SHIVER, the new horror anthology series from indie publisher Scout Comics will sponsor the Grand Prize Winner of Horror2Comic’s inaugural season. The series has stories lined up from some of the top writers and artists in horror across comics, television and film. At least one winning entries from the August 31, 2022 Horror2Comic Contest will be featured in the comic series. Horror2Comic is a genre-focused spinoff competition from the team behind the Script2Comic Contest, founded in 2020.
Script2Comic has already seen the publication of four titles with several more in production. Sponsors Thunder Comics and Motor Content also join Horror2Comic with judges from horror hits like Creepshow, Orphan and Cabin Fever helping pick the ultimate winners.
The Horror2Comic Contest offers winners a chance to see their screenplay, teleplay, short story, or comic script come to life as a comic book, limited series, or graphic novel. The comics will be published by Scout Comics and put into development as a film or television series by one of the contest sponsors. This year’s Premiere Sponsor Scout Comics is seeking genre-bending horror stories to join its anthology series SHIVER to debut in 2023.
Overseeing the contest for SHIVER will be its Editor-in-Chief, Joshua Malkin.
Malkin will be joining the contest as a judge, alongside Creepshow Executive Producer Stan Spry; Dark Castle Co-President of Production, Ethan Erwin; Lauren Vilchik, producer of hit horror franchise Cabin Fever; Bram Stoker Award-nominated writer of Sea of Sorrows, Rich Douek; Ashleigh Snead, producer of Dementer and Shudder film The Ranger; Thunder Comics partner and producer of critically-acclaimed film The Peanut Butter Falcon and camp horror classic Zombeavers, Tim Zajaros; and more judges including Sundance award-winning filmmakers, actors, producers and comic publishers.
This year’s Grand Prize trophy is a custom metal-cover comic and a metal cover of the Winner’s book. The winning comic series will be printed by Comic Impressions and published by Scout Comics & Entertainment, the company behind hit indie comics Unikorn, Long Lost, Henchgirl and Once Our Land, which is seeing an animated adaptation from Mercury Filmworks Studios, the company behind The Cuphead Show! and The Bob’s Burgers Movie. Winning titles will be available in comic stores and bookstores throughout North America, through Scout Comics’ distribution deals with Diamond, Lunar and Universal in the direct market (comic stores) and Simon & Schuster in the bookstore market.
Early Bird Entries open August 31, 2022 exclusively throughwww.coverfly.com, and extend through the Final Entry Deadline November 30, 2022. Winners will be announced on or before April 30, 2023.
Join Scout Comics and Thunder Comics at San Diego Comic-Con International (July 21-24), booth #2615, for exciting exclusives, signings, panels, surprise guests and more! From creator-owned titles Azza the Barbed to Don’t F With Karen, fans won’t want to miss the chance to score an Eternus promo bag or a limited metal cover ashcan.
Don’t F With Karen Exclusive Ashcan Preview (Lucas Culshaw, Rui Silvera)
(W) Joel David Moore, Mike Capes (A) Rui Silvera (C) Verónica R. López (L) DC Hopkins.
Karen Campbell is a soccer mom who isn’t afraid to wield everyday household objects as a monster-killing weapon. She is a descendant from a long line of women who have been passed down the CURSED AMULET – a shard of glass that grants the bearer power over horrible monsters that can only be seen by children.
Azza The Barbed #1 – Metal Cover (Liana Kangas)
(W) Pat Shand (A/CA) Rio Burton
Writer Pat Shand and artist Rio Burton launch a new fantasy epic! Azza was born into a family that, for generations, served in the Obsidian Guard, a military unit of holy warriors. During Azza’s Coronation, a magical ceremony that would imbue her with a holy glowing power, something went wrong. Instead of the sacred Obsidian tattoos, she became marred with thorned, black markings and was banished by her people. Now, Azza lives in solitude guarding a great evil… but when that evil escapes and begins to spread its wicked power, Azza must make a choice: save the people that expelled her or allow her home town to fall to evil. With an emotional, comedic, and awe-inspiring story of empowerment, Azza the Barbed blends fantasy, adventure, mythology, horror, and action in this unforgettable new series.
Life & Death Of The Brave Captain Suave #1 – Metal Cover
(W) Joseph Sieracki (A) Kelly Williams
In this action-packed, debut issue, we are introduced to the madness and heroism that is Captain Suave! A champion beyond measure, Captain Suave’s journey follows a modern-day retelling of Cervantes’s classic, Don Quixote, only this hero is convinced that he is a Golden Age superhero. Ready yourself for an adventure that must be seen to be believed, as Captain Suave and his trusty sidekick, Champ, battle the imaginary forces of evil in Cleveland, Ohio!
West Moon Chronicles #1 – Metal Cover
(W) Frank Jun Kim (A/CA) Joe Bocardo
The elusive creatures of mud and blood known as the dokkaebi live just off of Route 4 in east Texas, in the ancient pine forest known as the Tanglechase. Joon-Ho, a Korean immigrant with a shadowy past, and his estranged grandson Jae-Sun are the only people in the nearby town of Vane who know the true nature of the dokkaebi. Together, they must figure out what’s causing the creatures to turn hostile. Perhaps it has something to do with the interdimensional portal at the heart of the Tanglechase, for it is from here that the past comes knocking, demanding a reckoning from both men.
