This October Vertigo is publishing a slew of titles to send chills down readers’ spines including, AMERICAN VAMPIRE Volume 1, original graphic novels: THE GREEN WOMAN and A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY, a new mini-series: HELLBLAZER-City of Demons, and the ongoing series: iZOMBIE, AMERICAN VAMPIRE, HELLBLAZER, HOUSE OF MYSTERY and the HOUSE OF MYSTERY Halloween ANNUAL #2.
AMERICAN VAMPIRE Vol. 1
This first hardcover volume of the critically acclaimed series collects issues #1-5 and follows two stories: one written by Scott Snyder and one written by Stephen King, both with art by Rafael Albuquerque. Snyder’s tale follows Pearl, a young woman living in 1920s Los Angeles, while King’s story is set in the days of America’s Wild West and tells the origin of Skinner Sweet, the first American vampire—a stronger, faster creature who can walk in the sun.
(Vertigo, Hardcover, 192pg., $24.99, ISBN: 978-14012-2830-5, on sale September 29 comic stores, October 5 book stores)
THE GREEN WOMAN
New York Times bestselling horror novelist Peter Straub resurrects his most sinister creation, Fielding "Fee" Bandolier, the unstoppable serial killer from his acclaimed “
Blue Rose Trilogy
.” Co-written by Michael Easton, most notably John McBain on ABC’s One Life to Live and illustrated and painted by the award winning comic artist John Bolton, THE GREEN WOMAN is a graphic novel of horror and unrelenting suspense that takes readers deep into the minds of both a serial killer and the police detective whose mission is to bring this monster to justice.
(Vertigo / 152 pgs / color / $24.99 HC / ISBN: 978-1-4012-1100-4 / on sale October 6, 2010 comic store, October 12, 2010 book stores)
A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY
Internationally acclaimed crime novelist Denise Mina and Italian artist Antonio Fuso make their debut with the Vertigo Crime novel A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY. The Usher family struggles to keep up a facade of normalcy that cannot mask a deep and disturbing dysfunction. As they gut their house in the U.K. during a remodeling designed to increase the home’s value, their tenuous family ties quickly tear apart as well. And when the Ushers start dying one by one, of most unnatural causes, A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY takes the reader on a bizarre and often gruesome path leading to a profoundly shocking twist that will haunt you long after the book is done.
(Vertigo / 184 pgs / B&W / $19.99 HC / ISBN: 978-1-4012-1081-6 / On sale October 13, 2010 comic stores, October 19 book stores)
JOHN CONSTANTINE: HELLBLAZER-City of Demons
A 5-issue miniseries from writer Si Spencer and red-hot artist Sean Murphy (JOE THE BARBARIAN). When John Constantine is run over by a truck, it takes a little while for England's nicotine-fueled magus to realize that he's perched between life and death. After a few weeks of hospital rehab, Constantine finds the London streets VERY different from when he left them behind as a series of occult murders and mutilations demands his attention. The common denominator points back to the ER where he was admitted…
(Vertigo / 32 pgs / color / $2.99 / Issue #1 on sale October 13, 2010, Issue #2 on sale October 27, 2010)
I, ZOMBIE
Author Chris Roberson (Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love) and illustrator Michael Allred (Madman) give their unique take on the Zombie Mythos. Told from a female zombie’s perspective I, ZOMBIE is a smart, witty detective series with a mix of urban fantasy and romantic dramedy. Gwendolyn “Gwen” Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but in the process she becomes consumed with the thoughts and personality of the dead person until she eats the next brain. Along with her best friend Eleanor, a swinging 60s ghost, a posse of vampires who play paintball, a smitten weredog, and a sexy but demented mummy, Gwen ‘zombie girl detective’ sets out to fulfill the dead person’s last request, solve a crime, or right a wrong.
(Vertigo / 32 pgs / color / $2.99 / Issue #6 on sale October 6, 2010)
HOUSE OF MYSTERY Halloween Annual #2
The haunting began last Halloween, but this year, Matt Sturges, Peter Milligan, Mike Carey, Jill Thompson and a hoary host of guest creators deliver even more spine-tingling thrills in the HOUSE OF MYSTERY HALLOWEEN ANNUAL #2! The annual House of Mystery Halloween Party is in full swing when the doorbell rings, which is unusual because a) it's never happened before and b) there isn't a doorbell at the House of Mystery! What does Fig find when she opens the door? A warped trio of kids cursed to trick or treat until the end of time who will spin a tale spanning the years involving many Vertigo favorites such as Hellblazer, Lucifer, Madame Xanadu, iZombie and loads of others!
(Vertigo / 48 pgs / color / $4.99 / on sale October 13, 2010)
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