David J. Schow

From the mind of John Carpenter, the man who brought you the classic horror film Halloween and all of the scares beyond, and the heart of writer, editor, and producer Sandy King, comes a whopping 14 brand new twisted tales of terror, tricks, and treats. In volume 8 of the award-winning graphic novel series, Carpenter and King bring together the best storytellers from movies, novels, and comics for another spine-tingling collection of stories that will haunt you. Each story is a standalone surprise that captures the essence of the best night of the year. We dare you to read it all the way to the end. If you get too scared, remember, it's only a comic. It's only a comic... or is it? Happy Halloween! With creators John Carpenter, Sandy King, Jaime Carrillo, Elena Carrillo, Amanda Deibert, Cat Staggs, Alec Worley, Tom Foster, Neo Edmund, Jason Felix, Sean Sobczak, Sara Richard, Kealan Patrick Burke, David J. Schow, Andres Esparza, Frank Tieri, Duane Swierczynski, Heather Vaughan, Jennie Wood, Michael Moreci, Scott Hampton, Tim Bradstreet, Nick Percival and many more.

Noted scientist Dr. Jordan Correll has discovered an amazing new mineral power source, but he had to crawl up out of the depths of the Earth to bring it back. Convicted murderer Marion Marshall Dix claims to have returned from the same Hell after being deposited there by an earthquake. Multinational conglomerate CalEx wants the discovery first … so a bad-ass team is organized to go get it, pronto. Except the subsurface labyrinth known as the Underneath is not without its own civilization — not a Biblical Hell, but a practical one, which has just begun to send emissaries topside after years in shadow. One of these, a half-human, half-gargoyle named Kartkas, also acts as a “guide” for the exploratory sortie. But this first contact isn't so civilized. The Underneath teems with real monsters and double-crosses to challenge both our firepower, and the occult expertise of team lead Stephanie Billings, who has to tell the entire story of a “first contact” that actually dates back centuries — to our oldest fears, to our most classic nightmares of demons, devils and the battle to survive against them.

From the mind of John Carpenter, the man who brought you the classic horror film Halloween and all of the scares beyond, and the heart of writer, editor, producer Sandy King, comes a baker’s dozen of twisted tales of terror, tricks, and treats. In volume 7 of the award-winning graphic novel series, Carpenter and King bring together the best storytellers from movies, novels, and comics for another spine-tingling collection of stories that will haunt you. Each story is a standalone surprise that captures the essence of the best night of the year. We dare you to read it all the way to the end. If you get too scared, remember, it's only a comic. It's only a comic... or is it? Happy Halloween. With creators John Carpenter, Sandy King, Jaime Carrillo, Elena Carrillo, Kealan Patrick Burke, Damien Worm, Neo Edmund, Jan Duursema, Nick Percival, David J. Schow, Gustavo Vazquez, Alec Worley, Ben Willsher, Amanda Deibert, Cat Staggs, Mike Sizemore, Dave Kennedy, Duane Swierczynski, Andrea Mutti, Anthony Burch, Sean Sobczak, Andy Price, Tim Bradstreet and many more.

From the mind of John Carpenter, the man who brought you the classic horror film Halloween and all of the scares beyond, and the heart of writer, editor, producer Sandy King, comes a baker’s dozen of twisted tales of terror, tricks, and treats. In volume 6 of the award-winning graphic novel series, Carpenter and King bring together the best storytellers from movies, novels, and comics for another spine-tingling collection of stories that will haunt you. Each story is a standalone surprise that captures the essence of the best night of the year. We dare you to read it all the way to the end. If you get too scared, remember, it's only a comic. It's only a comic... or is it? Happy Halloween.

From the mind of John Carpenter, the man who brought you the cult classic horror film Halloween and all of the scares beyond, and the heart of writer, editor, producer Sandy King comes 12 more twisted tales of terror, tricks, and treats. In volume 5 of the award-winning graphic novel series, they bring together another stellar ensemble of storytellers from the worlds of movies, novels, and comics for another spine-tingling collection of stories that will haunt you. Each story is a standalone surprise that captures the essence of fright night. We dare you to read it all the way to the end. If you get too scared, remember, it's only a comic. It's only a comic... or is it? Happy Halloween.