Forever Forward #1 (John Giang)
(W) Zack Kaplan (A) Arjuna Susini
Sci-fi writer Zack Kaplan and artist Arjuna Susini take you on a sci-fi adventure like no other, one that imagines time traveling through “the future” as an Odyssey-style mythic journey home. When brilliant young scientist Dr. Lewis Moody accidentally launches himself, his secret longtime crush and three best friends 33 years into the future with his unproven quantum time machine, they find a mysterious message from their future selves: “The Only Way Back Is Forward.” Now, as they jump again and again through strange future times, will they one day find the technology to time-travel back, or are they doomed to hopelessly travel forward… forever?
TranceExclusive Ashcan Preview (Joey Capuna)
(W) Joey Christmas (A) Pablo M Collar
While investigating his ex-lover’s disappearance amidst a string of murders in Savannah’s gay community, a broken-hearted drag queen taps into the magic of his coven of queer witches only to uncover a powerful evil lurking closer than he ever imagined.
Eternus #1 Aaron Bartling Exclusive Cover & Metal Cover
(W) Don Handfield, Anastazja Davis (A) Karl Moline, Andy Owens (CA) Rob Prior
From creators Andy Serkis and Andrew Levitas! 360 CE. The great god Zeus is long dead, brutally murdered in his own temple some thirty years prior. Heracles, Zeus’s son and champion, spends his days drunk and depressed as the old gods struggle to stay alive after decades of Christian disruption. When Athena’s Temple is sacked by a mysterious Centurion looking for a powerful relic that once belonged to Zeus, the old gods are convinced they have found Zeus’s killer. Now the mighty Heracles must sober up long enough to keep the lone witness, a 9-year-old blind priestess, alive long enough to identify the killer and finally find justice for his dead father. The main cover features beautiful Rob Prior wraparound artwork!
Signings
Panels
ANDY SERKIS, SCOUT COMICS & THUNDER Present 2022 Comic Slate
Join award-winning and groundbreaking motion-capture artist, ANDY SERKIS (VENOM 2: LET THERE BE CARNAGE, LORD OF THE RINGS) via video feed, actor producer JOEL DAVID MOORE (Avatar Franchise), director ANDREW LEVITAS (Minimata), writer-producer DON HANDFIELD (The Founder, Knightfall), producer TIM ZAJAROS (The Peanut Butter Falcon, Mudbound), JAMES HAICK (Scout Comics President) and writer MIKE CAPES (Don’t F With Karen) as they discuss their upcoming titles and how comics are revolutionizing the film and television industry.
DATE: Thursday, July 21 Time: 5:00PM – 6:00PM Room: 32AB
CHISPA 2022 Slate & Latinx Representation in the Comic Industry
DAVID BOWLES ( Co-Editor in Chief, writer of Clockwork Curandera), HECTOR RODRIGUEZ (Co-Editor in Chief, Creator of El Peso Hero) discuss the 2022 inaugural slate of Chispa Comics and the impact of the first direct to market Latinx imprint featuring the creators of Chispa’s first upcoming title Mashbone and Grifty.
Date: Friday, July 22 Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm Room 9
Making Your First Comic: The Good, The Bad & The Business Side
Join brand new comic creators and 2020 Script2Comic Prize Winners HEDWIG HALE (She Bites), FRANK J. KIM (The West Moon Chronicle), JOSH EISERIKE (Charm City) and JOEY CAPUANA (Trance) as they discuss the process of making their first titles with Scout Comics’ President JAMES HAICK Scout Comics’ Chief Creative Officer DON HANDFIELD (Unikorn, Eternus), Scout Comics’ Co Publisher CHARLIE STICKNEY (White Ash), and Scout Comics’ Creative Executive JORDAN MOORE.
Date: Saturday, July 23 Time: 4:00PM – 5:00PM Room: 9
Scout Comics and Thunder Comics have announced the new comic series Eternus by actor/director/producer Andy Serkis.
The seven-issue Eternus, co-created with director Andrew Levitas, is inspired by myth and takes place in 360 AD, 30 years after the murder of Zeus in his own temples. Zeus’ son, Heracles, is now a depressed drunk, while the old gods struggle to stay alive after decades of Christian disruption. When Athena’s Temple is sacked by a mysterious Centurion in search of a relic once belonging to Zeus, the old gods are convinced this is Zeus’ killer. Now Heracles must sober up and protect the only witness to identify the killer.
The Source/Unikorn scribe Don Handfield is writing with Anastajza K Davis. Art hails from penciler Karl Moline, inker Andy Owens and letter Dave Lanphear. Rob Prior will paint the main covers.
A limited-edition ashcan NOW AVAILABLE for pre-order on Scout’s website and at New York Comic Con starting this Thursday, where cover artist Rob Prior will be doing a signing. There’s two versions, a regular edition and a limited edition METAL cover edition.
