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RE: JOHN CASSADAY COVER & SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2010 NEWS

(HURST, TEXAS) MONSTERVERSE ENTERTAINMENT reveals the JOHN CASSADAY variant cover for its upcoming BELA LUGOSI’S TALES FROM THE GRAVE horror anthology comic book series. One copy of the special Cassday cover edition will be included with every five copies ordered by retailers. The standard cover features a striking portrait of Bela Lugosi by legendary monster painter Basil Gogos.

John Cassaday is one of the most popular comic book artists in the world and was the illustrator of DC Comics’ acclaimed PLANETARY series and Marvel Comics’ hugely successful ASTONISHING X-MEN for which he received the Eisner Award for best penciler. He has recently brought his story-telling talents to the film medium, having directed an episode of the noted science fiction/action series, DOLLHOUSE. Joss Whedon (Cassaday’s X-MEN collaborator) created DOLLHOUSE along with BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and FIREFLY and is both writing and directing THE AVENGERS for Marvel Studios and Disney.

BELA LUGOSI’S TALES FROM THE GRAVE will be in comic shops during the coming Halloween season. The comic will be a double-sized 48-page color quarterly for $4.99. The first issue contains stories and art by such notables as Kerry Gammill, (SPIDER-MAN and SUPERMAN) James Farr (whose XOMBIE online animated and comic book series is being brought to theater screens by Dreamworks in a live-action production by top writer/producers Orchi and Kurtzman), Chris Moreno (WORLD WAR HULK), John Cassaday, Rob Brown (named last year’s horror artist of the year in an online vote), Derek McCaw, Rafael Navarro (creator of the Xeric Award winning series SONAMBULO), Martin Powell and Eisner Award- winning artist Terry Beatty (THE BATMAN STRIKES), Brian Denham (IRON MAN, ANGEL) and Bruce Timm (designer for Warner Bros animated BATMAN series) and more. The book also features an article by leading Lugosi researcher and author Gary D. Rhodes.

Upcoming issues will feature work by top names in movies and comic books. Directors John Landis and Joe Dante, make-up genius Rick Baker and others are bringing their talent for horror from movies to the illustrated page for the first time. Other contributors will include Steve Niles, Benton Jew, Neil Vokes, Jack Herman, Mike Hoffman, Brian Denham, Hank Mayo, James Groman, and Joe and John Lansdale.

The Diamond Item # Code is: AUG101080 with the title, BELA LUGOSI’S TALES FROM THE GRAVE. This information is for fans to inform their comic book shops exactly what to order.

The MONSTERVERSE editorial staff will be in attendance at the international SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2010. Publisher/editor Kerry Gammill will be signing at the Vanguard Productions Booth 1709 at times to be announced. You can receive TWITTER updates at Comic-Con from MONSTERVERSE at: http://www.twitter.com/monsterverse for the latest convention news and information. Please use this as your convention guide for following MONSTERVERSE.

October will feature many launch events for the Lugosi comic book including a MONSTERVERSE/LUGOSI NIGHT at the American Cinematheque in Hollywood at the Egyptian Theater. Details coming soon.

MONSTERVERSE ENTERTAINMENT is a transmedia company headed by its publisher and editor, the comic book and film design artist, Kerry Gammill. Keith Wilson, formerly of DC Comics, is a co-editor and writer/artist. Producer/writer Sam F. Park is the west coast editor and a writer/artist.

Sam F. Park
West Coast Editor
MONSTERVERSE ENTERTAINMENT
“Bela Lugosi’s Tales From The Grave”
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Hey gang, this Sunday is the ATLANTA COMIC CONVENTION at the Marriott Hotel off I-85, Exit 91 Clairemont Road. Everything from comics, movies, toys, posters, and collectables! Join me, Bobby Nash, James Burns, Jason Flowers, Sean Taylor, and many more! Stop by to preview Bela Lugosi’s Tales From The Grave, Bane of the Werewolf and any other monstrous material that is sure to be floating around!

Check out their website for complete details.
Atlanta Comic Con. The best one day show in the south!

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I want to thank all of the HORROR FIENDS at comicmonsters.com for their nominations and votes! I am very flattered. It was an honor and a privilege to take part in their first annual Horror Comic Awards.

