Tag: Dwellings: All Hallows’ Eve Special

Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Let’s get spooky

Check out new comics and graphic novels arriving this week by Becky Cloonan, Jay Stephens, G. Willow Wilson, Mike Perkins, Cullen Bunn, Joe Bocardo, Adam Warren, Joey Vazquez, Chris Ware, Josh Simmons and more.

Happy Halloween week and welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what comics are arriving in comic book stores, bookstores and on digital.

With Halloween on the horizon, I’ve called out several horror-themed titles to help you celebrate the season, including a new anthology spearheaded by Becky Cloonan and a special that marks the return of Jay Stephens’ Dwellings. Beyond the spooky stuff, this week also brings the first DC vs. Marvel omnibus, a new Sectaurs comic, the end of Zeb Wells’ run on Amazing Spider-Man and more.

I’ve pulled out some of the other 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 always check with your comics retailer for the final word on availability.

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Jay Stephens + Oni Press are preparing more ‘Dwellings’ to haunt your nightmares

The bloody ode to Harvey Comics returns with a Halloween special in October and a new miniseries next year.

One of the delightfully horrific surprises to arrive in comics in the past few years was Jay Stephens’ Dwellings, which started life as a crowdfunded project but went on to be published by Oni Press and pick up an NCS Divisional Awards nomination.

And now it’s coming back, as Oni Press has announced not only a Halloween special for October, but also a new miniseries for next year.

The ‘Saturday Morning’ meets ‘Stroke Of Midnight’ retro cute horror is back just in time for tricks and treats! The Dwellings: All Hallows’ Eve Special arrives this October, with all the old-school fake ads and blood-stained vintage kids’ comics stylings you’ve come to squeamishly love,” said Stephens. “This standalone story brings us back to the haunted streets of Elwich for a tale about a tall, dark, and handsome visitor Hell-bent on hunting down the monsters who hide in the town’s shadows. Set in the tight-knit underground ‘Sangunarian’ Elwich goth scene, “Come Hither” flips the classic bloodsucker tale in it’s grave, as a delusional, self-proclaimed ‘vampire hunter’ seduces the black-clad youth one by one in order to lay them to rest for eternity. Happy Halloween, Dwellers!”

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