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Exclusive: The First-Ever Weird Tales Graphic Novel gets Weird Tales T-Shirts

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First published in 1923, the iconic pulp magazine Weird Tales defined the horror and fantasy genres and helped give rise to icons such as H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Ray Bradbury, and C.L. Moore. A century later, Monstrous is teaming up with Weird Tales Magazine to publish the first-ever official Weird Tales graphic novel. — an ambitious adaptation and expansion of the legendary magazine — featuring covers by legendary artists Kelley Jones and Eric Powell. Fans can follow the pre-launch page now to get an email when the campaign launches, to make sure that they don’t miss early bird specials and limited edition tiers.

The Weird Tales graphic novel features adaptations of seminal stories and original stories, including:

  • “Doctor Satan vs. Jules de Grandin” by James Aquilone, winner of the Bram Stoker Award-winning Kolchak: The Night Stalker: 50th Anniversary and the anthology Shakespeare Unleashed, with art by Dave Swartz (Confederate Monster)
  • Michael Avallone’s “The Man Who Walked on Air” — adapted by Chilling Adventures of Sabrina artist Robert Hack and David Avallone, the acclaimed writer and son of Michael Avallone.
  • An original Lovecraft Mythos Story by Peabody Award-winning screenwriter and producer Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia) with art by Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley)
  • C.L. Moore’s “Shambleau” — adapted by artist George Quadros (Sumerian) and Blake Northcott (Catwoman)

The graphic novel will be 8.5 by 11-inch prestige hardcover and the campaign will include multiple limited edition tiers with multiple collectible covers and exclusive rewards, including a Weird Tales challenge coin, T-shirts, and more.

We have the exclusive reveal showing off the “Weird Tales T-Shirts” you can get with your Weird Tales graphic novel. Sign up now so you don’t miss out when it launches!

Exclusive Preview: It’s Konga vs. Gorgo in Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue

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Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and writer James Aquilone’s Monstrous Books has celebrated the traditions of pulp fiction and classic movie monsters with Monstrous Magazine, an acclaimed black-and-white magazine-format  comic book anthology which features some of the most interesting and inventive genre writers being published today. Monstrous Magazine will look east for the inspiration for its next all-star anthology: Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue will celebrate the legendary monsters from Japan, just in time for the ongoing global celebration of Godzilla’s 70th anniversary.

The Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue is live so check out the exclusive below and make sure to back it before time runs out.

Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue features a fantastic line-up including:

  • “The Colossus From the Crater,” a brand-new sci-fi short story set on a remote moon and featuring a giant alien mummy, penned by novelist Greg Cox, who wrote the official prose adaptation of Godzilla (2014), soon to be reprinted in a new omnibus edition.
  • An all new kaiju design by Dinosaur Sanctuary mangaka Itaru Kinoshita
  • An all-new Konga vs. Gorgo  comic, featuring the creatures from the cult 1960s American International Pictures movies and Charlton Comics, written by James Aquilone and illustrated by Dave Swartz (Confederate Monster)
  • The first appearance of the Kaiju MegaSquatch, in a comic book story by James Aquilone and EV Cantada (Joe Ledger, Grimm Fairy Tales) 
  • Three iconic covers — a Konga vs. Gorgo cover by Larry Tuason (Knightingail: The Legend Begins), a MegaSquatch cover by EV Cantada and colorist Zac Atkinson and a Godzilla cover. 

Just like the creatures themselves, this magazine (previously digest size) will be enlarged to a full-size 8.5-x-11-inch format.

Previous issues of Monstrous Magazine, feature a mix of comics, prose stories, and articles. The debut issue includes:

  • A collectible cover by Colton Worley
  • An essay by Elvira Mistress of the Dark writer David Avallone about the legacy of his father, pulp legend Michael Avallone
  • A reprint of pulp legend Michael Avallone’s first short story “The Man Who Walked on Air, ” originally published in Weird Tales in 1953
  • The very first Dead Jack comic, “Dead Jack and Oswald Meet Frankenstein,” written by James Aquilone and illustrated by J.K. Woodward
  • “Monster Rally,” a comic story by Nancy A. Collins with art by Zac Atkinson

Other rewards for the Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue campaign include the debut issue of Monstrous Presents, a 32-page comic reprinting “Rise of the Morlocks” and “Dead Jack and Oswald Meet Frankenstein,” both by James Aquilone and artist J.K. Woodward.