Congrats to all the nominees! Every one deserved to win!

Until next time… LET THERE BE MONSTERS!
-REB

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And here’s the official release-
ComicMonsters.com is hosting it’s first annual Horror Comic Awards. The awards fans of Horror Comics have been waiting for. Voting is open via the ComicMonsters.com site on December 24th, 2009 and ends on December 31st, 2009. Best of Luck to the Nominees……May the most brutal comic prevail!!!

The categories and nominees for 2009 are:

Writer of the Year:
Robert Kirkman - The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Tim Seeley - Hack/Slash - Devil’s Due Publishing
Peter Milligan - Hellblazer - Vertigo/DC Comics
Phil Hester - The Darkness - Top Cow Productions
Steve Niles - Batman: Gotham After Midnight - DC Comics
Jason Aaron - Ghost Rider - Marvel Comics
Mike Mignola - Hellboy - Dark Horse Comics
Garth Ennis - Crossed - Avatar Press

Artist of the Year:
Jason Shawn Alexander - Dead Irons - Dynamite Entertainment
Jason Craig - Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash Nightmare Warriors - Dynamite Entertainment/Wildstorm/DC Comics
Rob E. Brown - Bane of the Werewolf - Silver Phoenix Entertainment
Steve Pugh - Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Radical Publishing
Emma Rios - Hexed - BOOM! Studios
Charlie Adlard - The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Jacen Burrows - Crossed - Avatar Press
Duncan Fegredo - Hellboy - Dark Horse Comics

Inker of the Year:
Guy Davis - BPRD: The Black Goddess - Dark Horse Comics
Todd McFarlane - Spawn - Image Comics
Ryann Winn - The Darkness - Top Cow Productions
Charlie Adlard - The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Rob E. Brown - Bane of the Werewolf - Silver Phoenix Entertainment
Mico Suayan - Dead of Night: Werewolf by Night - Marvel Comics
Steve Pugh - Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Radical Publishing

Colorist of the Year:
Jay Fotos - Locke & Key: Head Games - IDW Publishing
Dave Stewart - BPRD: The Black Goddess - Dark Horse Comics
Drew Berry - Sullengrey: Sacrifice - SLG Publishing
Ian Hannin - Dead of Night: Werewolf by Night - Marvel Comics
Steve Pugh - Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Radical Publishing
Dave Casey - Proof - Image Comics
Jean-Francois Beaulieu - Marvel Zombies 4 - Marvel Comics
Wes Dzioba - Aliens - Dark Horse Comics

Best Letterer:
Sal Cipriano - Solomon Grundy - DC Comics
Rus Wooten - Marvel Zombies 4 - Marvel Comics
Rob Leigh - North 40 - Wildstorm/DC Comics
Joe Carmanga - Ghost Rider - Marvel Comics
Chris Crank - Hack/Slash - Devil’s Due Publishing
Kurt Hathaway - Resident Evil - Wildstorm/DC Comics

Best Ongoing Series:
The Walking Dead - Image Comics
Hack/Slash - Devil’s Due Publishing
The Darkness - Top Cow
Ghost Rider - Marvel Comics
Hellblazer - Vertigo/DC Comics
Grimm Fairy Tales - Zenescope Entertainment
28 Days Later - BOOM! Studios
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Dark Horse Comics

Best Mini-Series:
North 40 - WildStorm/DC Comics
Locke & Key: Head Games - IDW Publishing
The Strange Adventures of HP Lovecraft - Image Comics
Solomon Grundy - DC Comics
Marvel Zombies 4 - Marvel Comics
Dead Irons - Dynamite Entertainment
Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead - Radical Publishing
BPRD: The Black Goddess - Dark Horse Comics

Best Anthology:
Zombie Tales - BOOM! Studios
Creepy - Dark Horse Comics
Dark Delicacies - IDW Publishing
Asylum of Horrors - Asylum Press
Cthulhu Tales - BOOM! Studios
House of Mystery – Vertigo/DC Comics
Kolchak Tales Annual - Moonstone Books
Tales from the Crypt - Papercutz

Best Web Comic:
Dr. Shroud
High Moon
Lily of the Valley
La Morte Sisters
Split Lip
Halloween Man
Xombie
Pray for Death

