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modpro	"BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE" #2	Lead	[-]
Apr 23 12 3:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Monday, April 23, 2012 "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE" HORROR COMIC IN SHOPS MAY 2nd! BIG HIT AT MONSTERPALOOZA 2012! "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE" HORROR COMIC IN SHOPS MAY 2nd. Exclusive release to wide acclaim at MONSTERPALOOZA 2012 with the top creators in horror films including cover artist, Academy Award winner RICK BAKER. (Los Angeles, CA) MONSTERVERSE (MV) premiered the second issue of its critically acclaimed "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE" (cover by Academy Award winner RICK BAKER) at MONSTERPALOOZA (MPZ) in advance of its general release. Monsterpalooza was host to the West Coast's major horror event held at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel, April 13th-15th. "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE" #2 was one of the highlights of MPZ for the horror creators and monster makers in Hollywood! Everyone from collector Bob Burns to director John Landis agreed the new issue was a spectacular addition to the Monsterverse line of books. MONSTER MAN - CLEVE HALL of the hit SyFy make-up effects reality series is happy to show off his copy of "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE" #2 during the MPZ 2012 festivities. The Monsterverse Table along with the adjourning the Lugosi family table was a very popular spot at MPZ 2012. Many fans and pros were able to have their Lugosi comic signed by Bela Lugosi, Jr. MV West Coast Editor Sam F. Park with director John Landis. MV publisher Kerry Gammill at the table. "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE" #2 is a double-sized horror comic book that offers 52 "gore-geous" pages of freaky art and disturbing text and can be found at finer comic shops on Wednesday, May 2nd and for a mere $4.99. That's double the horror of other sorta-kinda-maybe scary comics (Use Diamond order # JAN121179 for back-ordering.) "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE" #2 includes work by Kerry Gammill, Neil Vokes, Mike Hoffman, Jack Herman, Sam Park, James Groman, Kamil (Kurt) Kochanski, Joe Freire, Mike Dubisch and more. Five new tales of freakish horror and blood-curdling terror and all twisted with black humor as delivered by the supreme horror master, BELA LUGOSI! Emma Jacobs shows off her BLTFTG #2. Printed copies of "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE"#1 can be ordered online at Amazon at the MONSTERVERSE STOREFRONT along with other terrific books, posters and cool MV scary stuff. Get all your digital Monsterverse books on mobile and digital devices via the platform apps for iTunes and Android via digital content providers iVERSE, AMUSEDOM or GRAPHICLY to get the Lugosi comic #1 from Monsterverse. At GRAPHICLY you'll also find the Lugosi book and more Monsterverse books! Check out the RONDO HORROR AWARD WINNER "THE BLACK FOREST" by our award-winning "FLESH AND BLOOD" graphic novel creators, Robert Tinnell and Neil Vokes, along with filmmaker Todd Livingston. World War I Europe. The Germans are developing a mysterious weapon to break through the trenches. American Pilot Jack Shannon and Archie Caldwell, Britain's greatest stage magician, are sent behind enemy lines, into the heart of the supernatural vortex of vampires, Frankenstein's creature and more that is THE BLACK FOREST. Recently added to the MV Graphicly list is the amazing occult adventures of TERRY SHARP in "THE FACELESS" by Robert Tinnell and Adrian Salmon. England - 1962. By day, Terry Sharp is a hard-living, skirt-chasing, celebrated director of classic horror films. But by night, the horror turns real - Terry has discovered a shadowy group of Satanists hell-bent on taking control of the British government called THE FACELESS! GREMLINS and THE HOWLING director Joe Dante looks up from reading his BLTFTG #2 while at the TRAILERS FROM HELL table. Coming to comic shops and online stores this summer! "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE" #3 with a shocking story of young werewolf hunters by 30 DAYS OF NIGHT vampire horrors creator, STEVE NILES! THE WALKING DEAD TV series's special make-up effects creator Howard Berger of KNB FX has his eyes glued to the latest issue of BLTFTG. The beautiful Hammer horror actress Veronica Carlson of the epic terror film, DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE, shows off her FLESH AND BLOOD graphic novel at MPZ 2012. Flesh and Blood: A Graphic Novel Series wins 2011 GHASTLY AWARD for BEST ORIGINAL HORROR GRAPHIC NOVEL! FLESH AND BLOOD: A Graphic Novel Series Volume One has been judged and awarded the 2011 GHASTLY AWARD for BEST ORIGINAL HORROR GRAPHIC NOVEL. The creative team of writer Robert Tinnell, artist Neil D Vokes, colorist