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Master of the Drive-Ins Joe Bob Briggs Stars in MonsterVision Comics!

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Grab a cold one, pull up a lawn chair, and get ready for some Texas-style horror comedy antics! Dynamite presents MonsterVision, a brand-new comic book series launching this December starring drive-in icons Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl.

The beloved genre host and his kick-ass co-star invite readers along on a deep-fried, monster-hunting adventure filled with B-movie horror, endless Easter eggs, and a game-changing revelation that will turn their classic dynamic on its head.

Writer David Avallone brings his horror-host expertise from Elvira: Mistress of the Dark to these brand-new MonsterVision adventures. His deep knowledge and love for all things pulp, camp, and macabre are the perfect match for the Lone Star State’s most esteemed critic of schlock and screams.

Avallone is joined for this artistic road trip through rodeo country by artist Edu Menna. He’s no stranger to capturing monsters and real life horror, with credits on comics starring Alice Cooper, KISS, and Vampirella.

The pair are collaborating to bring the ultimate toast to B-movie madness, with parodies of classic horror films and a celebration of the life and career of Joe Bob Briggs and his own special mythos.

No modern misadventures of Joe Bob Briggs are complete without his dedicated co-star Darcy the Mail Girl. It wouldn’t be an Avallone epic without a shameless, badass heroine in the cast.

Darcy also stars on stunning photo covers for the series. Dave Acosta, another veteran of horror host comics, illustrates the instantly iconic lead cover and is joined by Kewber Baal and Robert Hack with a genius homage to the heyday of horror film posters. Fans can even get a special edition of Acosta’s cover featuring dual signatures from Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy or a mystery blind bag featuring the rarest exclusive variations on these covers and more.

Joe Bob Briggs is a celebrated film critic, writer, actor, comic performer, and one of the world’s foremost horror hosts. He is known for Joe Bob’s Drive-In Theater on The Movie Channel from 1986 to 1996, the TNT series MonsterVision from 1996 to 2000, and The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs beginning in 2018 on Shudder/AMC. Now, his unique approach to film, comedy, and horror comes to comics!

The drive-in will never die, but Dynamite recommends readers secure their copies of the comics with their Local Comic Shops by preordering and adding it to their pull lists. Joe Bob, Darcy, David Avallone, Edu Menna, and the whole cast and crew are smokin’ up a low-and-slow slab of drive-in mayhem that no one should miss!

  • Comic book cover for 'MonsterVision' featuring Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy, with a spooky ghost figure in the background and a classic black car in the foreground.
  • A comic book scene featuring two characters in conversation, one holding a beer, with a spooky figure in the background and a full moon illuminating the night sky.
  • A black muscle car parked in a studio, surrounded by lights and cameras.
  • A black vintage muscle car parked near a movie theater with a protest happening outside, featuring signs that say 'Ban the Beasts' and 'Chode'.
  • A scene showing a film crew preparing for a live interview in front of a trailer, with a man sitting and a woman beside him.
  • Vintage horror movie poster for 'I Was a Drive-In Mutant!' featuring eye-catching text and illustrations of monstrous characters. The design includes references to blood, breasts, and beasts, promoting a campy horror theme.
  • Cover of the comic 'MonsterVision' featuring Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy, with characters dramatically jumping from a vintage television set surrounded by flames, popcorn, and various horror-themed imagery.
  • Cover art of the comic book 'MonsterVision' featuring a woman in a blue shirt and fishnet stockings sitting on a colorful couch, with the title prominently displayed at the top.

Preview: Altered States: Warlords #3

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Altered States: Warlords #3

Writer: David Avallone
Artist: Mariano Benitez Chapo
Covers: Joseph Michael Linsner (A), Mike Rooth (B), Mariano Benitez Chapo (C), Cosplay – Jackie Goehner (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Adventure | $4.99 | Teen

Welcome to Altered States… Dynamite Entertainment’s parallel reality in the vein of DC’s Elseworlds and Marvel’s What If! Me Tarzan, you… Dejah Thoris? The Lord of the Jungle is transported to the Red Planet, just in time to join forces with Red Sonja and John Carter in their fight against the Thern death cult and their Goddess Issus. What are they planning to do with the awesome power of all that hijacked Eighth Ray? How will Helium get its navy back in the air? Can the evil Therns be stopped before they conquer all Barsoom? Find out, in this tale of swashbuckling planetary romance! Writer David Avallone (Elvira, Savage Tales) is joined by rising star Mariano Benitez-Chapo (Vampirella, Elvira, Savage Tales) and cover artist Joseph Michael Linsner, Mike Rooth, Chapo and a stunning cosplay image by Jackie Goehner!

