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Preview: Scary Godmother: This Was Your Childhood

Scary Godmother: This Was Your Childhood

(W) Jill Thompson (A/CA) Jill Thompson
In Shops: Oct 23, 2024
SRP: $39.99

Revisit the iconic, bestselling, eccentric fairy-witch from start to finish in this deluxe compendium that also includes new Scary Godmother stories! Get on the nostalgia bus and journey back to the Frightside to revisit your Scary Godmother and her friends Mr. Pettibone, Bug-A-Boo, Hannah, Orson, Max and Ruby the Vampires, Harry the Werewolf, and more! Just in time for Halloween, this compendium includes all of your favorite stories and brand-new adventures at the Scary Godmother’s house!

Scary Godmother: This Was Your Childhood

Get ready for spooky season with Scary Godmother Compendium

Image Comics has shared a sneak peek (a-boo!) of the upcoming Scary Godmother collection. This bestselling, multiple Eisner Award winning comic by Jill Thompson will be brought back to print—for the first time in over two years—from Image Comics as a complete, compendium trade paperback edition hitting shelves in October. It will also include new Scary Godmother stories.

Just in time for Halloween, this compendium features all of fans’ favorite stories as well as a look into the life and brand new adventures at the Scary Godmother’s house.

This fan-favorite series first launched in 1997 to critical acclaim, won Eisner Awards in “Best Title for a Younger Audience” and “Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior)” categories, and was adapted into two hit children’s films titled, Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular and Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy. The series was also featured in The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History by Hope Nicholson. The Scary Godmother series has seen a resurgence in popularity with the TikTok community in particular, driving rediscovery of the title.

Now longtime fans will finally have an opportunity to revisit the iconic, eccentric fairy-witch from start-to-finish when they board the nostalgia bus and journey back to the Frightside to revisit Scary Godmother and her friends Mr. Pettibone, Bug-A-Boo, Hannah, Orson, Max and Ruby the Vampires, Harry the Werewolf, and more.

The perfect read for fans of the campy, goth-influenced animation of Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Coraline, and Corpse BrideScary Godmother is a must-read, all-ages comic for the spooky season.

Scary Godmother Compendium paperback (ISBN: 9781534344464, Lunar Code: 0824IM339) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, October 2 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, October 15.

Scary Godmother Compendium

Scary Godmother returns this October with a Complete Compendium

The bestselling, multiple Eisner Award winning Scary Godmother comic by Jill Thompson will be brought back to print—for the first time in over two years—from Image Comics as a complete, compendium trade paperback edition slated to his shelves in October. It will also include new Scary Godmother stories.

Just in time for Halloween, this compendium includes all of fans’ favorite stories as well as a sneak peek into life and brand new adventures at the Scary Godmother’s house.

This fan-favorite series first launched in 1997 to critical acclaim, won Eisner Awards in “Best Title for a Younger Audience” and “Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior)” categories, and was adapted into two hit children’s films titled, Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular and Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy. The series was also featured in The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History by Hope Nicholson. The Scary Godmother series has seen a resurgence in popularity with the TikTok community in particular, driving rediscovery of the title.

Now longtime fans will finally have an opportunity to revisit the iconic, eccentric fairy-witch from start-to-finish when they board the nostalgia bus and journey back to the Frightside to revisit Scary Godmother and her friends Mr. Pettibone, Bug-A-Boo, Hannah, Orson, Max and Ruby the Vampires, Harry the Werewolf, and more.

The perfect read for fans of the campy, goth-influenced animation of Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Coraline, and Corpse Bride, Scary Godmother is a must-read, all-ages comic for the spooky season.

Scary Godmother Compendium paperback (ISBN: 9781534344464, Lunar Code: 0824IM339) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, October 2 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, October 15. 

Baltimore Comic-Con’s Yearbook Returns in 2022 with Scary Godmother

Artwork by Matt Slay
Artwork by Matt Slay

Come to the Baltimore Comic-Con this October 28-30 at the Baltimore Convention Center in the Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Tickets to the show are now available.

The annual tradition, the Baltimore Comic-Con Yearbook, returns in 2022 for the tenth year, celebrating creators appearing at this year’s show. This year’s book of art features interpretations of characters from 2022 guest Jill Thompson‘s award-winning Scary Godmother.

Beautifully designed by returning guest and Cupid’s ArrowsWarning LabelTime and Vine, and Love and Capes creator Thom Zahler, the book comes in a standard and, for VIP ticketholders, a limited VIP cover edition.

Scary Godmother follows the title character, often (but not always!) on Halloween night, getting up to to Trick or Treats with a cast of characters, including little Hannah Marie, her rotten older cousin Jimmy, Orson, the vampire boy, Ruby and Max, the vampire lovers, Bug-A-Boo, the Boozle, and Skully Pettibone, among others. Their madcap adventures find them solving problems, meeting lovable monsters, going on quests, and more!

