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This Autumn, Storm King Comics is set to enthrall horror enthusiasts with a groundbreaking addition to the vampire genre. Blood of the Taken, the debut graphic novel by Sian Mandrake, promises a visually stunning and uniquely compelling story that reinvents the classic vampire tale. Scheduled for release this October, the novel is part of John Carpenter’s Night Terrors imprint, adding an extra layer of credibility and excitement to this much-anticipated debut.

The protagonist of Blood of the Taken is Theo, a 500-year-old vampire with a deeply ingrained maternal instinct. After losing her own brood, Theo haunts a small town in Western Massachusetts, searching for humans she deems suitable to join her twisted family. Her attention falls on lifelong best friends Ed and Liam, who are drawn into her eerie mansion and sinister plans. As they become ensnared in Theo’s violent web, they quickly realise that escaping her clutches is not an option.

This week marks a thrilling period for Storm King Productions and Storm King Comics, packed with significant announcements and exciting releases.

Firstly, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced that John Carpenter will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025. This honour celebrates Carpenter’s monumental contributions to the film industry, recognising his iconic work in horror and sci-fi cinema.

In tandem with this announcement, Storm King Productions has launched a completely revamped website. The new site features an extensive comics section, offering fans up-to-date information and news about John Carpenter and Sandy King Carpenter. The redesigned platform aims to enhance user experience and provide a comprehensive hub for all things Storm King. You can see it today at stormkingproductions.com

Adding to the excitement, Storm King Comics will release Blood of the Taken by Sian Mandrake this autumn. This graphic novel introduces Theo, a 500-year-old vampire with a maternal instinct,...

Between John Carpenter's Suburban Screams and the exciting new stories being created at Storm King Comics, suffice to say that this autumn is an especially great time to be a fan of the Master of Horror and his amazing collaborators, and to celebrate the October 13th premiere of Suburban Screams on Peacock and Storm King's recent comic book releases, we've been provided with three Storm King Comics prize packages to give away to three lucky Daily Dead readers, including a copy of John Carpenter's Tales for a HalloweeNight Vol. 9 signed by Sandy King and John Carpenter!

Below, we have details on how you can enter this giveaway, and we also have the cover art and synopses for these new autumnal releases from Storm King Comics. To learn more about all of Storm King Comics' exciting titles that you can add to your Halloween reading lists, be sure to visit:

https://stormkingcomics.

Kicking off the 2023 slate for Storm King Comics' Storm Kids imprint, Fetch: Book One: The Journey is now available and we have all the details!

"Storm King Comics is thrilled to announce that the publishing house’s middle-grade graphic novel Fetch: Book One: The Journey will become available for purchase on February 8, 2023. The Greek mythological fantasy story will be published under the John Carpenter Presents Storm Kids imprint, led by CEO Sandy King Carpenter and creative partner/husband John Carpenter, also famous for respectively producing and directing iconic horror films such as They Live and In the Mouth of Madness together

Scribed by Mike Sizemore and illustrated by artist Dave Kennedy, with colors by Pete Kennedy and letters by Janice Chiang (Superman Smashes the Klan), Fetch: Book One: The Journey kicks off the 2023 slate of the John Carpenter Presents Storm Kids imprint. The release coincides with the 10th anniversary of Storm King Comics,...

London, Aug 21 (Ians) England coach Brendon McCullum has indicated he is likely to keep faith in out-of-form opener Zak Crawley and play him in the second Test against South Africa at Manchester from August 25, saying one has to think about the “overall package”.

Crawley has been going through a prolonged form slump at the top with the 24-year-old opener managing just nine and 13 against the Proteas in the opening Test at Lord’s, which England lost by an innings and 12 runs inside three days. The right-hand batter has yet to score a half-century for his country from 10 innings this summer.

However, McCullum said that he was willing to be patient with the young cricketer and give him another opportunity at at Old Trafford.

“You have to think about the overall package,” McCullum was quoted as saying by Icc on Sunday. “We have some players that have been put in those...

The full trade edition of John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction: Vortex will be hitting the direct market October 3rd. —– Title: John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction: Vortex #2 Price: $24.99 Publisher: Storm King Comics Format: Full Color, 256 pages Release Date: Direct Market October 3 Category: Sci Fi, Action, Horror Age: Mature Audiences Writer: Mike Sizemore Pencils, Inks: Dave Kennedy Colors: Pete Kennedy Letterer: …

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Title: John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction: Vortex #2 Price: $3.99 Publisher: Storm King Comics Format: Full Color, 32 pages Release Date: November 29,2017 Category: Sci Fi, Action, Horror Age: Mature Audiences Writer: Mike Sizemore Pencils, Inks: Dave Kennedy Colors: Pete Kennedy Letterer: Janice Chiang Cover Art: Tim Bradstreet Editor: Sandy King A mysterious life form tears its way through a rescue team on a deep space asteroid …

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(Aotn)-Ok, Smt Heads, you’ve waited til the midnight hour for your Thursday Trailer fix… And the night time is the right time! The red band trailer for the craziest, new indie spoof “Snake Outta Compton” has smacked the interwebs hard. So, let’s get in on the fun!