Altered States: Warlords #3

Preview: Altered States: Warlords #2

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Altered States: Warlords #2

Writer: David Avallone
Artist: Mariano Benitez-Chapo
Covers: Joseph Michael Linsner (A), Mike Rooth (B), Mariano Benitez-Chapo (C), Cosplay – Jackie Goehner (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Science Fiction, Adventure | $4.99 | Teen+

Welcome to Altered States…Dynamite Entertainment’s parallel reality in the vein of DC’s Elseworlds and Marvel’s What If! What if John Carter wasn’t the first human from Earth to visit Mars? The eternal warrior finds a planet much changed since the arrival of Red Sonja millennia earlier…and he must unravel the secret of what happened to her if he’s to have any hope of saving Barsoom from the nefarious plans of the Holy Therns and their death cult. Writer David Avallone (Elvira, Savage Tales) is joined by rising star Mariano Benitez-Chapo (Vampirella, Elvira, Savage Tales), cover artists Joseph Michael Linsner, Mike Rooth, and Chapo, and a stunning cosplay cover by Jackie Goehner! Plus: Mike Rooth and Chapo each have created a stunning series of connecting covers for this series!

Altered States: Warlords #2

Preview: Red Sonja Noir: The Plunder and the Princess Special #1

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Red Sonja Noir: The Plunder and the Princess Special #1

Writer: David Avallone
Artist: Edson Novaes
Covers: Robert Hack (A), Lesley “Leirix” Li (B), Cosplay – Molly Stewart (C)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 48 pages | Sword and sorcery | $5.99 | Teen+

The crimson-maned warrior of song and legend muscles her way into trouble once more in this all-new tale of hard-boiled Hyboria! Red Sonja sells her services and attends a wedding on the island of Zaralina – an enclave for the rich and wealthy merchant class! Events soon take a turn for the dark and nefarious as she finds herself in the middle of wedding guests, thieves, wizards and…a dragon?! Gimlet-eyed wordsmith DAVID AVALLONE joins artist Edson Novaes for this special 40-page one-shot packed with two-fisted betrayals and bloody retribution – all wrapped in treacherously alluring covers from LESLEY “LEIRIX” LI, ROBERT HACK, and cosplay by MOLLY STEWART!

Red Sonja Noir: The Plunder and the Princess Special #1

Exclusive Preview: Gwendolyn Kriste’s Creepshow: 13 Tales of Terror Short Story from Monstrous and Evoke Entertainment

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With its cutting-edge blend of horror and humor George A. Romero and Stephen King’s 1982 film Creepshow inspired generations of fans and launched a beloved horror franchise. Prolific special effects artist, director, and producer Greg Nicotero introduced a new generation of fans to Creepshow with the acclaimed 2018 Shudder TV Series. Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and writer James Aquilone’s Monstrous Books has launched Creepshow: 13 Tales of Terror, the first-ever short story collection inspired by the acclaimed series.

This terrifying volume, licensed by Evoke Entertainment, brings together award-winning horror and speculative fiction authors to deliver an unforgettable reading experience that brings the series’ chilling tales to life in prose for the very first time.

Creepshow: 13 Tales of Terror features original stories by James Aquilone, David Avallone, Simon Bestwick, Nancy A. Collins, Dennis Crosby, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Gwendolyn Kriste, Jonathan Maberry, Lisa Morton, Steve Niles, Nick Roberts,Thomas E. Sniegoski, and Tim Waggoner. Creepshow: 13 Tales of Terror is a macabre celebration of the series’ legacy — twisting morality tales of terror, justice, and cosmic retribution, told through the Creep’s ghoulish grin.

Creepshow: 13 Tales of Terror features a cover from Russ Braun, and each story is accompanied by a full-page piece of art featuring The Creep from EV Cantada.

We have an exclusive preview of Gwendolyn Kriste’s short story, the terrifying tale “Five is the Best Number.”

Creepshow: 13 Tales of Terror is available as an ebook, paperback, and hardcover, wherever books are sold, including Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, and local independent retailers. The Creep invites you to turn the page… if you dare.

Preview: Altered States: Warlords #1

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Altered States: Warlords #1

Writer: David Avallone
Artist: Mariano Benitez-Chapo
Covers: Joseph Michael Linsner (A), Mike Rooth (B), Mariano Benitez-Chapo (C), Cosplay – Jackie Goehner (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Adventure | $4.99 | Teen+

Welcome to Altered States… Dynamite Entertainment’s parallel reality in the vein of DC’s Elseworlds and Marvel’s What If! Our debut Altered States title starts with Red Sonja, the She-Devil of Hyrkania, finding herself transported to Barsoom – better known to Earth-readers as Mars – in the ancient past of the mysterious red planet! What happens there sets up events that will ripple across the planet and will draw in the legendary heroes Vampirella, John Carter, Dejah Thoris, and, direct from Earth, the Lord of the Jungle himself! Writer David Avallone (Elvira, Savage Tales) is joined by rising star Mariano Benitez-Chapo (Vampirella, Elvira, Savage Tales) and cover artists Joseph Michael Linsner, Mike Rooth, and Chapo, as well as a stunning cosplay image by Jackie Goehner! Plus: Mike Rooth and Chapo each have created a stunning series of connecting covers for this series! It all starts in June! Be there!

