Featuring tales of sci-fi horror by Simon Bisley, James O’Barr, Kevin O’Neill, Dave Gibbons, Dougie Braithwaite, Dave Elliott, Simon Furman, Peter Snejbjerg, and John Tomlinson.
Category: Independent Iron Age
Sabrina’s Holiday Spectacular (1994)
Debuting in 1993 as Sabrina’s Halloween Spook-tacular, the series continued as the Holiday Spectacular in 1994 and 1995. The stories in the oversized issues are all holiday-themed.
Bart Simpson’s, Treehouse of Horror (1995)
Bart Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror is an annual horror series. It has been published around September–October, for Halloween, every year since 1995. It takes its name from the annual “Treehouse of Horror” episodes of The Simpsons. Like the episodes, the comic book always feature three stories in each issue. The stories are written and illustrated by some of the most famous people in the comic book business. Over the last dozen years, the series has had stories created by such industry stars as Garth Ennis(Preacher), Dan Decarlo (Archie Comics), Evan Dorkin (Milk and Cheese), Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan (Blade, Archie Comics, Tomb of Dracula) and rock stars Gene Simmons (Kiss), Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie as well as (humorously) Pat Boone. The stories usually parody modern horror stories and films, and feature distorted versions of the people of Springfield.
Man-Eating Cow (1992)
Published by New England Comics starting in 1992, Man-Eating Cow is a Tick spin-off by Clay Griffith and Allan Hopkins.
I Feel Sick (1999)
I Feel Sick is a comic book created by artist Jhonen Vasquez, with colors by Rosearik Rikki Simons. Published in August 1999 through May 2000, it is a spin-off of Vasquez’s comic book series Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. I Feel Sick revolves around Devi D., who first appeared in Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. Devi, a graphic designer, must face the supernatural and psychological forces that drove Johnny C. to lunacy.
Published by Slave Labor Graphics, it was originally intended as a single paperback but was split into two issues. Vasquez said the creation process of I Feel Sick was cathartic. Devi’s problems working for Nerve Publishing and neglecting her own work are reminiscent of the pressure Vasquez experienced working on Invader Zim, an animated television series he created for Nickelodeon.
Dungeons and Dragons – Forgotten Realms (2012)
Forgotten Realms is an ongoing series that released five issues between May and November 2012; it was based on original characters in the Forgotten Realms setting. It was written by Ed Greenwood, creator of the setting, with art by Lee Ferguson and Sal Buscema.
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1990)
In honor of the film’s fifteenth anniversary, Caliber released a three-part comic adaptation in 1990. In addition to telling the story of normal couple Brad and Janet who fall into the clutches of the mad (and transvestite) Dr. Frank-n-Furter, it also included movie song lyrics, interviews with the stars, and “chorus” lines that let Rocky “virgins” know what the routine is when they go see the movie.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Jennika (2020)
A three-issue miniseries starring the original IDW character Jennika. In this story, past, present and future collide for Jennika when she is forced to face the ghosts from her former human life and is given a chance to permanently reverse her mutation.
Robotech (2017)
In June, 2016, Harmony Gold and Titan Comics announced a collaboration to release a new Robotech comic line in 2017. A cover was revealed in October, drawn by the Waltrip brothers. This series marks the very first time the Robotech story has been rebooted, offering significant changes to events and characters.
Strangers in Paradise V2 (1995)
SiP, as it is commonly known, began as a three-issue mini-series published by Antarctic Press in 1993, which focused entirely on the relationship between the three main characters and Francine’s unfaithful boyfriend. This is now known as “Volume 1”. Thirteen issues were published under Moore’s own “Abstract Studio” imprint, and these make up “Volume 2”. This is where the “thriller” plot was introduced. The series moved to Image Comics‘ Homage imprint for the start of “Volume 3”, but after eight issues moved back to Abstract Studio, where it continued with the same numbering. Volume 3 concluded at issue #90, released June 6, 2007.

































