Creepshow comic book: details on stories from issue #1 and artwork revealed

A few weeks ago, we heard that Skybound will be publishing a five-issue Creepshow comic book series, with the first issue set to reach store shelves on September 21st. Now Skybound has announced the “superstar creative teams and stories behind Creepshow #1!” Just like episodes of the Creepshow TV series on the Shudder streaming service, issues of the Creepshow comic book series will each consist of two separate stories.

Creepshow #1 begins with a story crafted by all-star writer/artist Chris Burnham (Die! Die! Die!), who came up with “a terrifying tale of trick or treaters who are taught what happens when you mess with the wrong house.” Burnham had this to say about the project:

I first saw Creepshow in third or fourth grade…right around the time I had the initial germ of the idea for the story in this issue! I was absolutely terrified to take more than one candy bar from the TAKE ONE bowl. What if the owner of the house was hiding in wait? And what would they do if they caught me?!? I’ve chewed these questions over for thirty years… and this story is the definitive answer!”

The second story in the issue comes from legendary writers Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series) and Stephen Langford (the Creepshow TV series), along with artist John McCrea (Hitman). Their aim is to “petrify readers with the party antics of Shingo, the birthday clown with an appetite for more than cake!”

Dini provided the following statement:

Parents might fool themselves into believing that anything big, cute and silly is good for kids, but little ones recognize a monster when they see one. Stephen Langford and I put ourselves back into that childlike mindset when we dreamed up Shingo. In the world of Creepshow, kiddie birthdays are rarely fun, parents often have worse outbursts than their kids, and that strangely grinning party character is not as friendly as it seems.”

Langford added:

Writing for Creepshow was mind-blowing but having co-written a Creepshow comic goes beyond any of my expectations as a writer. It’s hard to believe that Paul and I created the character Shingo and he’s finally come to life!”

McCrea had this to say:

Working on the Creepshow book was thrill enough, but to be teamed up with Stephen and Paul was the gory icing on the creepy cake. And the character Shingo is such freaky fun to draw, it’s a dreamscream!”

A few pages from Creepshow #1 can be seen below, courtesy of the folks at Daily Dead. Will you be collecting this comic book series? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment!

The new Creepshow projects are a continuation of the franchise George A. Romero and Stephen King began with the 1982 film Creepshow (watch it HERE) and the 1987 sequel Creepshow 2 (watch that one HERE).