Dark Horse Comics announced Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck have teamed to create a new fictional universe at the publisher, and it kicks off in Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown.
In Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown, the stories are fantastical, odd and charming — from a search for the beating heart of a long-dead sorcerer, to a pirate girl who makes a deal with the devil, to the titular boy who wins a grim prize in a game with undead interlopers.
“It all started with an Italian Folktale about a boy who goes bowling with corpses,” said Mignola. “I fell in love with the story as soon as I discovered it but I wanted to play fast and loose when adapting it, so I created a whole new world. Not TOO different than our world a few centuries ago, but with a lot more gods and monsters. Once I created that world new characters and stories just started pouring out of it. There is a whole lot to play with here and I expect to be at it for a very long time.”
Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown is a 112-page hardcover that is scheduled to release on December 4, 2024.