At Tattersall Prison, a max-lock for the baddest of the bad, sleepless nights are the norm… until a fireball from the sky turns the night shift into a nightmare — trapping guards and cons on the inside, cops on the outside, and escapees in-between… all of them threatened by a hideous alien invader which needs nice, warm human bodies in which to incubate. From the outside, it looks like a replay of Waco, but from the inside, it’s more like Dante’s first draft of the Inferno. Psychotic Fraiser Bonner leads an army of convicts with a grudge against lead guard Wayne Jessup, whose crew is marooned inside with no means of exit. Black ops spook Elaine Farris tries to call the shots as captive guards get executed by Bonner. Farris dreads the moment she will have to call in her “expert,” Conrad Gant, whose life she destroyed six years earlier. Why? Because Gant knows about the alien interlopers, who use the human form as a chrysalis and shed the envelope of flesh to produce Earth-compatible conquerors… and Gant was hounded into silence by Elaine and her fixers. Now the clock is ticking and there’s an invasion to be stopped, as minute by minute, guards perish and alien numbers grow stronger, with the aim of spilling out of the prison cordon and into the rest of the world. It’s a hostage situation. It’s a battle between species. It’s Earth's most serious Standoff. The Standoff is the third entry in John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction, created especially for Storm King’s John Carpenter and Sandy King by David J. Schow. All five issues are collected here to offer a chapter play that’s half suspense thriller, and half science fiction fever dream. Whose side would you take? It’s time to lock and load for The Standoff… and watch out for those nasty, flying alien bugs every step of the way.

From John Carpenter, the man who brought you the cult classic horror film Halloween and all of the scares beyond comes 12 more twisted tales of terror, tricks, and treats. In volume 4 of the award-winning graphic novel series, Carpenter brings together another stellar ensemble of storytellers from the worlds of movies, novels and comics for another spine-tingling collection of stories that will haunt your dreams at night. We dare you to read it all the way to the end. If you get too scared, remember, it's only a comic. It's only a comic. It's only a comic... or is it? Happy Halloween!

Prima edizione Italiana della raccolta di racconti 'Black Leather Required' (1994).Dal padre dello splatterpunk, una folle carrellata di storie, rigorosamente in salsa gore, che reinterpretando con originalit temi e figure dell'horror tradizionale - come i non-morti -, e mettendo assieme rapinatori, tossici, spacconi, spacciatori, mostri in incognito, alligatori mutanti e dinosauri fantasma, protagonisti di scenari del tutto inediti, apocalittici e surreali, ci trascinano in un vortice di sangue, sesso, violenza, cannibalismo, necrofilia, senza escludere l'amore e nemmeno la tenerezza. Un mix perfetto di terrore puro e black humour che strizza lo stomaco e sorprende fino alla fine, al ritmo di colpi di Uzi e morsi di topi. Ad arricchire la raccolta, una sceneggiatura d'eccezione: quella che avrebbe dovuto riportare, nel 1990, Il Teatro del Grand Guignol a Broadway.

From John Carpenter, the man who brought you the cult classic horror film Halloween and all of the scares beyond comes 13 more twisted tales of terror, tricks, and treats. In volume 3 of the award-winning graphic novel series, Carpenter brings together another stellar ensemble of storytellers from the worlds of movies, novels and comics for another spine-tingling collection of stories that will haunt your dreams at night. Happy Halloween!

Kick out the jams with hot licks and fantastic riffs on rock and roll from the only kind of fiction that feeds the soul: science fiction and fantasy. Like rock, speculative fiction is larger than life, there's no limit on where it can take you. And neither is — even now — fully respectable. Electrifying stories with the drive, the emotion, the soul of rock. Headliners and rising stars take the stage with their greatest hits. Find a place, grab some space...get ready to rock!

It's too late! The living dead have already taken over the world. Your brains have been devoured. Nothing is left but spasms of ravenous need — an obscene hunger for even more zombie fiction. Forget the metaphors and the mildly scary. You want shock, you want grue, you want disturbing, gut-wrenching, skull-crunching zombie stories that take you over the edge and go splat. You want the bloody best of the ultimate undead. You have no choice...you...must...have...Extreme Zombies!

Drew Struzan has created some of the most iconic movie poster images of the last 30 years, from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" to "Star Wars: Episode III". This is the first book to cover his movie work in depth. Featuring over 300 pieces of artwork, including previously unseen poster art for "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and "Hellboy II", this is a treat for movie buffs and artists alike.

"By virtue of being smart, scathing, and verbally inventive to an astonishing degree, David J. Schow distinguished himself early on as one of the most interesting writers of his generation. In BULLETS OF RAIN, he has given us his boldest, most audacious fiction to date. Here, all of Schow's glittering weapons are sharper than ever before." -- Peter StraubElements of Panic Room collide with Memento in this dark and suspenseful novel from the screenwriter of The Crow.Recently widowed Arthur Latimer has become a recluse within the blueprint of his specially designed storm-proof home, fortressed in against his feelings of abandonment and loss. But his convenient, cocooned, and secure life falls under attack when he is inexorably magnetized to the bizarre weekend party taking place at a neighboring house down-beach from him.Suddenly Art begins to doubt everything he sees: Was the unannounced visit from an old friend a hallucination? Is he receiving messages from his dead wife in the form of bottles found in the sea? And shouldn't he warn those oblivious partygoers about the incoming storm, the biggest hurricane ever to hit the Pacific Northwest?Art's inner and outer realities are turned upside down; nothing is as it appears to be. And he is about to be plunged into a world more brutal and illusive anything he has ever imagined.