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Preview: Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1

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Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1

WRITTEN BY DAVID M. BOOHER, MELISSA FLORES, GEORGE NORTHY, BEN H. WINTERS & MORE
ART BY LUKAS KETNER, SAMI KIVELÄ, LEOMACS, DAN McDAID & MORE
COVER A BY DUSTIN WEAVER
COVER B BY ADAM HUGHES
EC HOMAGE VARIANT (1:10) BY SHAWN McMANUS
B&W ARTIST EDITION VARIANT (1:20) BY DUSTIN WEAVER
ARCHIVE EDITION VARIANT (1:50) BY RIAN HUGHES

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, THAT’S NOT SANTA COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY… IT’S A TORRENT OF BLOOD, GUTS, AND GORE IN THE IMMORTAL TRADITION OF EC COMICS! Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award–winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. are taking readers on a horrific holiday thrill ride in SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES 2 #1! Ahead of the 56-page holiday special ’s release this week on December 10th, Oni Press is proud to reveal a first look inside the short story “Eight Vengeful Nights” by Edgar Award nominee and Philip K. Dick Award winner Ben H. Winters (Benjamin, The Last Policeman Trilogy) and riveting artist Sami Kivelä (Abbott). This surprising tale of how a young man’s mysterious Hanukkah presents help him reap revenge on his oppressors will have you taking stock of your enemies … and searching your stash for your very own weapon of opportunity!

Also included in this year’s giant-sized tome of gruesomely gift-wrapped delights: We’re tying perpetual naughty-listers David M. Booher (Canto), Melissa Flores (Biker Mice from Mars), George Northy (Yuletide), and Ben H. Winters (Benjamin) to the dried-out Christmas tree in the family parlor . . . and gathering ‘round as artistic Tormentors-in-training Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley), Sami Kivelä (Abbott), Leomacs (Benjamin), and Dan McDaid (Shazam!) throw a few lit matches their way to get this old-fashioned solstice sacrifice started in style!

Yes, we know: It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s latest installment of this time-honored holiday tradition also comes complete with an extra-added wintertime crime classic by EC master and comics legend Johnny Craig —newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just remember: SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES 2 is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way!

Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1

EC Comics and Oni Press Give the Gift of Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1 with 56 Pages of Fear on December 10th!

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THIS DECEMBER, EC COMICS KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS: VENGEANCE! Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. have revealed a look into Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1 – the next ghoulishly gangantuan, 56-page installment of EC’s newest holiday tradition! 

Before this year’s giant-sized tome of gruesomely gift-wrapped delights arrives in stores on December 10th, we’re aching to share a tiny appetizer of the agonies that await within … with an early advance look at the story “Mistletoe” by George Northy and Dan McDaid.

Welcome back to SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES! On December 10th, We’re tying perpetual naughty-listers David M. Booher, Melissa Flores, George Northy, and Ben H. Winters to the dried-out Christmas tree in the family parlor . . . and gathering ‘round as artistic Tormentors-in-training Lukas Ketner, Sami Kivelä, Leomacs, and Dan McDaid throw a few lit matches their way to get this old-fashioned solstice sacrifice started in style!

Yes, we know: It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s latest installment of this time-honored holiday tradition also comes complete with an extra-added EC Comics classic—newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just remember: SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way!

Celebrate the horrors of the holidays with a cornucopia of frosty covers by Dustin Weaver, Adam Hughes, Shawn McManus, and Rian Hughes, EC Comics is chilled to the bone to deliver this winter’s most frostbitten journey yet on December 10th – only in Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1!

Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1

Adam Hughes Covers EC Comics’ Shiver SuspenStories 2 #1 – And It’s A(H)bsolutely A(H)mazing!

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YOU’LL NEVER LOOK AT MISTLETOE THE SAME WAY AGAIN! Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. is gulping back its excitement to reveal superstar artist Adam Hughes’ gorgeously gangrenous cover  for EC Comics’ Shiver SuspenStories 2 #1 – coming to comic shops everywhere December 10th! For the second year running, Oni Press and EC Comics are proud to welcome the Eisner Award-winning comics legend to cover duties on the annual tradition – a 56-page pyre of perversities so stuffed with holiday horrors that it could only be called…SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES! 

In this year’s giant-sized tome of gruesomely gift-wrapped delights: We’re tying perpetual naughty-listers David M. Booher, Melissa Flores, George Northy, and Ben H. Winters to the dried-out Christmas tree in the family parlor . . . and gathering ‘round as artistic Tormentors-in-training Lukas Ketner, Sami Kivelä, Leomacs, and Dan McDaid throw a few lit matches their way to get this old-fashioned solstice sacrifice started in style!

