Penn (1878)

"The Canal" by Everil Worrell (1927)

"The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror" by Carmen Maria Machado (2020)

"The Time Remaining" by Attila Veres & trans. Luca Karafiáth (2019)

"CUE: Change" by Chesya Burke (2011)

"Last Call for the Sons of Shock" by David J. Schow (1994)

"The Real Right Thing" by Henry James (1899)

"The Haunted House" by M.A. Bird (1865)

"The Island of Regrets" by Elizabeth Walter (1965)

"The Stolen Body" by H.G. Wells (1903)

"The White Priest" by Hélène Gingold (1893)

"The Man Who Went Too Far" by E.F. Benson (1912)

"Mater Tenebrarum" by Pilar Pedraza & trans. James D. Jenkins (2000)

"Menopause" by Flore Hazoumé & trans. James D. Jenkins (1994)

"Señor Ligotti" by Bernardo Esquinca & trans. James D. Jenkins (2020)

"Shambleau" by C.L. Moore (1933)

"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe (1850)

"The Village Spectre" by Gianna G. Maniego (2002)

"The Fog Horn" by Ray Bradbury (1951)

"The Lady of the House of Love" by Angela Carter (1979)

"The Woman's Ghost Story" by Algernon Blackwood (1907)

"Black Bargain" by Robert Bloch (1942)

"Vastarien" by Thomas Ligotti (1987)

"The Doll" by Daphne du Maurier (1937)

"The Transferred Ghost" by Frank Stockton (1882)

"The Shadowy Third" by Ellen Glasgow (1923)

"The Daemon Lover" by Shirley Jackson (1949)

"The Interval" by Vincent O'Sullivan (1918)

"The Phantom Cyclist" by Ruth Ainsworth (1971)

"Couching at the Door" by D.K. Broster (1942)

"Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler (1984)

Audio

Tales from the Crypt Presents: Dead Easy by A.L. Katz & Gil Adler, performed by Sean Astin, Jake Busey, Tia Carrere, Brett Cullen, John Kassir (1995, 2022)

Comics

"Birds of a Feather" by Stephanie Phillips, Maan House, Giorgio Spalleta, Justin Birch, Chris Sanchez (2021)

"The Origin of Vampirella" by Budd Lewis & Jose Gonzalez (1981)

"Do You Know... the Beast-Man?" by Richard Howell, Colleen Doran, Kevin Cunningham (1992)

"Good Ol' Fashioned Vanilla" by W. Maxwell Prince, Chris O’Halloran, Martín Morazzo, Good Old Neon (2018)

"For Better or Worse?" by Richard Corben (2016)

"Werewolf!" by Frank Frazetta (1964)

"Chickadee!" by Aya Rothwell (2016)

"The Evil Dead" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) by Richard Floyd-Walker (1986-1987)

"Famine's Shadow" by Rachel Deering & Christine Larsen (2014)

"A Pretty Place" by Emily Carroll (2023)

"The Thing from the Sea" by Wally Wood & Joe Orlando (1951)

"The Living Ghost" by Frank Belknap Long & Fred Guardineer (1948)

"Essence of Life" by Gail Simone, Tula Lotay, Jared K. Fletcher (2013)

"Hag of the Blood Basket!" by Al Hewetson & Sean Todd (1971)

"The Fisherman" by Franco, Tressina Bowling, Wes Abbott, Sara Richard (2022)

"Dental Plan" by Joy San (2019)

"Frankenstein y el Hombre Lobo" by Unknown (1946)

"Man's World" by Keith Giffen, Mary Sangiovanni, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes, Taylor Esposito (2017)

"Shadow of Death" by William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein, Graham Ingels (1953)

"Smoke and Cedar" by Abby Howard & Alina Pete (2016)

"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison & John Byrne (1994-1995)

"A Dog and His Boy" by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Jill Thompson, Jason Arthur (2006)

"The Horror Beneath" by Leah Moore, John Reppion, Timothy Green II, Michelle Madsen, Nate Piekos (2006)

"Shadows on the Tomb" by Joe Certa (1952)

"The Muck Monster" by Bernie Wrightson (1975)

"The Duel of the Monsters" by Archie Goodwin & Angelo Torres (1966)

"The Willowdale Handcar or The Return of the Black Doll" by Edward Gorey (1962)

"Inside You" by Valerie D'Orazio & David James Cole (2014)

"Soylent Teen" by Jordan Morris, Liana Kangas, Ellie Wright, Jack Morelli (2023)

"The Gris-Gris" by Jim Keegan & Ruth Keegan (2004)

"Fair Ground" by Jo Duffy, Mike Manley, Jackson Guice, James Fry, Kevin Cunningham (1992)

Video Games

Haunted House dev. Atari (1982)

Castlevania dev. Konami (1987)

Clock Tower dev. Human Entertainment (1995)

D dev. Warp (1995)

Friday the 13th dev. Atlus (1989)

Silent Hill 3 dev. Konami (2003)

Five Nights at Freddy’s dev. Scott Cawthon (2014)

Movies

It Lives Inside dir. Bishal Dutta (2023)

The Company of Wolves dir. Neil Jordan (1984)

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare dir. Rachel Talalay (1991)

Honeymoon dir. Leigh Janiak (2014)

Organ dir. Kei Fujiwara (1996)

The Bride of Frankenstein dir. James Whale (1935)

The Royal Hotel dir. Kitty Green (2023)

House of 1000 Corpses dir. Rob Zombie (2003)

The Nun II dir. Michael Chaves (2023)

The Godsend dir. Gabrielle Beaumont (1980)

Hatching dir. Hanna Bergholm (2022)

The Velvet Vampire dir. Stephanie Rothman (1971)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter dir. Joseph Zito (1984)

A Haunting in Venice dir. Kenneth Branagh (2023)

Piggy dir. Carlota Pereda (2022)

A Night to Dismember (The Lost Version) dir. Doris Wishman (1979)

The Blob dir. Irvin Yeaworth (1958)

Embrace of the Vampire dir. Anne Goursaud (1995)

Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls dir. Andrew Bowser (2023)

Exposed to Danger dir. Yang Chia-yun (Karen Yang) (1982)

Saw X dir. Kevin Greutert (2023)

The Birds dir. Alfred Hitchcock (1963)

Slumber Party Massacre II dir. Deborah Brock (1987)

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island dir. Jim Stenstrum (1998)

The Being dir. Jackie Kong (1983)

Kuso dir. Steve (2017)

Visible Secret dir. Ann Hui (2001)

The Exorcist: Believer dir. David Gordon Green (2023)

The Love Witch dir. Anna Biller (2016)

Bones dir. Ernest R. Dickerson (2001)

Bedevil dir. Tracey Moffatt (1993)

Television

Regular Show - "Terror Tales of the Park" I-VI (2011-2016)

The Simpsons - "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Not It" (2022)

Tales from the Cryptkeeper - Seasons 2 & 3 (1994 & 1999)

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Magic #22 begins to bring the various plotlines together

Magic #22 begins to bring the various plotlines together #comics #comicbooks

Magic: The Gathering comes to comics courtesy of BOOM! Studios. Magic #22 lays things out as the various groups begin together and plotlines start connecting. Story: Jed MacKay, Rich DouekArt: Giorgio Spalleta, Alberto LocatelliColor: Francesco Segala, Gloria Martinelli, Arianna ConsonniLetterer: Ed Dukeshire Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit…