"Obviously it's good news to have the initial issue sell out so quickly, but now the bigger task is to continue that momentum in the issues going forward," Spawn creator Todd McFarlane said. "As a reminder, the first few issues will be a lot of setup before we kick this into high gear. Each issue isn't meant to be its own stand-alone book."

As if SPAWN #185's cataclysmic and unforgettable opening wasn't enough, readers were also introduced to the awakening of the mysterious and comatose Patient 47. In the pages that followed, secrets boiled to the surface and lives were lost, creating one of the greatest mysteries to hit the SPAWN mythos. While limited amounts of the first printing may still be available at your local comic book store, a second printing will hit stands soon to meet the additional demand.

SPAWN #185 2nd ptg., a 32-page full color comic book, will be available in stores soon. To hear Todd McFarlane's pod cast on the Spawn 185 redirection and for more Spawn Comic Book information visit Endgame.Spawn.com.

In addition, the exclusive Los Angeles theatrical engagement for THE ALPHABET KILLER will be at the Laemmle's Monica 4-plex Theaters in Santa Monica starting Friday, November 14th. An exclusive New York theatrical engagement will be announced shortly.

Directed by Rob Schmidt (WRONG TURN, MASTERS OF HORROR: RIGHT TO DIE) and featuring an all-star cast including Eliza Dushku (WRONG TURN), Cary Elwes (SAW), and Oscar®-winner Timothy Hutton (THE DARK HALF), THE ALPHABET KILLER is a gripping psychological thriller loosely based on the serial murders that shocked the citizens of Rochester, New York in the early 1970s.

Also on hand will be Elizabeth J. Musgrave, writer of the new graphic novel FARMHOUSE. FARMHOUSE is described as a drama/thriller where Sam Corneile, A drifter, returns home to take a job at a local mental institution where he unwittingly discovers a group of patients being exploited under an art therapy regimen. While there, he falls for Helen, a feisty but troubled female patient who dares him to confront his past. FARMHOUSE is illustrated by Szymon Kudranski.

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Joaquin, the hip, melancholy host sits deep in a fog of cigarette smoke, fielding calls from believers and detractors alike. He is joined in the booth by his darkly beautiful girlfriend, Alondra, and his engineer, Watts. Before long, a radio conglomerate offers to syndicate their cult show in the U.S., and Ghost Radio becomes a national hit but Joaquin wasn’t remotely prepared for the consequences of his success.

A former punk rocker, Joaquin has had two devastating near-death experiences—accidents of shocking and horrific proportions. He emerged the sole survivor after these events, walking away even as his parents and later, his best friend and cohort in music and mischief, Gabriel, perished. Though a charismatic host, he remains a skeptic even as he begins to notice a curious and troubling phenomenon. Joaquin feels himself drawn further and further into the terrifying stories he solicits on the radio. Slowly he loses control over his circumstances, and finds himself unable to distinguish between the real world and the world populated by the nightmares on Ghost Radio. He is not alone, and the voices of the dead begin to drift onto the airwaves to tragic results.

Joaquin suspects that someone from his past with a grudge to pay is the agent forcing him to confront his own mortality, save that which is most precious to him, and repair the crumbling wall between the living and the dead.

In GHOST RADIO, Leopoldo Gout unleashes a haunting new voice to tell Joaquin’s story. Gout intersperses his intelligent ghost story-telling with stunning graphic illustrations to open each chapter, creating a visual reality to a supernatural tale. This thrilling first novel opens a doorway into the paranormal and blurs the lines between this world and the next.

Leopoldo Gout is a producer, graphic novelist, writer, composer, and director. He is currently producing an animated film with NBC and Curious Pictures. He lives in New York City. This is his first novel.

Over 5,000 readers have downloaded copies already!

WHEN GRAVEYARDS YAWN begins when a dead lawyer hires Detective Wildclown to find his killer. The detective is soon entangled in a battle for control of a secret that offers hope or doom for humanity. Welcome to the World of Change. People stopped aging, the dead rose from their graves, it started raining and it’s been raining ever since.

The long-anticipated sequel, The Forsaken returns us to the World of Change when a Demon hires an assassin to kill an Angel from a rival gang. It’s not the first time the hit man’s had an employer from Hell, so he checks the fine print before setting bloody quill to parchment. Just one stipulation: he’ll have to make it quick if he wants to avoid the End of the World.