Cover of the Year:
The Astounding Wolfman #16 - Dale Keown - Image Comics
Zombies Tales The Series #10 - Drew Rausch - BOOM! Studios
House of Mystery #13 - Esao Andrews - Vertigo/DC Comics
Dead of Night: Werewolf by Night #3 - Mico Suayan - Marvel Comics
Crossed #4 - Jacen Burrows - Avatar Press
Night of the Living Dead: New York #1 (convention edition) - Mike Wolfer - Avatar Press
Hellblazer #261 - Simon Bisley - Vertigo/DC Comics
Asylum of Horrors #2 - Aly Fell - Asylum Press

Best Kill:
Epilogue #4 - Ethan drinks – IDW Publishing
The Dead #4 - Zombie entrail dinner – Berserker
Batman: Unseen #3 - Invisible decapitation - DC Comics
The Living Corpse Annual #1 - Corpse plunger - Zenescope Entertainment
Jesus Hates Zombies Volume 2 - Zombie baby bashing - Alterna Comics
Incarnate #1 - Mot rips em’ - Radical Publishing
FVZA #2 – Vampire feeding frenzy - Radical Publishing

Best One Shot:
Hack/Slash: Entry Wound - Devil’s Due Publishing
Abe Sapien: The Haunted Boy - Dark Horse Comics
Angel vs. Frankenstein - IDW Publishing
Hector Plasm: Totentanz - image Comics
The Perhapanauts Halloween Spooktacular - Image Comics
Clive Barker’s Seduth 3-D - IDW Publishing
Zombie Tales 2061 - BOOM! Studios
Dead Space Extraction - Image Comics

Best Manga:
Vampire Hunter D Volume 3 - Digital Manga Publishing
Jack Frost Volume 1 - Yen Press
Parasyte Volume 8 - Del Rey
Cirque Du Freak Volume 1 - Yen Press
Dance in the Vampire Bund Volume 4 - Seven Seas
Higurashi When They Cry: Abducted by Demons Arc Volume 2 - Yen Press
Tetragrammaton Labyrinth Volume 5 - Seven Seas
Soul Eater Volume 1 - Yen Press

Best Cross-Over:
The Living Corpse and Hack/Slash - Zenescope Entertainment
Witch Hunter and Night - Monarch Comics/Jester Press
Dethklok and The Goon - Dark Horse Comics
The Darkness and Pitt - Top Cow Productions
Freddy, Jason and Ash - - Dynamite Entertainment/Wildstorm/DC Comics
Kolchak and Barnabas Collins - Moonstone Books

Best Scene:
The Dead #3 - Shower interrupted - Berserker
Crossed #7 - Patrick talks back to his mom - Avatar Press
The Darkness #10 - A thirty foot well of what? - Top Cow Productions
Army of Darkness #20 - Ash meets Brad - Dynamite Entertainment
Jesus Hates Zombies Volume 2 - Nurses don’t get paid enough - Alterna Comics
Locke & Key: Head Games #3 - A look inside Bode’s head - IDW Publishing
The Walking Dead #60 - Morgan finds some bad stuff - Image Comics
Marvel Zombies 4 #2 - Morbius is a monster - Marvel Comics

The 2009 Horror Comic Awards will be determined by fan voting via the following link: Horror Comic Awards

About ComicMonsters.com:
ComicMonsters.com, founded in 2004 is the first and only site of its kind to focus solely on Horror Comics. With up to date news, interviews, and special features, such as, “The Making of”, Comic Monsters has managed to stay one step ahead of other sites reporting on horror comic news. Not only focusing on the mainstream, Comic Monsters makes it a point to highlight up and coming, as well as, independent comics…..and there’s more to come in 2010! For more information, contact: info@comicmonsters.com.

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Look for Bela Lugosi’s Tales From The Grave in early 2010!

ASTOUNDING ARRAY OF MAJOR TALENT LINING UP FOR BELA LUGOSI’S TALES FROM THE GRAVE!

Celebrated writers, comic book professionals and Hollywood horror veterans offer their imagination for the highly anticipated terror anthology series

Dallas, TX - July 20, 2009 — Comic book and horror fans will be ecstatic over the incredible talent lining up for Bela Lugosi’s Tales from the Grave, which is scheduled to premiere in early 2010.