Artwork by Dean Haspiel

Jill Thompson’s award-winning children’s series Scary Godmother is also widely known from the Cartoon Network animated feature.

The Baltimore Comic-Con scavenger hunt, which has become a must-do activity for many fans, will be back in 2022! When you buy the book, you’ll get a list of Yearbook contributors and their table numbers. Participants succeeding in acquiring the appropriate quota of autographs from contributors can then get their choice of bonus prints — and it’s a great way to meet the guests!

Art created for the 2022 Baltimore Comic-Con Yearbook celebrating Scary Godmother will be auctioned off at the Baltimore Comic-Con Art Auction on Saturday, October 29th at 5pm. Fans and art collectors alike won’t want to miss this opportunity to win these one-of-a-kind items, only available at the Baltimore Comic-Con!

The book will be sold in the Exclusives Booth in the lobby. The book will be available at the Baltimore Comic-Con for $29.99. The art auction featuring original art from the book will be held at 5pm on Saturday, October 29th in the Main hall.


2022 GUESTS

Confirmed guests for this year’s show include: Chris Barcomb (The Amazing Adventures of Superior Sam), Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl), Marty Baumann (Pixar artist), John Beatty (Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars), Carolyn Belefski (Curls), Brian Michael Bendis (Action Comics), Brett Breeding (Superman), Dan Brereton (Nocturnals), Harold Buchholz (Sweetest Beasts), Mark Buckingham (Fables), Jeffrey Burandt (Killer Bad), Jim Calafiore (NED, Lord of the Pit), Joe Carabeo (Black Magic Tales), Richard Case (Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Terror), John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men), Howard Chaykin (Time Squared), Steve Conley (The Middle Age), Katie Cook (Nothing Special), Kevin Cuffe (Metalshark Bro), Nick Davis (The Night Guardians – Awakenings), Kristina Deak-Linsner (Roses for the Dead), J. Robert Deans (Crass Fed), Todd Dezago (The Perhapanauts), Garth Ennis (The Boys, Friday and Saturday only), Chris Flick (Capes and Babes), Scott Fogg (Phileas Reid Knows We’re Not Alone), LJ Fowlkes (The Adventures of CHIBIWONGTONG), Franco (The Ghost, The Owl), Bob Frantz (Metalshark Bro), John Gallagher (Max Meow: Cat Crusader), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (DC Nation), Steven Grant (X), Dawn Griffin (Zorphbert & Fred), Bob Hall (West Coast Avengers), Dean Haspiel (The Fox), Mike Hawthorne (Happiness Will Follow), Greg Hildebrandt (Star Wars), Jamal Igle (Molly Danger), Klaus Janson (Daredevil, Friday and Saturday only), Chris Kemple (Artist Alley Comics), Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Alien), Barry Kitson (Amazing Spider-Man), Jim Lee (Action Comics, Friday only), Joseph Michael Linsner (Red Sonja), Howard Mackie (Ghost Rider), Chris Mariano (Claire Lost Her Bear At The World’s Fair), Mark Mariano (Puddleton Farm: Ewing! What Are You Doing), Whitney Matheson (Pandemix: Quarantine Comics in the Age of ‘Rona), Jason May (LEGO Club Magazine), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Mike McKone (Genis-Vell: Captain Marvel), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Adriana Melo (Action Comics), Pop Mhan (Gears of War 3), Frank Miller (Sin City, Saturday only), Mark Morales (Thor), Bill Morrison (The Simpsons), Trevor Mueller (Albert the Alien), Jamar Nicholas (Leon: Protector of the Playground), Sedat Oezgen (Judge Dredd), Jerry Ordway (Superman), Rachel Ordway (Chainmail Bikini), Richard Pace (Second Coming, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Dan Parent (Archie vs. Sharknado), Andrew Pepoy (Simone & Ajax), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Khoi Pham (Teen Titans), Ed Piskor (Red Room: Trigger Warnings), Tom Raney (Green Lantern), Afua Richardson (Omni), David A. Rodriguez (Skylanders), John Romita, Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man), Don Rosa (Uncle Scrooge), Craig Rousseau (The Perhapanauts), Jim Rugg (Hulk Grand Design), Stuart Sayger (The Joker), Pat Shand (Destiny, NY), Liam Sharp (Green Lantern), Louise Simonson (X-Men Legends), Walter Simonson (Ragnarok), Don Simpson (Megaton Man), Matt Slay (Equilibrium), John K. Snyder III (Suicide Squad), Jim Starlin (Infinity Gauntlet), Joe Staton (Dick Tracy), Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother), Billy Tucci (Shi), Dexter Vines (Civil War, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Sean Von Gorman (Return of Toe Tag Riot), Mark Waid (Superman: Red and Blue), Adam Wallenta (Punk Taco), Todd Webb (Mr. Toast Comics), Emily S. Whitten (The Underfoot), Matt Wieringo (Stargate Atlantis: Gateways), Keith Williams (Thor the Worthy), Charles P. Wilson III (Wraith), Rich Woodall (Electric Black), Gene Luen Yang (Superman Smashes the Klan), and Thom Zahler (Love and Capes).

