Renfield, after disappointing his master, the legendary Dracula, once again, realizes he must escape the count and fight back against his addiction to blood. But can he? Desperate to get Dracula’s voice out of his mind–and his blood out of his veins–he heads to the morgue, only to find he’s not the only one whose blood is boiling.
Story: David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick Art: Patrick Piazzalunga Color: Marco Brakko Letterer: Patrick Brosseau
Legendary horror writer and 30 Days of Night co-creator Steve Niles’ iconic paranormal detective Cal McDonald’s hard boiled adventures have captivated fans since his first appearance in the 1990 story “Big Head.” Cal McDonald has seen it all. Vampires, werewolves, ghouls, demons, mutants, maniacs, and every other thing that crawls out of the dark. Niles is revisiting his gruesome gumshoe in Cal McDonald: Plague of Evil and Other Stories, a collection of short stories.
Cal McDonald: Plague of Evil and Other Stories features a foreword by acclaimed actor and horror creator David Dastmalchian and a stunning painted cover by master illustrator Joe Jusko. Published by Clover Press’ The Fourth Leaf, a new imprint for creator-owned comics, books and graphic novels, this 216-page hardcover will collect ten brand-new Cal McDonald stories, each with an illustration by a different beloved comic artist. Fans can support the project on Kickstarter.
In the tradition of Mickey Spillane and Rymond Chandler, Niles sends Cal and his undead sidekick on a strange journey through a Los Angeles populated by monsters, freaks, ghouls, and all kinds of new creatures hell-bent on causing chaos.
Cal McDonald: Plague of Evil and Other Stories will feature gorgeous chapter illustrations by an incredible lineup of artists, including Cat Staggs, Liam Sharp, Scott Morse, Christopher Mitten, Gyula Nemeth, Steven Russell Black, Francesco Francavilla, Alison Sampson, and Damien Worm, each adding their own signature style to Cal McDonald’s world of hard-boiled horror.
In addition to the illustrated hardcover book, the Kickstarter campaign for Cal McDonald: Plague of Evil and Other Stories, we can exclusively reveal that Clover Press is creating exclusive Lithographs and a sticker featuring Joe Jusko’s cover art and a beautiful colored version of Cat Staggs’ illustration from the book.
Fans will flock to the Baltimore Comic-Con at the Inner Harbor’s Baltimore Convention Center this September 25-27! The Baltimore Comic-Con is thrilled to announce a special autograph session by Ringo nominee David Dastmalchian on Saturday at the 2026 event. Co-writer Leah Kilpatrick will be available during David’s signings to sign books they have written together, as well as other items. Tickets to get his book and autographs are now on sale on our website!
Tickets for autographs by David are limited, and include one copy of his book, a signature in that book, and an autograph on one other fan-provided item. Leah will be on site to sign their co-written books as a bonus! Both will be appearing Saturday afternoon at the Cards, Comics & Collectibles booth, #916, with ticket holders to meet David being provided a number to determine if they will be in the first or second grouping.
One of the most celebrated genre actors working today, David Dastmalchian has built a remarkable career spanning blockbuster films, independent cinema, horror, science fiction, and comic book adaptations. He made his feature film debut in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight and later reunited with Nolan for Oppenheimer, while becoming a frequent collaborator of Denis Villeneuve with roles in Prisoners, Blade Runner 2049, and Dune. With his genre-focused company GOOD FIEND FILMS, Dastmalchian produced and starred in the horror hit Late Night with the Devil. His credits also include Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man films and James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, classic DC villain Abra Kadabra on The Flash, Gotham, and currently stars as Gurathin in Apple TV+’s acclaimed science-fiction series Murderbot. He has now entered another enormous corner of fandom as Mr. 3 in Netflix’s live-action adaptation of One Piece, and will next step into one of gaming’s most iconic franchises as M. Bison in the upcoming Street Fighter.
But Dastmalchian’s connection to comic books goes far beyond appearing in their adaptations. A lifelong comics fan, he is also an accomplished comic book writer, having created and written Count Crowley, his horror series about a television horror host who discovers that the monsters she presents on screen are very real. With Dark Horse, he has also co-written the annual Headless Horsemen anthology and the breakout 2026 hit Kingdom of Earth. For Image Comics, he created the series Knights vs. Samurai, and his Creature Commandos series at DC is now available in trade paperback. His recent Ringo-nominated graphic novel Through from Z2 Comics and The Accessories from Panick Entertainment both debuted in 2026. Upcoming books from Dastmalchian include stories in Venom from Marvel, Kolchak Meets Count Crowley from Monstrous Book, and M. Bison for Legendary.