Powerful forces battle for mastery over the coming darkness as The Apocalypse Trilogy continues in this epic series by the creator of the Detective Wildclown case files and the World of Change.

Visit gwellstaylor.com or wildclown.com for sample chapters. While visiting gwellstaylor.com check out the new releases.

I will be promoting HOLMES at the Ait/Planet Lar, tables 434 & 435. I plan on being there Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd for the core hours of 12 - 5 both days. If you don't see me at the table, feel free to ask for me.

Also, for the first time I will be bringing select BODHISATTVA and HOLMES original pages to sell, including a few scratchboard pieces.

HOLMES - Omaha Perez's vicious skewering of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic literary creations is finally collected! This version of the Sherlock Holmes mythos expands on Dr. Watson's revelation that Holmes was a narcotics addict. The World's Greatest Detective is a maniac completely out of his head on drugs at all times and Dr. Watson, his own personal "Dr. Feelgood," isn't much better off! Appearance meets reality as the duo must cope with their handicaps while recovering composer Joseph Haydn's missing skull.

BODHISATTVA - In San Francisco, there is a madman who sees into other dimensions, a hospital orderly whose karmic corruption makes him prey to dark powers, a middle-aged man from India unraveling under the guilt of having murdered his wife in a "cooking fire." What is it that links these men? Who is the mysterious Many-Eyed Man who appears to them to steer their lives on their appropriate karmic course?

World Zombie Day was created by Mark Menold, producer and host of Pittsburgh’s “The It’s Alive Show”, as an outlet for zombie fans everywhere to have a chance to participate in a world record attempt as well as accomplish a charitable mission of raising awareness of the problem of global hunger. Close to 50 cities were slated to hold zombie walks and food drives on Sunday, October 26.

More than 1,300 zombies gathered at the Monroeville Mall outside Pittsburgh, PA, exceeding the city’s count from last year by 325 – a second consecutive Guinness World Record was set there in 2007. Food donations are still being weighed by the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, but organizers feel that donations far exceed that of last year (1,200 pounds).

Final counts from all cities are expected within a week, and then will be submitted to Guinness for verification of a new world record for largest zombie gathering.

For more information about World Zombie Day please visit TheItsAliveShow.com.

The stories in Deadlines were compiled and edited by Cheryl Mullenax. “The ultimate goal of Comet Press,” says Ms. Mullenax, “is to unleash upon the general public the most terrifying, shocking, and most of all, entertaining stories imaginable. Comet Press has some fantastic books planned for the coming year by some very talented authors of horror, suspense, and dark crime. Comet Press will be publishing not only full-length novels, but collections of novelettes and novellas, and is also interested in reprinting out-of-print works by established authors.”

Deadlines covers a wide range of subjects, from serial killers to zombie skinheads, from murderous, anatomically correct dolls to malicious cats, and many disturbing trips down the dark side of human nature. The book is an electrifying start in the small press horror publishing world, and an indication of good and scary things to come.

Table of Contents:
Brutal Assault by Garry Bushell
The Cowbird’s Nest by Clinton A. Harris
Madonna of the Black Mountain by Tessa Johnstone
Striptease on Mount Rushmore by Ed Lynskey
Mysterio and Galatea by Michael A. Kechula
Harry by Doug Murano
In Your Warm and Darkened Grave by Frank Zafiro
Girl in the Tub by Cameron L. Mitchell
Frazzled by J.R.
The Gift of the Boneflower by D. Alexander Ward
As Close As It Gets by Karina Berg Johansson
Good Boys by Shaun Ryan
The Death of Lester Williams by Ty Johnston
La Nuit du la Chat Noir by Nora B. Peevy
White by David Richards
Silence by Christopher Allan Death
Visiting Hour by Michael Pelc
Street Walking by Jason Jeffery
Will’s Little Black Flower by Brent Meske
Malrats by Walter Payne

Author bios and information on their other published works are available at: CometPress.us/authors.

"DREG has been floating around for awhile, and has developed a cool little following, largely in part to Glenn's interpretation of the character," West said. "DREG was optioned off and on by a few companies through the years, and now I am very excited about seeing DREG finally brought to life on the screen. Media Blaster's Carl Morano read the novel while we were shooting Flesh for the Beast and approached me last year about putting it together for Fever Dreams. DREG is ambitious, and Carl has encouraged me to adapt the screenplay balls to the walls. It's going to be fun. DREG is a weird hybrid of fairy tale, good old-fashioned horror and suspense."

