An extra-length collection of not-so-merry tales to fuel Yuletide nightmares
From Image Comics and Syzygy Publishing, co-created and written by Jordan Hart (Ripple Effects, The Cabinet) and Chris Ryall (Zombies vs. Robots), comes Dread The Halls—an extra-length one-shot collection of four not-so-merry tales of terror featuring mesmerizing interior art by Lee Ferguson (“Gone Fishing”), Jimmy Kucaj (“Krampus Hunters”), Walter Pax (“Northerners”), and Fabio Veras (“Dead Notes”)—perfect for ‘curdling’ up next to a burning Yule log.
“Be of Good Fear!” Long before Americans celebrated horror on Halloween, the Victorians did it gathered around a fireplace on Christmas Eve. Dread the Halls honors this macabre tradition by wishing you and yours “Happy Holidays” with stories of ghosts, ghastly abominations, and vile creatures.
“The Victorians showed us horror pairs quite well with the holidays through their fireside ghost stories,” said Hart. “Dread the Halls honors this tradition with four festive tales of terror, each with individual narrative and visual styles. Chris and I wanted to make a stocking stuffer for any comic or horror fan. And thanks to mind-blowing covers, the issue doubles as a dreadful piece of holiday décor too.”
“Dread the Halls is our gift to everyone who might expect to see their name on Santa’s Naughty List, although anyone on the ‘Nice List’ who like their holiday season to have some added spice is invited to partake, too,” said Ryall. “As a comic reader, I’ve always loved comic-book stories that fuse elements of Halloween and Christmas together in sweet and scary ways, and that’s what we set out to do here as well.”
The perfect stocking-stuffer, Dread the Halls includes visually-stunning cardstock covers by red-hot artists Maria the Wolf and Marguerite Sauvage, with a wrapping-paper variant by Jordan Hart and holiday homage cover by Lee Ferguson. For fans of Creepshow, The Deviant, Hello Darkness, and Epitaphs from the Abyss—this creepy holiday crossover title is sure to spike your cup of cocoa.
The Dread the Halls (one-shot) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, December 4 (FOC is November 4):
- Cover A by Maria the Wolf (Lunar code 1024IM300)
- Cover B by Marguerite Sauvage (Lunar code 1024IM301)
- Cover C by Jordan Hart (wraparound variant) (Lunar code 1024IM302)
- Cover D by Lee Ferguson (1:10 incentive variant) (Lunar code 1024IM303)
- Cover E by Maria the Wolf (1:20 incentive variant) (Lunar code 1024IM304)
Dread the Halls will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