Leah Kilpatrick is a writer, actor, and creature-maker whose work spans comics, film, and television. Drawing from her background in performance and production, she explores reimagined monsters, dark humor, and the humanity buried inside the things we fear most.
In comics, Kilpatrick is the co-creator and co-writer of Kingdom of Earth from Dark Horse Comics and The Accessories from Panick Entertainment, two original horror series that use monsters as a way into deeply personal stories. The acclaimed Kingdom of Earth explores survival and connection against the backdrop of an apocalyptic world, while The Accessories turns its focus toward the forgotten figures surrounding horror’s most iconic monsters. Her previous work includes stories in DC Horror Presents and the Headless Horseman Halloween Annual.
On screen and behind the scenes, Kilpatrick’s credits include acting, practical creature performance, and SFX/makeup, most recently for The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors for Shudder. She also leads an upcoming found-footage horror feature set entirely within a cave, slated for release in 2027, and is currently developing multiple projects as Executive Creative Director of Good Fiend Films.
When she’s not writing or performing, she’s probably somewhere scrubbing prosthetic adhesive off random places on her body.
This year’s confirmed guests for the show include: Jason Aaron (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Arthur Adams (Longshot), Joel Adams (Ms. Mystic), Zeea Adams (Deadman), Rafael Albuquerque (Absolute Green Arrow), Jiba Molei Anderson (The Horsemen, courtesy of Advent Comics), Rodney Barnes (Killedelphia, courtesy of Advent Comics), Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl), Marty Baumann (Pixar artist), Brett Bean (D’Orc), Josh Blaylock (Mercy Sparx, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Carolyn Belefski (Curls), Russ Braun (The Boys), Brett Breeding (Superman), Jeffrey Brown (Hulk Teach, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jeffrey Burandt (Gonad the Ballbarian), Greg Burnham (Tuskegee Heirs, courtesy of Advent Comics), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Eric Canete (Absolute Superman), Joe Carabeo (The Legettes), Richard Case (Doom Patrol), Keith Champagne (Stranger Things), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Jo Chen (Runaways), Sean Chen (Iron Man), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men), Taurin Clarke (Star Wars: Jedi Knights), Becky Cloonan (War), Michael W. Conrad (In Bloom), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Amanda Conner (Harley Quinn), Denys Cowan (The Question), Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (The College Try), Paris Cullins (Blue Devil), David Dastmalchian (Through), Mike Decarlo (The Simpsons), Vito Delsante (Stray), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Colleen Doran (The Sandman), Olivia Dufault (Prima Apparata, courtesy of Ignition Press), Scott Dunbier (DC Silver Age Covers and Stories Artist’s Edition), Steve Englehart (Captain America), Garth Ennis (The Boys), Victor Farro (Invincible Universe: Battle Beast), Sean Forney (Scarlet Huntress Meets Mothman), Trish Forstner (Feral), David Gerrold (Star Trek), Chris Giarrusso (Mini Marvels), Randy Green (Witchblade), Che Grayson (Absolute Catwoman), Kevin Grevioux (I, Frankenstein, courtesy of Advent Comics), Gene Ha (Mae), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Cully Hamner (Blue Beetle), Scott Hanna (Amazing Spider-Man), N. Steven Harris (Aztek: The Ultimate Man, courtesy of Advent Comics), Tony Harris (The Whistling Skull), Dean Haspiel (Chest Face), Glenn Hauman (They Keep Killing Glenn), Jeremy Haun (The Beauty, courtesy of Ignition Press), Mike Hawthorne (Deadpool), Marc Hempel (Sandman), Sean Damian Hill (Bishop: War College, courtesy of Advent Comics), Greg Horn (Emma Frost), Jamal Igle (Superman), Joseph P. Illidge (The Shadow Cabinet, courtesy of Advent Comics), Rebecca Isaacs (Prima Apparata, courtesy of Ignition Press), Dave Johnson (100 Bullets), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Infernal Hulk), Klaus Janson (Daredevil), JG Jones (Wanted), Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer), Dan