After introducing readers to the Christmas Man and other festive frights last winter in the Creepshow Holiday Special 2023, Skybound and Image Comics are embracing the spooky spirit of the holiday season once again this December with the Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special, and we have a look at the chilling cover art, story details, and roster of all-star talent for the sinister stocking stuffer before it comes down the chimney on December 18th!
Previous Press Release: LOS ANGELES — We proudly present a holiday special of petrifying proportions! Today Skybound and Image Comics announced the creative talent behind the Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special. The all-new one-shot of the Eisner Award nominated comic book anthology based on Greg Nicotero’s hit Shudder TV series produced and licensed by Cartel Entertainment will hit comic book shops on December 18, 2024.
Brian Witten is overseeing on behalf of Nicotero’s Monster Agency Productions.
Creepshow is here to make sure you have a ho-ho-horrifying holiday season with two terrifying tales! First, A New Year’s Eve party gets fiendish as Tini Howard (Catwoman), Blake Howard (Punchline), and Stevan Subic (The Riddler: Year One) will have you crying for your mummy in the new year! Then, beloved comedian Terry Reno revisits a holiday classic, from the Petrol Head team of Rob Williams and Pye Parr, that quickly takes a shocking turn before a live studio audience!
“The holidays wouldn’t be the same without a cheerful dose of horror, mayhem and cannibalism,” noted creep and series editor Ben Abernathy. “Our annual Creepshow Holiday Special is a treat to be enjoyed with your loved ones.”
In addition to the main cover by Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran (Ice Cream Man), the Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special comes with variant covers including an open to order cover by Pye Parr and the continuation of the 1:10 incentive connecting cover series by Steve Beach (Action Comics).
Elsewhere in Creepshow lineups, Volume 3’s all-star creative roster includes Chip Zdarsky (Batman), Kagan McLeod (Kaptara), James Stokoe (Godzilla), Eugenio Mira (Grand Piano), John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), Jorge Fornés (Rorschach), Stefano Raffaele (Detective Comics), John Arcudi (B.P.R.D.), Chris Condon (That Texas Blood), Shawn McManus (Fables), Martín Morazzo (Ice Cream Man), Mike Carey (Lucifer), Mark Torres (Cold Spots), Acky Bright (DC vs Vampires), Ed Brisson (The Displaced), and others to be announced.
The 2023 Eisner Award-nominated Creepshow Vol. 1, which collects the first five issues of the anthology, is now available everywhere books are sold (Lunar Code: 0623IM919, ISBN: 978-1-5343-2480-0 | SRP: $14.99). Its first-class creative roster includes Chris Burnham (Die! Die! Die!), Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series), John McCrea (Hitman), and more! Creepshow Vol. 2 (Lunar Code: 0124IM218, ISBN: 978-1-5343-9768-2, SRP $14.99) featuring the creative talents of Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys), Becky Cloonan (Wonder Woman), Phil Hester (Gotham City: Year One), Michael Walsh (The Silver Coin), Dan Watters (Homesick Pilots, Arkham City), Zoe Thorogood (It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth), and more, is also now available everywhere. Creepshow Deluxe Book One (ISBN: 978-1-5343-5616-0), which collects Vol. 1 and 2 of the anthology series in a hardcover binding, will be available in comic books shops on October 30, 2024, and everywhere books are sold on November 12, 2024.
The Creepshow comic miniseries deal was brokered by Striker Entertainment.
Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special (SRP $3.99) will be available at comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
The full list of covers is below:
- Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special Cover A by Martín Morazzo (Lunar Code Coming Soon)
- Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special Cover B by Pye Parr (Lunar Code Coming Soon)
- Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special Cover C (1:10 Incentive Variant) (Connecting) by Steve Beach (Lunar Code Coming Soon)
Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special CVR A by Martín Morazzo & Chris O'Halloran
Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special CVR B by Pye Parr
Creepshow 2024 Holiday Special CVR C (1:10 Incentive) (Connecting) by Steve Beach
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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