Yes, we know: It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s latest installment of this time-honored holiday tradition also comes complete with an extra-added EC Comics classic—newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just remember: Shiver SuspenStories is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way!

Featuring frightful, yet frosty covers by Dustin Weaver, Adam Hughes, Shawn McManus, and Rian Hughes, EC Comics is proud to deliver this winter’s deepest chill yet on December 10th – only in Shiver SuspenStories 2 #1!

EC Comics’ Shiver Suspenstories Returns for More Merry Mayhem – Coming (For You) This Holiday Season

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THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL…AND SO ARE WE, HEH HEH! Oni Press and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. has announced its second annual seasonal bounty of brutality in EC Comics’ Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1 – arriving in comic shops everywhere on December 10th! 

In this year’s giant-sized, 56-page tome of gruesomely gift-wrapped delights: We’re tying perpetual naughty-listers David M. Booher, Melissa Flores, George Northy, and Ben H. Winters to the dried-out Christmas tree in the family parlor . . . and gathering ‘round as artistic Tormentors-in-training Lukas Ketner, Sami Kivelä, Leomacs, and Dan McDaid throw a few lit matches their way to get this old-fashioned solstice sacrifice started in style!

Yes, we know: It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s latest installment of this time-honored holiday tradition also comes complete with an extra-added EC Comics classic—newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just remember: Shiver Suspenstories is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way!

In stores December 10th, Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1 will surely make your heart even colder with blisteringly frigid covers by EC all-stars Dustin Weaver, Adam Hughes, Shawn McManus, and Rian Hughes!

Exclusive: Oni Press’ Benjamin #1 Has Sold-Out Again and Gets a Third Printing!

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We have the exclusive reveal that Oni Press‘ Benjamin #1 has sold out yet again at the distributor level and will return with a brand-new third printing on August 6th! The first issue of the breathtaking new series – featuring the full-length comics debut of writer Ben H. Winters, creator of CBS’ acclaimed TV series Tracker and Edgar Award and Philip K. Dick Award-winning novelist with artwork by acclaimed illustrator Leomacs. The Benjamin #1 Third Printing Variant features a cover by Christian Ward.  

In the tradition of Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly comes a uniquely fascinating and hilariously deranged excursion into the metatextual nexus where existence and oblivion, past and future, genius and madness, and glitter and grim reality all meet just beyond Hollywood Boulevard in the first of three prestige-format, ad-free issues unlike anything you’ve ever experienced . . . in this timeline anyway . . .

Legendary science-fiction novelist Benjamin J. Carp has just been resurrected 40 years after his death . . . and that’s not even the strangest thing that’s going to happen to him today.

In an effort to unravel the mystery of author Benjamin J. Carp’s unexpected reappearance, Benjamin and his newfound companion, Marcus, travel to the arid Joshua Tree desert, where they discover the secret lair of a cabal of scientists eager to revive the minds of some of history’s greatest thinkers in an effort to save humanity from its greatest weakness: lack of imagination. Are they to be believed . . . or is this just more sci-fi hokum torn from a chapter in one of Carp’s beloved novels?

Edgar Award nominee and Philip K. Dick Award–winning novelist Ben H. Winters teams with rising star Leomacs to recite the next haunting chapter of 2025’s mesmerizing science-fiction daydream with profound implications for the fate of the universe, as delivered in a prestige, ad-free format.

BENJAMIN #1 3rd PRINTING COVER BY CHRISTIAN WARD

See what folks are saying about Benjamin #1:

“BENJAMIN is cosmically brilliant. You have never been on a trip like this.” 

— Lev Grossman (The Magicians, The Bright Sword)

“BENJAMIN #1 is a debut that’ll get you coming back for more and one you don’t want to miss.” — GRAPHIC POLICY

“Refreshing . . . Special . . . The dialogue is snappy, with a real humor to it, and the set up is elevated by questions of consciousness. ” — THE BEAT

“A vivid, thought-provoking debut that explores identity, friendship, and sci-fi legacy with a surreal wink and stellar artwork… Leomacs is putting in his best work yet. It’s safe to say comics like this don’t come around very often, and publishers like Oni Press are the scant few who would publish it.”— AIPT

“Buckle in for what is sure to be a one-of-a-kind experience.” 