Altered States: Warlords #1

Preview: Giant-Sized Savage Tales #1

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Giant-Sized Savage Tales #1

Writer: David Avallone
Artists: Mariano Benitez-Chapo, Pasquale Qualano, Sebastían Píriz
Covers: Bjorn Barends (A), Bjorn Barends (B), Cosplay – Ivy – Red Sonja (C), Cosplay – Ivy – Vampirella (D), Cosplay – Ivy – Red Sonja and Vampirella (E)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Adventure | $4.99 | Teen

A SAVAGE SPRING IS ABOUT TO BLOOM! The Savage Tales return with a vengeance in an all-new oversized special for 2026! Bursting with action and intrigue, Giant-Sized Savage Tales #1 features four fantastic tales of thrills, spills, and brutality, all crafted by two-fisted word wrangler DAVID AVALLONE and a trio of comics’ hardest of hard-boiled artists! • MARIANO BENITEZ-CHAPO takes the Daughter of Drakulon into the shadows in “Vampirella Noir”! • PASQUALE QUALANO puts the She-Devil With a Sword through her paces in “The Exile”! • MARIANO BENITEZ-CHAPO signs on with Captain Gullivar Jones for “His War Chapter IV”! • and SEBASTIÁN PÍRIZ wraps things up in “The Last Allan Quatermain Story”! This 40-page one-shot also features five uncompromising covers, including two portraits of everybody’s favorite femmes fatales from artist BJORN BARENDS and three classic cosplay compositions from model @IVYCOSPLAY, as well as a special PREMIUM MYSTERY BLIND BAG containing three limited editions of the issue selected randomly from a range of covers exclusive to this offering! Please Note: The number of Blind Bags is limited, and allocations may occur.

Giant-Sized Savage Tales #1

Welcome to the Altered States With Classic Characters from David Avallone!

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Dynamite Entertainment has announced a mind-bending, multiversal masterpiece starting this June, as Altered States: Warlords brings together some of the publisher’s biggest stars for a crossover epic by David Avallone and Mariano Benitez-Chapo.

Welcome to Altered States… Dynamite Entertainment’s daring take on parallel realities, alternate tales, and unexpected outcomes in the vein of beloved brands like What If? and Elseworlds. Avallone and company are ready to ramp things up for readers with the most ambitious story in the line to date!

Red Sonja, the She-Devil of Hyrkania, suddenly finds herself far away from the familiar Hyborean lands — transported to the ruby sands of Barsoom, or as Earth-readers know it, Mars. What follows will set up events that ripple across time and space, drawing in additional legendary heroes from all across the galaxy.

John Carter and Dejah Thoris, known as veritable Warlords of Mars, will expectedly leave their mark in this story. Meanwhile, another beloved Edgar Rice Burroughs icon in Tarzan, the Lord of the Jungle comes directly from Earth into this tale. Last but certainly not least, a native of the mysterious planet Drakulon will join the fray — Vampirella!

Writer David Avallone is renowned for his seamless voices for wise-cracking heroines like Elvira and Bettie Page, as well as a pulse for pulp. He reunites for Altered States: Warlords with rising star artist Mariano Benitez-Chapo. The Argentinian-turned-Philadelphian grad of The Kubert School is stepping up for his biggest project yet, following a string of Savage Tales specials with Avallone.

The series is complemented with a range of gorgeous variant covers pulled from across the worlds of Altered States. Superstars Joseph Michael Linsner and Mike Rooth wow with covers showcasing the She-Devil in the first issue, with other characters to follow. Benitez-Chapo contributes covers on each issue, all designed to connect with each other. Note that final covers for subsequent issues will be in full color, his stunning pencil and ink work is being showcased, and variants will also be available presenting his work in that manner. Cosplayer Jackie Goehner features on a photo cover, complete with an impressive axe. 

The first issue will also be available through a mystery blind bag release. This offering includes three separate versions of the issue, pulled randomly from a range of virgin, lineart, and other premium books for collectors.

Preview: Elvira in Monsterland

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Elvira in Monsterland

Writer: David Avallone
Artist: Kewber Baal
Cover: Dave Acosta
FC | 120 pages | Horror/Humor | $19.99 | Teen+

The OG Dracula, Vlad the Impaler, is back, and he’s raiding the Multiverse of Movies to build a monster army and conquer the world. There’s only one woman can stop him – Vampirella. But it turns out she’s busy in her own books, so it’s up to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and bane of Vlad’s existence, to stop his evil plan!

Following hot on the spiky heels of Elvira in Horrorland, Elvira in Monsterland features more movie monster mayhem than a full moon at Forry Ackerman’s house – all courtesy of the supernaturally talented team of author DAVID AVALLONE and artist KEWBER BAAL! Collects issues #1-5.

Elvira in Monsterland

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!

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