Jurgens (Action Comics), Chris Kemple (Red Vengeance), Leah Kilpatrick (Kingdom of Earth), Tom King (Wonder Woman), Peter Krause (The Power of Shazam, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Mike Kunkel (Herobear and the Kid), Shawn Kuruneru (Minor Arcana), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Creees Lee (Sorcerer Supreme), Jae Lee (Inhumans), Jim Lee (Batman: H2SH), Rick Leonardi (Spider-Man 2099), Jesse Lonergan (DROME), Tula Lotay (Bloodland), Nate Lovett (Commander Tomorrow), Andy MacDonald (Rogue Planet), Kevin Maguire (Justice League), Anthony Marques (Superman Unlimited), Laura Martin (Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Shawn Martinbrough (Red Hood: The Hill), Alitha E. Martinez (Black Panther: World of Wakanda, courtesy of Advent Press), Ron Marz (Green Lantern), Jose Marzen Jr. (Y: The Last Man), Bill McKay (Kim the Delusional), Mike McKone (Teen Titans), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Adriana Melo (Fantastic Four), Pop Mhan (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe), Joshua Middleton (Aquaman), Al Milgrom (Spectacular Spider-Man), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Mark Morales (Thor), Bill Morrison (The Simpsons), Drew Moss (Thundercats), Trevor Mueller (Bat Pat), Sarah Myer (TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures), Tom Nguyen (Batman), Phil Noto (Fantastic Four: First Foes), Kevin Nowlan (Batman: Sword of Azrael), Patrick Olliffe (Untold Tales of Spider-Man), Jerome Opena (Uncanny X-Force), Ryan Ottley (Invincible), Jimmy Palmiotti (The Punisher), Dan Parent (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), Dan Parsons (Star Wars), Margeaux Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Pornsak Pichetshote (Absolute Green Arrow), Stephen Platt (Moon Knight), Eric Powell (The Goon), Andy Price (My Little Pony), Joe Pruett (Savage Sword of Conan), Tom Raney (Incredible Hulk), Afua Richardson (Kahhori: Reshaper of Worlds), James Robinson (Starman), Tone Rodriguez (Feral, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Stephane Roux (Void Rivals), Andy Runton (Owly), Ethan Sacks (Old Man Hawkeye), Stuart Sayger (Red Sonja), Joe Schmalke (We Don’t Kill Spiders), Erica Schultz (Rogue), Louise Simonson (The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special), Walter Simonson (Thor), Don Simpson (Megaton Man), Matt Slay (Patchwork Ends), Matthew Dow Smith (DC’s Misfits of Magic), Scott Snyder (Friday and Sunday only, DC K.O.), John K. Snyder III (Suicide Squad), Mark Sparacio (Liberty Girl Deluxe), Cat Staggs (David Dastmachian’s Through), Jim Starlin (Dreadstar), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Brian Stelfreeze (Black Panther), Charles Stewart III (Storm: Lifedream, courtesy of Advent Comics), Karl Story (Batman & Robin), Brandon Thomas (Legend Has It, courtesy of Advent Comics), Martha Thomases (Dakota North), Frank Tieri (Absolute Batman: Ark-M), Peter J. Tomasi (The Rocketfellers), Billy Tucci (Shi), Jonathan Uribe (Spawn, courtesy of Comics and Collectibles R Us), Gus Vazquez (Sunfire and the Big Hero Six), Wade Von Grawbadger (Justice League), Dave Wachter (Godzilla), Steve Walker (Pay the Devil), Dan Watters (Mad Science Division, courtesy of Ignition Press), Lee Weeks (Batman/Catwoman Special), Mark Wheatley (Breathtaker), Bob Wiacek (All-New Wolverine, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), Keith Williams (Web of Spider-Man), Ron Wilson (Marvel Two-In-One), Chuck Wojtkiewicz (Justice League, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Rich Woodall (Sgt. Werewolf), John Workman (Wild Things), Kelly Yates (Doctor Who), Thom Zahler (Long Distance), and Chip Zdarsky (Captain America).
Writer: David Dastmalchian · Leah Kilpatrick Artist: Soo Lee Letterer: Frank Cvetkovic Cover artist: Soo Lee
In the ruins of Chicago, political tensions rise as the ambitious Orpheus challenges Romero, Grand Leader of the Northern Territory. Meanwhile, Frankie chooses to follow the terrifying beast Virago. The young human remains wary but curious as to why they were spared—are there such things as “Good Monsters” amidst the hordes of malevolent creatures vying to dominate the Kingdom of Earth?