Check out an exclusive preview of Konga vs Gorgo, previously revealed covers, and renowned manga artist Itaru Kinoshita’s new Kaiju, then go and support Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue now!

Exclusive: Monstrous Books’ Kaiju Challenge Coins Revealed for Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue!

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Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and writer James Aquilone’s Monstrous Books has celebrated the traditions of pulp fiction and classic movie monsters with Monstrous Magazine, an acclaimed black-and-white magazine-format comic book anthology which features some of the most interesting and inventive genre writers being published today. Monstrous Magazine will look east for the inspiration for its next all-star anthology: Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue will celebrate the legendary monsters from Japan, just in time for the ongoing global celebration of Godzilla’s 70th anniversary.

The Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue is now live so check out the exclusive below and make sure to back it before time runs out.

Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue features a fantastic line-up including:

  • “The Colossus From the Crater,” a brand-new sci-fi short story set on a remote moon and featuring a giant alien mummy, penned by novelist Greg Cox, who wrote the official prose adaptation of Godzilla (2014), soon to be reprinted in a new omnibus edition.
  • An all new kaiju design by Dinosaur Sanctuary mangaka Itaru Kinoshita
  • An all-new Konga vs. Gorgo comic, featuring the creatures from the cult 1960s American International Pictures movies and Charlton Comics, written by James Aquilone and illustrated by Dave Swartz (Confederate Monster)
  • The first appearance of the Kaiju MegaSquatch, in a comic book story by James Aquilone and EV Cantada (Joe Ledger, Grimm Fairy Tales) 
  • Three iconic covers — a Konga vs. Gorgo cover by Larry Tuason (Knightingail: The Legend Begins), a MegaSquatch cover by EV Cantada and colorist Zac Atkinson and a Godzilla cover. 

Just like the creatures themselves, this magazine (previously digest size) will be enlarged to a full-size 8.5-x-11-inch format.

Previous issues of Monstrous Magazine, feature a mix of comics, prose stories, and articles. The debut issue includes:

  • A collectible cover by Colton Worley
  • An essay by Elvira Mistress of the Dark writer David Avallone about the legacy of his father, pulp legend Michael Avallone
  • A reprint of pulp legend Michael Avallone’s first short story “The Man Who Walked on Air, ” originally published in Weird Tales in 1953
  • The very first Dead Jack comic, “Dead Jack and Oswald Meet Frankenstein,” written by James Aquilone and illustrated by J.K. Woodward
  • “Monster Rally,” a comic story by Nancy A. Collins with art by Zac Atkinson

Other rewards for the Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue campaign include the debut issue of Monstrous Presents, a 32-page comic reprinting “Rise of the Morlocks” and “Dead Jack and Oswald Meet Frankenstein,” both by James Aquilone and artist J.K. Woodward.

Check out the exclusive reveal of the Kaiju Challenge Coins then back Monstrous: The Kaiju Issue now!

Alterna’s Feast or Famine Up on Kickstarter

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What would happen if the world’s greatest scientific minds, Nikola Tesla and Albert Einstein, partnered together? Oh, and then went on a cosmic rescue mission together? In the all-new sci-fi comic book series, Feast or Famine, we get to find out. In a parallel version of Earth, these two futurists come together to make profound scientific discoveries. Propelling our world into a golden age of technology during the early days of the 20th century.

This 3 issue mini-series, coming next year from independent comic book publisher Alterna Comics, will chronicle the mind-bending first adventure of these brilliant scientist as they travel to a distant alien world. What begins as a benevolent adventure, quickly spirals into an unexpected and dangerous mystery. With consequences that can rewrite all of history!

Created by writer Dave Swartz and drawn by industry veteran Joseph Cooper, Feast or Famine mixes a futuristic turn of the century style with a retro, 1950’s vision of an alien world. Filled with all manner of strange aliens and reality-bending machines that will challenge everything these collective geniuses thought they knew about the universe.

The Kickstarter/Pre-Order Campaign just launched and is offering a ton of really great pledge rewards, including issues of the book, limited edition prints, commissions and sketch covers, and even original artwork from the series!