Day: June 8, 2026

Mike Mignola wins Bram Stoker Award for ‘Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown’

The Hellboy creator’s Dark Horse graphic novel beat out four other nominees at the Horror Writers Association’s annual gala in Pittsburgh.

Mike Mignola’s first project in his shared universe with Ben Stenbeck has won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel. Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown, which was published by Dark Horse in January of 2025, took home the award Saturday night at StokerCon in Pittsburgh.

“It all started with an Italian Folktale about a boy who goes bowling with corpses,” Mignola said about the story back when it was announced. “I fell in love with the story as soon as I discovered it but I wanted to play fast and loose when adapting it, so I created a whole new world. Not TOO different than our world a few centuries ago, but with a lot more gods and monsters. Once I created that world new characters and stories just started pouring out of it. There is a whole lot to play with here and I expect to be at it for a very long time.”

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‘Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: The Killing Stone’ wins first-ever Nebula Award for Best Comic

Jessica Maison and Anna Wieszczyk’s graphic novel beat out seven other nominees in the inaugural category.

Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters: The Killing Stone has won the first-ever Nebula Award for Best Comic. The award was announced this weekend at the 61st annual Nebula Awards, presented annually by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.

The Killing Stone is the second book in the graphic novel series, written by Jessica Maison and illustrated by Anna Wieszczyk, with lettering by Matt Krotzer. The series reimagines the Frankenstein author as having become an immortal monster who founded a school for other misunderstood creatures.

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Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Chip Zdarsky, Delio Diaz + Frank Alpizar drop ‘Armageddon’ on the Marvel Universe

This week brings several big debuts, including the Energon Universe’s ‘M.A.S.K.,’ ‘Ultimate Catwoman,’ ‘Skate Ali’ and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what’s coming to your local comic shop this week.

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights for this week below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop this week.

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Smash Pages Q&A | David Pepose on wrapping up ‘The O.Z.’

With the third and final Kickstarter for the self-published series now live, the writer reflects on finishing a story he’s been carrying since the early days of COVID.

David Pepose has been carrying The O.Z. to its conclusion for awhile. He finished writing the series during the early days of COVID, and has spent the time since making sure everything was in place to deliver the finale right.

Now the third and final issue, created by Pepose, artist Ruben Rojas, colorist Whitney Cogar and letterer DC Hopkins, is up on Kickstarter, having launched earlier this morning.

The third and final issue is a 44-page conclusion to the story of Dorothy Gale’s granddaughter, an Iraq war veteran dropped into a war-torn Oz. We talked about sticking the landing, what’s ahead for Space Ghost and Speed Racer, and why diapers don’t come cheap.

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