— NERD INITIATIVE

“Fascinating.”— FANBASE PRESS

 “As close to the label of ‘masterpiece’ as possible . . .” —COMICON.COM

“Ben H. Winters’ words and Leomacs’ art look to be creating a perfect mix of the surreal and the grounded, the mundane and the urgent. Life is unsettlingly fantastic and inscrutable and Benjamin looks to understand that and embrace it unflinchingly.”— FREAK SUGAR.

Preview: Benjamin #2

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Benjamin #2

(W) Ben H. Winters
(A) Leomacs
$4.99
July 16, 2025

Legendary science-fiction novelist Benjamin J. Carp has just been resurrected 40 years after his death . . . and that’s not even the strangest thing that’s going to happen to him today.

In an effort to unravel the mystery of author Benjamin J. Carp’s unexpected reappearance, Benjamin and his newfound companion, Marcus, travel to the arid Joshua Tree desert, where they discover the secret lair of a cabal of scientists eager to revive the minds of some of history’s greatest thinkers in an effort to save humanity from its greatest weakness: lack of imagination. Are they to be believed . . . or is this just more sci-fi hokum torn from a chapter in one of Carp’s beloved novels?

Edgar Award nominee and Philip K. Dick Award–winning novelist Ben H. Winters (EC’s Cruel Universe, The Last Policeman Trilogy) teams with rising star Leomacs (EC’s Epitaphs from the Abyss, Basketful of Heads) to recite the next haunting chapter of 2025’s mesmerizing science-fiction daydream with profound implications for the fate of the universe, as delivered in a prestige, ad-free format.

Benjamin #2

Benjamin #2 Takes Readers Further Into The Pit Of Sci-Fi Existential Dread!

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HE DOESN’T KNOW WHY HE’S HERE – MAN? ROBOT? SIMULACRUM? OR DREAM? –Oni Press gives readers their first look inside Benjamin #2, the second issue from ground-breaking miniseries by Edgar Award nominee and Philip K. Dick Award winner Ben H. Winters and rising star Leomacs! A mind-bending tale that looks at identity and reality, Benjamin #2 will leave you questioning everything.

Legendary science-fiction novelist Benjamin J. Carp has just been resurrected 40 years after his death . . . and that’s not even the strangest thing that’s going to happen to him today.

In an effort to unravel the mystery of author Benjamin J. Carp’s unexpected reappearance, Benjamin and his newfound companion, Marcus, travel to the arid Joshua Tree desert, where they discover the secret lair of a cabal of scientists eager to revive the minds of some of history’s greatest thinkers in an effort to save humanity from its greatest weakness: lack of imagination. Are they to be believed . . . or is this just more sci-fi hokum torn from a chapter in one of Carp’s beloved novels?

Presented in a prestige, ad-free format with 32 pages of story content and premium cardstock covers on every issue, Benjamin #2 will rise and walk in comic shops everywhere on July 16th, 2025 with gorgeous covers by multiple Eisner Award winner Christian Ward and visionary artist Malachi Ward.

Benjamin #2

Exclusive: Benjamin #1 by Ben H. Winters, Leomacs, and Oni Press has Sold Out and Returns with a Second Printing in July

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We have the exclusive announcement that Benjamin #1 by Ben H. Winters, Leomacs, and Oni Press has sold out at the distributor level and returns with a second printing on July 9th.

In the tradition of Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly and Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice comes a uniquely fascinating and hilariously deranged excursion into the metatextual nexus where existence and oblivion, past and future, genius and madness, and glitter and grim reality all meet just beyond Hollywood Boulevard in the first of three prestige-format, ad-free issues unlike anything you’ve ever experienced . . . in this timeline anyway . . .

Legendary science-fiction novelist Benjamin J. Carp has just been resurrected 40 years after his death . . . and that’s not even the strangest thing that’s going to happen to him today.

In an effort to unravel the mystery of author Benjamin J. Carp’s unexpected reappearance, Benjamin and his newfound companion, Marcus, travel to the arid Joshua Tree desert, where they discover the secret lair of a cabal of scientists eager to revive the minds of some of history’s greatest thinkers in an effort to save humanity from its greatest weakness: lack of imagination. Are they to be believed . . . or is this just more sci-fi hokum torn from a chapter in one of Carp’s beloved novels?

Benjamin #1 returns with a cover by Christian Ward just in time for Benjamin #2 which is on sale July 16th. Presented in a prestige, ad-free format with 30 pages of story content and premium cardstock covers on every issue, Benjamin #2 features gorgeous covers by multiple Eisner Award winner Christian Ward and visionary artist Malachi Ward.