After lifetimes in the background, three of history’s greatest horror sidekicks finally say what they’ve never dared to before: Enough is ENOUGH! Igor, Renfield, and Mrs. Hyde have aided their masters’ diabolical missions for decades, but today is the day they stop being loyal. Today the real horror walks out the front door. The looming question is… what do they do now? These three discarded servants find each other in the fallout, forming a band of gawky but determined anti-heroes caught between angry villagers, vengeful monster-hunters and furious former employers. Their survival will take more than just guts… luckily, they know where to procure more.
Story: David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick Art: Patrick Piazzalunga Color: Marco Brakko Letterer: Patrick Brosseau
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Writer: David Dastmalchian · Leah Kilpatrick Artist: Soo Lee Letterer: Frank Cvetkovic Cover artist: Soo Lee
2036. Two years ago, hordes of monsters rose from the earth and sea, devouring everything in sight. Much of mankind was massacred before the monsters realized they needed humans. In this new world, humans have two options: service or slaughter. When a young child named Frankie narrowly escapes their fate as livestock, they soon realize that their fight for survival has only just begun.
From the critically acclaimed writing duo of David Dastmalchian and Leah Kilpatrick and the Bram Stoker Award–winning artist Soo Lee comes this all-new monstrous miniseries.
From the critically acclaimed writing duo of actor, writer, and producer David Dastmalchian, and actor, writer, and producer Leah Kilpatrick along with the Bram Stoker Award-winning artist Soo Lee, Dark Horse Comics invites readers to journey into a world where humans are no longer the dominant species with Kingdom of Earth. The four-issue series features letterer Frank Cvetkovic with cover art by Lee.
2036. Two years ago, hordes of monsters rose from the earth and sea, devouring everything in sight. Much of mankind was massacred before the monsters realized they needed humans. In this new world, humans have two options: service or slaughter. When a young child named Frankie narrowly escapes their fate as livestock, they soon realize that their fight for survival has only just begun.
Survive or be served on a silver platter in Kingdom of Earth #1 (of 4) when it arrives in comic shops on July 15, 2026, for $4.99.
(W) David Dastmalchian, Carl Potts, Takashi Okazaki (A) Philip Tan, Damian Couceiro, Takashi Okazaki
WITH GREAT POWER THERE MUST ALSO COME SYMBIOTE STORIES UNLIKE ANY OTHER!
David Dastmalchian joins the fray, as he and Philip Tan reveal the earliest exploits of VENOM as he stalked SPIDER-MAN through New York subways and rooftops, immune to Peter’s Spider-Sense, before AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #299!
From the world of the sleeper hit WHAT IF PETER PARKER BECAME THE PUNISHER? Carl Potts weaves a web with Damian Couceiro to show what happens if a Peter prone to violent solutions for his enemies became VENOM — and it’s just as shocking as you’d imagine!
Takashi Okazaki imagines a never-before-seen Venom in ancient Japan, as this SAMURAI SYMBIOTE goes up against a CRIMSON CARNAGE!
David Dastmalchian has partnered with Z2 to release a powerful new original graphic novel, Through, telling the astonishing story of Alix, a young woman driven by a compulsive need to control the world around her. After a near-death experience, she’s thrust into a labyrinthine realm cloaked in shadows and populated by fantastical creatures, where she is stunned to discover that this mysterious land has been constructed solely for her… A kingdom to rule? Or a prison? As danger closes in, threatening complete obliteration, she must decipher the clues that reveal the true nature of this realm in order to save both the land… and herself.
More than just a compelling fantasy story, Through is an allegory about learning to ask for help, and embracing the individual imperfections that make us unique… and powerful… as human beings.
The radically different visual styles of the gritty world of urban Chicago, and the mystically surreal land of Ananda Apastan are brought to life by acclaimed artist Cat Staggs.
The 140 page book is available in a Deluxe Edition as well as a signed Platinum Edition, which comes with art prints, a set of Focus Cards, and a metal pin featuring the needle that serves as Alix’s doorway to the world of Ananda Apastan. Deluxe and platinum editions are available exclusively at Z2’s website, while a standard trade-sized edition is available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, as well as other independent retailers and comic shops worldwide.
(W) David Dastmalchian (A) Jesus Hervas In Shops: Apr 09, 2025 SRP: $4.99
THE FINAL SHOWDOWN OF DAVID DASTMALCHIAN AND JESUS HERVAS’S HORROR EPIC IS HERE! For their final showdown, the Commandos are headed to…the Delaware State Fair?! The fair may not be ready for this freak show, but the team is more than ready to take down Brainiac and end this mission once and for all. Don’t miss the epic conclusion to David Dastmalchian and Jesus Hervas’s bloody brilliant Creature Commandos run!
