Following the apocalyptic mayhem of Gunsuits and Bornhome and the monster spectacles Broken Moon and Project Nemesis, it’s time for something a little bit quieter at American Gothic Press, and that creepy hush will come from new series Monster World.

Monster World, which unites Steve Niles—in his second title for American Gothic—and AGP publisher Philip Kim in a joint storytelling venture, falls on the mysterious end of the horror spectrum, following the investigations of one Henry Barrymore into the intracies of a major film studio and what it might be hiding behind the monster makeup.

The concept comes from the mind of Publisher Philip Kim, who asked himself, what if a horror movie makeup guru got his “special effects” from real monsters, and what kind of sorcery would it take to control them?

In addition to haunting covers by Piotr Kowalski and colorist Dennis Calero, the four issues of Monster World will each ship with a retailer incentive cover of interlocking images from an occult painting by artist Nigel Sade.