Here are the 2009 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:
Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in the field of horror writing, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work Dracula. Since 1987, the approximately 500 members of the HWA have recommended, nominated and voted on the greatest works of horror and dark fantasy of the previous calendar year, making the Stokers the most prestigious award in the field of horror literature.
The organization’s Active members will select the winners from this ballot; voting will close on March 3rd, and the awards will be presented this year at a gala banquet on Saturday evening, March 27, at the World Horror Convention in Brighton, UK.
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Published by wil December 15th, 2009
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I’m honestly all Paranormal Activitied out! So I have been ignoring the news about the new The Search For Katie downloadable comic available from the iTunes App Store… And honestly downloadable comics are lame, but for those of you who still have Paranormal Activity fever and need more, here are the first five pages for free!
Here is a 7 page preview of the new comic Halloween Man: Superdeformed written by Drew Edwards. It features art by Nicola (Birds of Prey, Secret Six) Scott, Benjamin (Dead@17: Protectorate) Hall and David (Nomad: Girl Without A World, Blue Beetle). The Trade Paperback is available for order at Indy Planet.
“Imagine a world filled where every piece of pulp fiction is true. Where superheroes fly through the sunlit sky and terrifying creatures go bump in the night. Where flying cars, robots and time travel are commonplace, and ancient evils plot to rise again. This is Solar City, Texas – home to a heroic monster and the brilliant woman by his side.
Here is some quick cut & paste news from Dread Central. Max Brooks’ The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks is due out October 6th.
“Those who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat it. From the Stone Age to the information age, the undead have threatened to engulf the human race. They’re coming. They’re hungry. Don’t wait for them to come to you! This is the graphic novel the fans demanded: major zombie attacks from the dawn of humanity. On the African savannas, against the legions of ancient Rome, on the high seas with Francis Drake… every civilization has faced them. Here are the grisly and heroic stories–complete with eye-popping artwork that pulsates with the hideous faces of the undead. Organize before they rise! Scripted by the world’s leading zombie authority, Max Brooks, Recorded Attacks reveals how other eras and cultures have dealt with–and survived–the ancient viral plague. By immersing ourselves in past horror we may yet prevail over the coming outbreak in our time.”
The great month of October is nearly upon us and with every general store stocked with candy corn, eye ball jaw breakers and gummi spiders, their will also be shelves filled with a vampire issue of Playboy. That’s right folks, you’ll think you’re watching Misty Mundae’s Crimson Tide after picking up this issue. It’s filled with lustful vampire nudity, vampire articles, and most likely, and these would be my favorite, the vampire cartoons.
The Undead she-bloodsuckers are back and lets keep them kicking. It has been vampire mania ever since Twilight made an appearance on the big screen and spawning television shows such as True Blood (which rocks by the way) and now Vampire Diaries.
Below we have the cover art for the Jennifer’s Body comic book tie-in featuring the hot Megan Fox. The comic is being written by Rick Spears with art by Jim Mahfood, Ming Doyle, Nikki Cook, and Tim Seeley.
Visit the official website for more info.
“The movie event of the Fall is the comic book event of this Summer! Juno’s award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody brings you Jennifer’s Body starring Megan Fox as a demonically-possessed cheerleader with a taste for killing teenage boys! Black Metal’s Rick Spears brings you even more hellish Jennifer stories with art by HACK/SLASH’s Tim Seely, Kick Drum Comix’s Jim Mahfood, DMZ’s Nikki Cook, and Popgun’s Ming Doyle.”
Published by wil May 27th, 2009
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According to MTV this is not a joke! President Obama will be teaming up with Evil Dead’s Ash in Dynamite Entertainment’s “Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama” comic book!
Written by Elliot Serrano (”Xena/Army of Darkness”), with art by Ariel Padilla and covers by “Spider-Man/Obama” artist Todd Nauck, the four-issue series hits shelves in August. Ash meets up with the 44th President of the United States at a comic book convention and must save him from the Necronomicon demons.
This is possibly one of the gayest ideas I have heard all year… And if you find yourself buying a copy, it may be the reason you never get laid.
[Editor's Note: Horror Yearbook is always looking for ways to help out the little guy, but to be honest the little guy sometimes makes it hard to do so. Upstart filmmakers, comics artist and so on are sometimes not very good at promoting their own stuff, or getting material to the websites that will take the time to feature them. So when David Doub approached me about his graphic nove,l Dusk, I decided to let him write his own story about the up-and-downs of trying to get his vampire comic published, below is that story]
Published by wil March 20th, 2009
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Check out the new Twilight book from Stephenie Meyer.
The Awakening is the first book in the popular series, The Vampire Diaries aimed at young adults. It was originally released in the early 90’s and was re-released in 2007. The Awakening really hasn’t aged a bit since it’s original release. Since then it has reached an entirely new audience and has been picked up for a TV pilot by the CW.
Twilight and HBO’s True Blood have helped the vampire make a comeback (mostly Twilight), and now the CW is looking to get in on the action by picking up the pilot for, Vampire Diaries.
Published by wil January 17th, 2009
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I have nothing against Rue Morgue, but it always surprised me that other horror websites give them free ads by publishing their Rue Morgue preview each month (Or maybe they do get something out of it, I have no idea). So I thought this month I would give you a preview of a magazine that battles for my attention and money every time I visit the book store — Sirens of Cinema.
Published by wil October 27th, 2008
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Lionsgate is teaming up with Bluewater Comics to make Warlock and Leprechaun comics. Pretty cool, but we all know how well this went for Fangoria’s now defunct comic line…Not very well.
Published by wil October 14th, 2008
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First of all you can check out the Hack/Slash vs Halloween Man comic for free here, or check out the first four pages below. There is also a contest for some original artwork plus some T-shirts. Details after the jump.
Published by wil August 30th, 2008
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The network who brought us Todd Mcfarlane’s very dark, Spawn and the violent Rome, has passed on turning Garth Ennis’ comic book, Preacher into a one-hour series because it is too dark and violent.
