Oni Press sent an alert to retailers to let them know the first issue of their upcoming EC Comics will not get a second printing. In other words, you better make sure your LCS has your copy reserved for you.
“The full-blooded revival of EC Comics at Oni Press is already registering as one of the year’s biggest events for comic shops, and it’s our mission to bring as many fans and readers into stores for the launch of EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #1 on July 24th as possible,” said Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson. “To that end, we’ve been arming retailers with a battery of tools – double-sized first issues, wide-ranging returnability across our first three issues, and a raft of in-store promo materials – with even more yet to come. In the weeks ahead, we’ll begin to reveal the terrors and delights that await within the pages of the EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS and CRUEL UNIVERSE, as brought to life by one of the most razor-sharp rosters of dangerously minded comics talent working in the industry today. These are high-impact comics that fully embody EC’s bold and bloody legacy – miss them or forever suffer the consequences!”
EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #1
Cover A by Lee Bermejo
On Sale July 24th
THE MOST NOTORIOUS NAME IN TERROR IS BACK – WITH A VENGEANCE! From the publisher that drove Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, and many more into the depraved hearts of an unsuspecting world, the immortal EC COMICS returns . . . with its first ALL-NEW series in nearly 70 years!
In our first extra-sized, 40-page dose of fear, witness shocking tales of torment and tension in the undying EC tradition-as wrenched from the grave by the vile intentions of acclaimed writers Brian Azzarello (Batman: Damned, 100 Bullets), Chris Condon (That Texas Blood, Night People), J. Holtham (Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale), and Stephanie Phillips (Harley Quinn, Grim) and realized into bloody reality by “all-slaughter” artists Jorge Fornes (Rorschach, Danger Street), Phil Hester (Family Tree), Peter Krause (Irredeemable), and more!
What the Comics Code Authority couldn’t kill has only made it stronger . . . EC COMICS LIVES AGAIN IN EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS!
Featuring:
“INTRODUCTION” by Dustin Weaver
“US VS. US” by Brian Azzarello & Vlad Legostaev
“KILLER SPEC” by J. Holtham & Jorge Fornés
“FAMILY VALUES” by Stephanie Phillips & Phil Hester
“SENATOR, SENATOR” by Chris Condon & Peter Krause
CRUEL UNIVERSE #1
Cover A by Greg Smallwood
On Sale August 7th
Compelled to OBLIVION, driven to ENTROPY, all life in our cosmos can only end in one place: COMPLETE ANNIHILATION! For the first time in 70 years, the limitless fury of EC Comics rages back to life to shred the very fabric of the universe itself-and wrench bizarre tales of time and space into our dimensional plane!
Our guides across this double-sized, 40-page introduction to a cosmic maelstrom of strange extraterrestrial entities, malevolent scientists, and terrifying technological catastrophes? Learn to fear the void with the irradiated imaginations of Hugo Award nominee Corinna Bechko (Invisible Republic), rising star Chris Condon (That Texas Blood), Eisner Award nominee Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Mind MGMT), and Edgar Award winner Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman) as they collide with the wondrously destructive visions of artists Jonathan Case (Green River Killer), Kano (Immortal Iron Fist), Artyom Topilin (I Hate This Place), and Caitlin Yarsky (Black Hammer: Reborn)!
The unpredictable return of EC Comics continues here with the quantum comics event of the millennium! Galaxies will collapse. Space-time will be distorted. And your very will to exist, too, shall be broken . . . Just remember: it’s all in the name of SCIENCE!
Featuring:
“THE CHAMPION” by Matt Kindt & Kano
“SOLO SHIFT” by Corinna Bechko & Caitlin Yarsky
“DRINK UP!” by Chris Condon & Jonathan Case
“PRICELESS” by Ben H. Winters & Artyom Topilin
EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #2
Cover A by Lee Bermejo
On Sale August 21st
EC COMICS PROUDLY PRESENTS . . . ANOTHER EPITAPH THAT’S GOOD UNTIL THE BALLOON POPS!
In this month’s terrifying festival of fright: Three ALL-NEW tales of depraved intention and traumatic tension-culled from the fingertips of death-addled writers Jason Aaron (Thor, Southern Bastards), Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Mind MGMT), and writer/artist Tyler Crook (Harrow County), and forever wedded to the bloodstained brushstrokes of artists Klaus Janson (The Dark Knight Returns) and Jorge Fornes (Batman)!
THREE UNRELENTING NAIL-BITERS FROM FIVE MASTERS OF THE COMICS TRADE . . . You’d have to CRAZY to miss this-or DEAD!
Featuring:
“SOUNDS AND HAPTICS” by Jason Aaron & Jorge Fornes
“GRAY GREEN MEMORIES” by Tyler Crook
“PATTERN RECOGNITION” by Matt Kindt & Klaus Jason
