"This holiday season, Jordan Hart and Chris Ryall gift-wrap four tales of terror to fuel your yuletide nightmares!" Image Comics and Syzygy Publishing team up for holiday horror this December in the Dread the Halls one-shot comic book, featuring art by Walter Pax, Jimmy Kucaj, Fabio Veras, and Lee Ferguson, with cover art by Maria Wolf, Marguerite Sauvage, Jordan Hart and Lee Ferguson. We have all the detail, along with an exclusive look at the covers you'll want to get your hands on December 4th.
From Syzygy Publishing, co-created and written by Jordan Hart (Ripple Effects, The Cabinet) and Chris Ryall (Zombies vs. Robots), comes DREAD THE HALLS—an extra-length one-shot collection of four not-so-merry tales of terror featuring mesmerizing interior art by Lee Ferguson (“Gone Fishing”), Jimmy Kucaj (“Krampus Hunters”), Walter Pax (“Northerners”), and Fabio Veras (“Dead Notes”)—perfect for ‘curdling’ up next to a burning Yule log.
"Be of Good Fear!" Long before Americans celebrated horror on Halloween, the Victorians did it gathered around a fireplace on Christmas Eve. Dread the Halls honors this macabre tradition by wishing you and yours "Happy Holidays" with stories of ghosts, ghastly abominations, and vile creatures.
“The Victorians showed us horror pairs quite well with the holidays through their fireside ghost stories,” said Jordan Hart. “Dread the Halls honors this tradition with four festive tales of terror, each with individual narrative and visual styles. Chris and I wanted to make a stocking stuffer for any comic or horror fan. And thanks to mind-blowing covers, the issue doubles as a dreadful piece of holiday décor too.”
“Dread the Halls is our gift to everyone who might expect to see their name on Santa's Naughty List, although anyone on the ‘Nice List’ who like their holiday season to have some added spice is invited to partake, too,” said Chris Ryall. “As a comic reader, I’ve always loved comic-book stories that fuse elements of Halloween and Christmas together in sweet and scary ways, and that’s what we set out to do here as well."
The perfect stocking-stuffer, Dread the Halls includes visually-stunning cardstock covers by red-hot artists Maria The Wolf and Marguerite Sauvage, with a wrapping-paper variant by Jordan Hart and holiday homage cover by Lee Ferguson.
For fans of Creepshow, The Deviant, Hello Darkness, and Epitaphs from the Abyss—this creepy holiday crossover title is sure to spike your cup of cocoa.
Pre-order from Diamond Distribution (OCT240413), Lunar (1024IM300), or Syzygy Publishing/Image Comics direct. Final orders due Nov. 4th.
Dread the Halls will be available at your local comic book shop on December 4th and you can take a look at all four covers below:
Cover A: Maria Wolf
Cover B: Marguerite Sauvage
Cover C: Jordan Hart
Cover D: Lee Ferguson
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