John Carpenter’s Halloween (watch it HERE) was a huge hit when it was released in 1978 – and the following year, it received a novelization that was written by Richard Curtis under the pseudonym Curtis Richards. A lot of Halloween fans have had a chance to read that novelization and many have had positive things to say about the prologue, which takes place “in northern Ireland, at the dawn of the Celtic race” and happened to be an influence on some of the ideas in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. But the book has also been out of print for more than forty years, so it wasn’t always easy to find a copy of it. Printed in Blood is looking to change that, as they have announced that they are going to be reprinting the Halloween novelization by Curtis Richards!
Printed In Blood is VERY proud to present the ORIGINAL movie tie-in novelization, reprinted in full here for the first time in over 40 years! In addition, it has been fully illustrated throughout with nearly a hundred BRAND-NEW Illustrations created just for this release by the vector genius, Orlando “Mexifunk” Arocena. This 224-page volume is bursting with both classic and gorgeous new artistic visions of the John Carpenter horror classic.
Produced under license with Compass International Pictures and with full co-operation of the original author, Richard Curtis (who penned the original novel under the name Curtis Richards).
Hardcover copies of the Halloween novelization with a brand new cover can be pre-ordered at THIS LINK for the price of $50 and will be shipping out in January.
There’s also a limited edition of the novelization that features “the classic paperback cover art re-created by Orlando.” It goes for $50 as well, and be pre-ordered HERE. It will only be available for pre-order through October 1st, so if you want that original cover art recreation you should secure your copy very soon.
Fans willing and able to spend $500 on the Halloween novelization can also pre-order a version of the limited edition that features the recreated cover art and “This Special Boxed edition comes hand-signed (with COA) by both the author, Richard Curtis and the artist, Orlando Arocena. It also includes 2-8.5x11in. mini-prints of Orlando’s previous Halloween works from the “Halloween:Artbook” and an Original Hand-drawn 5 x7 sketch by the book’s artist, Orlando Arocena. All sketches will be unique and “Halloween” themed. This is an artist who RARELY, if ever, releases anything physical as he is a primarily digital artist, don’t miss out on a rare opportunity to own a piece of original art. All of this comes packaged in a, unique to this package, “H45: branded 2 -pc presentation box.” The boxed edition can be pre-ordered HERE.
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