The new full-color anthology - to be done in the classic EC and Warren tradition - will have each fantastic tale hosted by iconic horror film star Bela Lugosi. The book will be the premier publication from Monsterverse Comics, which will launch other horror and monster related titles in the months ahead. Editors Kerry Gammill (Powerman and Iron Fist, Deadly Foes of Spider-Man, Superman, THE OUTER LIMITS) and Kez Wilson (Hammerlocke, Scarlet, Power of the Atom, SPACE JAM) will be adding their artistic talents throughout the series, along with associate editor and writer Sam F. Park (HALFWAY HOUSE, DEATH’S DOOR).

In addition to leading comic professionals, several famous horror filmmakers will also be contributing to help celebrate Bela Lugosi’s new role as presenter of these weird tales of terror. The stellar roster of artists and writers includes two major names among comic book fans. Premier horror writer Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, Gotham After Midnight, Dead, She Said) will be crafting a new story to make readers’ skin crawl. Top artist John Cassaday (Planetary, Astonishing X-Men, Captain America) will be writing and drawing a story as well as providing an alternate cover for the first issue. The standard cover will be a portrait of Bela Lugosi by legendary horror magazine cover artist Basil Gogos (Famous Monsters of Filmland, Monsterscene).

Other writers, artists and filmmakers that readers can expect to see in future issues of the series include:

John Landis, film director (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, MASTERS OF HORROR)…

Rick Baker, make-up artist/sculptor (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, THE RING, HELLBOY, THE WOLF MAN)…

Mick Garris, film director/writer/producer (MASTERS OF HORROR, THE STAND, TALES FROM THE CRYPT)…

Bruce Timm, artist/producer (BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, Vampirella)…

Stiles White, screen writer (KNOWING, BOOGEYMAN, POLTERGEIST)…

Brian Denham, artist (Iron Man, The X-Files, Nova, The Avengers)…

Rick Klaw, writer (Weird Business)…

Joe R. Lansdale, writer (Weird Business, Savage Season)…

John Lucas, artist (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Star Trek, Weird Business)…

Rob Brown, artist (Bane of the Werewolf, Marvel Comics Presents, Spiderman, Conan)…

Erik Gist, painter (Upper Deck, DC Comics, Boom! Studios)…

Neil Vokes, artist (The Black Forest, Superman Adventures, Untold Tales of Spider-Man)…

Robert Tinnell, film director/writer (FRANKENSTEIN AND ME, The Black Forest, The Wicked West)…

Martin Powell, writer (Moonstone Comics - The Spider, Scarlet in Gaslight, Frankenstein)…

Larry Blamire, film director/artist (THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA, Tales from the Pub, Steam Wars)…

Frank Dietz, cartoonist/animator (Sketchy Things, Disney’s TARZAN, TREASURE PLANET)…

Terry Beatty, artist (Ms. Tree, Scary Monsters).

Look for more names to be added in the coming weeks.

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Producing a solid horror comic book such as Bane and keeping studio funds consistent during these hard economic times is certainly a challenge… but you just can’t let it keep a good werewolf down.

After much debate and consideration, REB has also decided to extend book 2 to 29 pages of story from the norm 22. That’s seven extra pages of silver age monstrous mayhem for you and our cursed, gypsy werewolf!
In lieu of distribution/marketing issues, REB sees this as an advantage rather than a disadvantage - ” The chapter structure and character revelations ultimately demanded the additional story pages… I want to give these characters all the space they need to evolve and fuse. And this seems to give me the chance to do so. Suffocating them will only diminish the quality of the overall work. Besides, the fans deserve the best that I can give them.” - So prepare yourself monster fan for a grinding, dark tale of true gothic horror!

Look out classic horror movie fans!
Soon Coming - A special announcement regarding REB and a new horror anthology comic book debuting in early 2010.
“Comic fans and horror fans are gona love it!”

Get the latest in classic horror news at the Classic Horror Filmboard.

Bane of the Werewolf avatars!

Reb took some time out this morning to create these monstrously fun banners for all you werewolf-fiends out there! Toss them around… drag them to your favorite monster site or comic book forum!

Let there be Monsters!