The Kids Love Comics Pavilion Comes to Baltimore Comic Con Live

Kids Love Comics Pavilion

Baltimore Comic-Con is going virtual October 23-25 at BaltimoreComicConLive.Com, and once again offering the best in comics creators, panels, art, and cosplay. But BCC will once again host the biggest and best kids area at any comic convention-the Kids Love Comics Pavilion, featuring comics how-to’s, crafts, and other fun activities.

Both the main BCC channel and KLC channel will run simultaneously, so while the adults enjoy their programming, kids and aspiring artists can see and learn from a variety of graphic novel creators, all Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th.

Here’s the schedule for Kids Love Comics LIVE:

KIDS LOVE COMICS – SATURDAY SCHEDULE (All times EST)

10:00am The Cardboardasaurus Cartoon Puppet Party Kids Love Comics kicks off with a Puppet-Palooza, as Cardboardasaurus and his puppet pals watch a variety of cool retro cartoons!

10:30amCereal And Doodles Mark Mariano and Comic guests draw, doodle and discuss their favorite things while devouring bowls of fun-fortified cereal.

11:00amPacey Packer Unicorn Tracker John Gallagher interviews J.C. Phillipps for some Unicorn fun! It will be magical!

11:30am Kazu Kibuishi (Amulet) interviewed by Jamar Nicholas (Leon the Mighty) The artist/writer behind the best-selling Amulet graphic novels discusses his art, and world creation.

12:00pm Making Manga with Misako Rocks! Rising manga star Misako Rocks!, author of the Bounce Back graphic novel, shares a drawing lesson as only she can!

12:30pm How-to-Draw with J. Robert Deans JR Deans, author of the hilarious Bear from AUNT chapter books and Shakes the Cow stories, shows how to draw his fun and furry characters


KIDS LOVE COMICS – SUNDAY SCHEDULE (All times EST) Hosted by the Kids Love Comics creators

11:00am Magnetic Press Presentation Comics overview from Magnetic Press Creators

(12:00pm hour hosted by Mark Mariano)

12:00pm InvestiGators Invent-A-Vest Drawing Challenge with John Patrick Green Best-selling author John Patrick Green takes a bite out of Baltimore, as he shows kids how to come up with their own cool inventive vests, just like Mango and Brash from InvestiGators!

12:20pm Jill Thompson reads Scary Godmother Jill Thompson, the graphic novel QUEEN of Halloween, reads from the frighteningly fantastic Scary Godmother GNs!

12:40pm Creative Crafts Challenges with Carolyn Belefski Curls artist and podcaster Carolyn Belefski offers up a look into creative crafts for kids with BIG imaginations!

(1:00pm hour hosted by John Gallagher)

1:00pm Max Meow Drawing Demonstration and Craft John shows you how to draw Max Meow (and anything!) using simple shapes. Plus – a special downloadable Max Meow papercraft!

1:20pm Halloween Graphic Novels Spotlight No tricks – just treats! John shares some of the BEST comics and graphic novels for the Halloween season!

1:30pm The World of Hilo with Judd Winick NYT-Bestselling author Judd Winick offers up his unique take on art, heroes, graphic novels, and more! From creating comics for publishers DC to Random House, Judd has a lot to say!

(2:00pm hour hosted by Chris Mariano)

2:00pm Alien Art with Dawn Griffin Zorphbert and Fred cartoonist Dawn Griffin offers up some otherworldly art lessons on drawing your own extra-terrestrials!

2:20pm Drawing Werewolves with Chris Flick Awooooo! It’s time to turn your friends (or yourself) into a werewolf, courtesy of furr-iffic comics artist Chris Flick!

2:40pm Let’s Make Paper Bag Puppets Create a puppet from your own imagination (and maybe a paper bag) with Chris Mariano, co-author of Claire Lost her Bear at the World’s Fair!

(3:00pm hour hosted by Jamar Nicholas)

3:00pm An Interview with Jerry Craft Jamar talks with Jerry Craft, Newberry-award winning creator of New Kid and the just-released Class Act graphic novels

3:30pm Imagination Aquarium: A Character Creation Exercise Jamar takes kids on a magical mystery tour of cartooning and ideas