Check out our review of the first issue and don’t miss your chance to get it when the second printing hits shelves in July.

Benjamin #1 Kicks Off a Mind-Bending Trippy Mystery

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Benjamin #1

More than just a writer, more than just a science-fiction icon, Benjamin J. Carp was a cultural revolutionary. Across 44 novels and hundreds of short stories—including the counterculture classic The Man They Couldn’t Erase—Carp pushed the boundaries of literary respectability for the sci-fi genre and his readers’ perception of reality itself . . . until decades of amphetamine abuse and Southern California excess finally ended a mind-bending career that always just escaped mainstream success. He died in 1982. It’s now 2025 and Benjamin J. Carp awakens in a burned-out motel in Los Angeles. Benjamin #1 is the beginning of a strange trip and we’re here for the insanity.

Written by Ben H. Winters, Benjamin #1 is an intriguing beginning of a comic that feels like a drug induced wild ride of a dream. The tone of what we can expect comes early on as Carp admits to his new companion that he was on a lot of drugs when he was writing. It’s at that point it feels like maybe the reader should partake to and get the full experience of the read. But, even without a chemical enhancement, Benjamin #1 is an intriguing read that sets of a mystery that’s as much sci-fi as it is some meta adventure.

Leomacs‘ art is solid, capturing the dreamlike nature of the story that mixes between hard reality and ethereal ride. There’s a mystery as to the bigger picture and it raises questions as to the return of Benjamin to the world. Leomacs is joined by Luca Bertelè on colors and Becca Carey on lettering. The art captures the weirdness of the comic with visuals that feel like a mix of Philip K. Dick, Douglas Adams, and Hunter S. Thompson.

Benjamin #1 is the start of a weird mystery that sucks the reader in with its visuals, humor, and just strange oddity of it all. There’s the hint of a meta story and a story within the story all adding to the big swing of it all. And it work, it works really well. Benjamin #1 is a debut that’ll get you coming back for more and one you don’t want to muss.

Benjamin #1 comes to shops June 18.

Story: Ben H. Winters Art: Leomcs
Color: Luca Bertelè Letterer: Becca Carey
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5 Recommendation: Buy

Oni Press provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics – Third Eye Comics – Kindle

Early Review: Benjamin #1 Kicks Off a Mind-Bending Trippy Mystery

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Benjamin #1

More than just a writer, more than just a science-fiction icon, Benjamin J. Carp was a cultural revolutionary. Across 44 novels and hundreds of short stories—including the counterculture classic The Man They Couldn’t Erase—Carp pushed the boundaries of literary respectability for the sci-fi genre and his readers’ perception of reality itself . . . until decades of amphetamine abuse and Southern California excess finally ended a mind-bending career that always just escaped mainstream success. He died in 1982. It’s now 2025 and Benjamin J. Carp awakens in a burned-out motel in Los Angeles. Benjamin #1 is the beginning of a strange trip and we’re here for the insanity.

Written by Ben H. Winters, Benjamin #1 is an intriguing beginning of a comic that feels like a drug induced wild ride of a dream. The tone of what we can expect comes early on as Carp admits to his new companion that he was on a lot of drugs when he was writing. It’s at that point it feels like maybe the reader should partake to and get the full experience of the read. But, even without a chemical enhancement, Benjamin #1 is an intriguing read that sets of a mystery that’s as much sci-fi as it is some meta adventure.

Leomacs‘ art is solid, capturing the dreamlike nature of the story that mixes between hard reality and ethereal ride. There’s a mystery as to the bigger picture and it raises questions as to the return of Benjamin to the world. Leomacs is joined by Luca Bertelè on colors and Becca Carey on lettering. The art captures the weirdness of the comic with visuals that feel like a mix of Philip K. Dick, Douglas Adams, and Hunter S. Thompson.

Benjamin #1 is the start of a weird mystery that sucks the reader in with its visuals, humor, and just strange oddity of it all. There’s the hint of a meta story and a story within the story all adding to the big swing of it all. And it work, it works really well. Benjamin #1 is a debut that’ll get you coming back for more and one you don’t want to muss.

Benjamin #1 comes to shops June 18.

Story: Ben H. Winters Art: Leomcs
Color: Luca Bertelè Letterer: Becca Carey
Story: 8.5 Art: 8.5 Overall: 8.5 Recommendation: Buy

Oni Press provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Third Eye Comics – Kindle

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