Terry M. West also starred in E.C.McMullen Jr.'s short film, LAST CALL

West, now getting back into the business after a hiatus to welcome his son, Terrence, into the world, has a couple of other projects lined up. Besides a starring role in Alan Rowe Kelly's upcoming DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT remake (not to mention Kelly's controversial short, A FAR CRY FROM HOME, which stars Terry as a homicidal, homophobic tent preacher, which is currently making the festival rounds), West is also putting the finishing touches on a remastered, recut edition of his debut film, BLOOD FOR THE MUSE.

"Blood for the Muse was the most critically received film I have done, but I was never happy with the technical aspects," West confides. "The new Omega Edition of Blood for the Muse allows me to go in and make the film the best it can be. It will be offered through Pleasant Storm Entertainment late this year."

A teaser trailer and preview clips for Blood for the Muse can be seen at PleasantStorm.com.

West is also currently talking to Hart Fisher's Crime Pays Inc. about doing the post production chores on HELL'S FURIES, the biker revenge film West shot in Arizona a few years ago. Talks are also going on with the American Horrors company about a possible debut of Hell's Furies on European cable.

Those interested in reading DREG can download the novel in PDF format for free for the next month by clicking on this link: TerryMWest.com/Dreg.pdf

Though he has no say so in the casting of the Media Blasters film, Terry says his choice for the part of DREG would be the actor he envisioned when he wrote the novel.

"Michael Berryman, baby. He's perfect."

TerryMWest.com

Media-Blasters.com

PleasantStorm.com

CrimePaysInc.com

AmericanHorrors.com

“This switch to Brain Damage Films represents a bold and exciting move for Elite Entertainment, as we continue to expand the reach of our programming,” said Bancalari. “It's encouraging to know that in these economic times, two independent labels within the same genre can form a relationship that will continue to pump out both catalog and new programming to an ever-growing fan base.”

“Elite’s library of restored cult classic horror and Sci-Fi films is second to none in quality,” said Ramage. “As Elite continues to acquire high quality, independent horror programming, it will mark another step in Brain Damage Films’ continuing growth as an independent distributor of this genre.”

Brain Damage Films will immediately begin distributing Elite’s catalog, which includes the George Romero classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD; the original I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (ahead of the 2009 theatrical remake); Fearmakers Collection (a three-disc set chronicling the careers of the true masters of horror); Creature Features (a history of monsters in cinema); and SAVAGE HARVEST 2 and The Severed Head Network (from independent film company Wicked Pixel Cinema).

The first new title in the Elite/Brain Damage deal, to be released in the first quarter of 2009, will be DEVIL GIRL, a sexy, psychological, road trip cult thriller that devolves into a living nightmare (for a preview, visit DevilGirlTheMovie.com).

Afterparty 10/24 starting at 11:00pm
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Minneapolis, MN 55414

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Baltimore, MD - Charles Theater
(Opens 11/7; midnight)
1711 North Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
(410) 727-FILM

Los Angeles, CA - Laemmle Sunset 5
(Opens 11/7; midnight)
Laemmle's Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, 90046

Tempe, AZ - Valley View Theater
(opens 11/7; midnight)
Harkins Valley Art
505 South Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 446-7272

Portland, OR - Cinema 21
(Opens 11/7)
616 NW 21st Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97209
(503) 223-4515

Dallas, TX - Angelika Film Center
(Opens 11/7)
Mockingbird Station
5321 East Mockingbird Lane, Suite 230
Dallas, TX 75206
(214) 841-4713

Houston, TX - Angelika Film Center
(Opens 11/7)
510 Texas Avenue (@ Smith Street)
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 225-1470

San Diego, CA - Regal Horton Plaza
(Opens 11/7)
A Horton Plaza 14
475 Horton Plaza
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 232-3340

New York - Village East Theater
(Opens 11/7; Midnight)
181 - 189 2nd Ave.
New York, NY 10003
(212) 529-6799

Pittsburgh, PA - Southside Film Works
(Opens 11/7)
Southside Film Works
425 Cinema Drive
Pittsburgh, PA
(412) 381-7335

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