Tales from the Darkside #4
Joe Hill (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)
Even as “The Window Opens,” the door closes on the Darkside… but only for now! The final entry into this nightmare dimension courtesy of Locke & Key co-creators Hill & Rodriguez arrives here, promising grim tidings for all involved.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Tales from the Darkside #3
Joe Hill (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)
“Black Box,” part 2. With his experimental brain surgery complete, Brian Newman hopes to finally take control of his life and the reality-bending powers that ruined it. But his dark alter ego and the Briterside Organization have other plans, and they’re all headed on a one-way trip to the Darkside.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Tales from the Darkside #2
Joe Hill (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)
Joe Hill‘s revitalization of Tales from the Darkside will now only be seen in print, accompanied by the brilliant artwork of Hill’s Locke & Key co-conspirator, Gabriel Rodriguez! A special two-part tale begins here, as the terrifying “Black Box” is opened…
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Tales from the Darkside #1
Joe Hill (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c)
Joe Hill‘s nerve-shredding re-imagining of Tales from the Darkside never made it to your TV set…but the dead are restless and refuse to stay buried! This summer, IDW releases DARKSIDE, a four-issue comic-book adaptation of the episodes written by Hill and illustrated here by Locke & Key co-creator Gabriel Rodriguez! Three stories of the macabre and malevolent! One coulda-been, shoulda-been TV epic on paper with pictures that don’t move! Step out of the warm, sunlit world you think of as reality and get ready to take a chilling walk… on the DARKSIDE.
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
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World Fantasy, International Horror Guild, and Bram Stoker Award-winning author Joe Hill turns his attention to a legend—Tales From The Darkside.
Originally planned as a reboot for the storied series, Hill’s scripts for these never-broadcast television episodes allow the New York Times bestselling author to stretch his creative muscles, his effortless mastery of the twisted subject matter injecting new terrors into this silver screen legend.
Joining Hill in resurrecting this classic is Charles Paul Wilson III, known to many Joe Hill fans as the artist responsible for the nightmare vision made real in their most recent collaboration, Wraith, a graphic novel prequel to the Hill’s bestselling book N0S4A2. In Tales From The Darkside, Wilson’s tack-sharp interpretation of Hill’s vision is on display in a series of illustrations accompanying the scripts.
First created by George A. Romero, Tales From The Darkside offered a grim but compelling anthology-style series. Hill’s scripts for the unaired reboot of the series will debut in the eponymous comic series beginning this June, but fans looking for more raw Hill, this new scriptbook provides a unique glimpse into the creative process, and a look at what could have been.
Look for Tales From The Darkside: Scripts by Joe Hill wherever books are sold this October.
Locke & Key fans will have reason to celebrate this summer when Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez unleash their latest horror series on the world. Tales from the Darkside sees the Eisner Award-winning team reunite on a comic-book revival of the horror anthology TV series of the same name.
The four-issue series will feature Hill’s re-imagining of Tales for a contemporary take on the cult classic. Structured to have the scope of Locke & Key while exploring a vast, underlying mythology, Tales aims to unfold a cohesive universe made up of each individual issue. According to the creative team, these stories will draw inspiration from the TV series that it has spawned from while also taking a meta approach to the material.
While Rodríguez will provide cover art for the series, joining the team will be Charles P. Wilson III who will contribute variant covers.
Prepare to enter the ‘Darkside’ this June at your local comic shop – plenty of time to get caught up on Locke & Key before then!