Check the red band trailer right now: Warning: Explicit Language

Coming Attractions: And now for something completely different for Thursday Trailers!

John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction: Vortex #1 is the newest comic offering from the Horror Movie Master and his collaborators. Check out the book trailer here:

With all communication lost from a mining asteroid, space station Benson dispatches a rescue ship to investigate. What the team discovers threatens not only to overwhelm and destroy them, but could ultimately threaten all life on Earth. Vortex is the second story of John Carpenter’s monthly anthology series Tales of Science Fiction.

He ushered in a new Halloween tradition by taking us to Haddonfield and introducing us to The Shape, and now John Carpenter has teamed up with a talented team of artists and writers to bring us more seasonal scares with Tales for a HalloweeNight Volume 3, the latest entry in the graphic novel anthology series from Storm King Productions. Ahead of the third volume's release in early October, we've been provided with preview pages that tease fun and frightening times in a haunted house filled with familiar faces from horror genre history.

Below, you can read our preview pages from John Carpenter's Tales for a HalloweeNight Volume 3 (which is currently in development as a TV series for Syfy), and keep an eye out for the third volume when it's released on October 4th. You can also check out the new graphic novel at Storm King Productions' booth #2304 at New York Comic Con,...

Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" won the Original Screenplay honor at the recently concluded Writers Guild Awards while Morten Tyldum's "The Imitation Game" took home the Adapted Screenplay trophy. "The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swarts" written by Brian Knappenberger won Documentary Screenplay award. The film is not nominated for an Academy award.

In TV land, HBO's "True Detective" won the Drama Series award and FX's "Louie" received the Comedy Series trophy.

Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2015 Writers Guild Awards:

Feature Film

Original Screenplay

Boyhood, Written by Richard Linklater; IFC Films

Foxcatcher, Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman; Sony Pictures Classics

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness; Fox Searchlight Winner

Nightcrawler, Written by Dan Gilroy; Open Road Films

Whiplash, Written by Damien Chazelle; Sony Pictures Classics

Adapted Screenplay

American Sniper,...

The Writers Guild of America announced the TV nominees for the 2015 WGA Awards on Thursday (December 4) morning and several new shows broke into the fields in a big way. And, of course, there were a number of big WGA Award nomination head-scratchers. Specifically, where the heck was FX's "Fargo"? The answer is below. Making perhaps the biggest splash was "Transparent," which earned three nominations and, since "Orange Is The New Black" earned two nods and "House of Cards" pick up one, that meant that Amazon Prime and Netflix are, at least for one award-giving organization, on equal footing as creators of original programming. The Jill Soloway-created "Transparent" is nominated for New Series, where it will go against "The Affair," "The Knick," "Silicon Valley" and "True Detective." "Transparent" and "Silicon Valley" are also up for Comedy Series, going against "Louie," "Veep" and "Orange Is The New Black." Lest you panic...

Last week, Felicia Day's YouTube channel Geek & Sundry debuted their latest live-action scripted show, Caper. Created by Amy Berg (Leverage, Eureka) and Mike Sizemore (Slingers), it concerns a team of impoverished superheroes who reluctantly turn to a life of crime, only to quickly find that it's a big mistake...

Based on the first two episodes of the show's nine-episode first season, here's why you should be watching, and how it comments on the superhero genre and tells its own story within it.

First off, it's fun. The series is directed in a fittingly comic book style, and even capers gleefully into motion comic-style animation for the action sequences; presumably not only to save on budget (superpowers can be pricey), but also as an effective stylistic choice. Our heroes (or protagonists, at least—more on that later; or, to put it another way: to be continued) are the underdogs, at...

There’s a whole world of superhero-related comedy that has yet to be fully explored because, quite ridiculously, most audiences are too wrapped up in the more serious ventures put out by Marvel and DC in the form of movies and television dramas. But that’s why we have brilliant minds like Felicia Day, who has created a platform where less typical types of programs can be tackled. Day’s Geek & Sundry YouTube channel is going to be the future home of a new web series from Amy Berg and Mike Sizemore, called Caper. It’s the exact kind of silliness that I’ve been wanting from a superhero series for the longest time.

The web series will reunite Berg with Leverage star Beth Riesgraf, who will be playing one of four superheroes who, according to THR, are forced to consider a life of crime in order to fund their crime-fighting lifestyles.