It’s the summer of 1992, and five high school sophomores play a rare role-playing game that was banned for being “too Satanic” – Creatures & Corridors. As the kids play the mysterious fantasy game, it unleashes a curse that warps reality around them: orcs storm the living room, killing their parents. The front yard turns […]
When humanity does make its way to populate worlds beyond this one, can we leave our earthly problems behind, or will they just follow us to a new setting? That’s the premise behind Steve Niles’ new original graphic novel from The Lab Press. Over the course of his successful decades-spanning career, Niles has always managed […]
Creatures & Corridors is Stranger Things meets Jumanji by way of the ‘80s Satanic Panic. 1 LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2026– After his recent feature-length directorial debut, Sleepwalker – starring Hayden Panettiere, Justin Chatwin and Beverly D’Angelo – writer and producer Brandon Auman, best known for his time as showrunner on Critical Role’s Legends of […]
Civilians, 1-3 Storm King Comics Written by Duane Swierczynski Pencils by Andrea Mutti Inks by Gigi Baldassini Colors by Valerio Alloro Letters by Janice Chiang Edited by Sandy King Cover art by Tim Bradstreet It’s a bright sunny day near the Santa Monica Pier. You’re reading an excellent horror novel (the latest Sutter Cane!) and […]
Strukul presents an interesting take in this one: literature, both prose and graphic, is inundated with takes on Stoker’s Dracula; tales of Vlad Dracul, sans pointy teeth and presumably closer to reality? A bit less so. Instead of the vampire, we see the monster: blood-thirsty, selfish and impulsive—but passionate, fiercely independent and Wallachian-loyal even unto his death. And in terms of story, we get plots and sub-plots aplenty, and no shortage of character motivations left gestating for future harvest. (11/13)