Oni Press continues to move ahead with its horror line of comics, with the August 2024 release of Epitaphs from the Abyss #2 by Jason Aaron, Matt Kindt, Tyler Crook, Klaus Janson, and Jorge Fornes.
“As a kid I discovered the short story format from writers like Ray Bradbury and O. Henry,” said Klaus Janson. “As a teen, I was introduced to EC Comics and fell in love. Now, as an adult, I get to combine the two with the help of writer Matt Kindt to make the dream of doing an EC story come true!. We push the boundaries just a bit further for a modern audience and I couldn’t be happier!”
“Being asked to contribute a story to these new EC books is a dream come true,” said Tyler Crook, who will helm his EPITAPHS tale as both writer and artist. “Like a lot of my peers, I am obsessed with the classic EC horror stories and have learned a lot about storytelling and cartooning by pouring over old reprints. I just hope that I’ve been able to make something that is half as good as the stories that I grew up with!”
“What an honor to get to craft a new story in the gloriously twisted tradition of EC Comics,” said writer Jason Aaron. “My frightful little ditty is very much a tale of modern horror, starring one of today’s most potent tools of misery and human suffering. But told in the same gleefully wicked style as the EC classics of yesteryear. Brace yourselves, all you freaks and fiends. EC is back.”
Epitaphs from the Abyss #2 is scheduled to arrive on August 21, 2024. The issue has 40 pages and will have a cover price of $4.99.