Matt Webb and along with Monsterverse wish to thak THE GHASTLY AWARDS for this terrific honor. Earlier this year FLESH AND BLOOD won BEST ORIGINAL HORROR GRAPHIC NOVEL 2011 at ComicMonsters.com (as voted on by the public). That is TWO top awards for BEST HORROR GRAPHIC NOVEL of 2011. One from the public and one from the pros! Bob, Neil, Matt and Monsterverse are working on making FLESH AND BLOOD A Graphic Novel Series the very best horror entertainment in ANY medium. Our thanks to the 2011 judging panel which consists of Decapitated Dan (www.decapitateddan.com), Lonnie Nadler (www.Bloody-Disgusting.com), Steve Banes (http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/), Mike Howlet (https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Weird-World-of-Eerie-Publications) and Mykal Banta (http://www.bloodypulptales.com/). You can find all the GHASTLY AWARD WINNERS here at the GHASTLY AWARDS BLOG! Famed horror artist DAN BRERETON provides the monster action for the cover of Volume 2 of FLESH AND BLOOD, the acclaimed horror graphic novel series from MONSTERVERSE (MV). Vampires! A Werewolf! And Baron Frankenstein collide in the second book of the award-winning graphic novel series from Monsterverse! Plus two back-up features! OPERATION: SATAN by Tinnell and artist Bob Hall and the new FRANKENSTEIN by Tinnell and Adrian Salmon. No graphic novel series delivers pure unadulterated horror entertainment like FLESH AND BLOOD! FLESH AND BLOOD VOL. 2 arrives in May but tell your comic shop to order NOW with: Diamond order # MAR121120. The latest news on Monsterverse is available on the Facebook pages, official sites, Twitter feeds. MONSTERVERSE ENTERTAINMENT is a transmedia company publishing comic books and devoted to producing horror in all mediums. Kerry Gammill is publisher and editor of Monsterverse and a noted comic book and film design artist. Sam F. Park is the west coast editor of Monsterverse projects and a producer/writer in Hollywood. . . Sam F. Park Last Edited By: Count Gamula Nov 1 12 4:20 AM. Edited 5 times.
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Dr Acula		#1	[-]
May 14 12 11:36 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I got mine - great stuff, particularly the cover story (which lives up to the magnificent cover) and the faux missing film segment Claws of the Werewolf (whose art style reminded me a little bit of underground cartoonist Spain Rodriguez). I liked the cosmic horror story, but the idea to shave the entire comic in grey to blue tones worked against the story... it maybe should have started out that way, but as things got more cosmic more color could have been added... or the reverse, if you wanted to show the effect on reality the cosmic forces were having. The new Vornoff and Lobo segment was hilarious again! Keep 'em coming!
modpro	BLTFTG #2 Getting great reviews!	#2	[-]
May 14 12 11:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Cool, Dr.! Glad you enjoyed the book. I wrote CLAWS OF THE WEREWOLF so nice to hear that you liked it. James Groman did the artwork (and has been working on designs for THE HOBBIT films). Here are some of the reviews. Shock Till You Drop says: Bela #Lugosi's Tales from the Grave is a great comic...a fantastic [horror] anthology...Put this one on your pull list kids...it's got more quality work than most of the Big 2's #comics http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/reviews/167451-review-bela-lugosis-tales-from-the-grave-2 Excerpt (love that this is from a YOUNG guy who writes STYD's comics reviews!): "Maybe it's that I didn't grow up with the comics so I can't appreciate them like some people. Maybe it's the relevance factor, the comics aren't as well known now or as circulated as they once were. I'm not sure. But those reading those comics made me long for an anthology comic of my own, sure we have Dark Horse Presents and The Theater but neither of those have the same feeling that those comics did. But now we have something that channels those comics and fits into the modern horror mythos with Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave." (NOTE: Shock Till You Drop gets stories picked up on lots of news services, tweets and blogs. This is up on imdb right now.) "Everything about this [Bela Lugosi #2] issue screams old school horror meets new school approach. With the inclusion of an interview and the pin-ups this is a steal for only $5. I am beyond ecstatic that this issue is in my collection and I can not wait for more. There is a reason that Monsterverse Entertainment won a Ghastly Award and had so many nominees, they do horror right!" -Decapitated Dan (Dan's reviews run in a network of blogs devoted to horror and comics) http://fromthetomb.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/bela-lugosis-tales-from-the-grave-2-review/ Another rave review for the BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE horror comic! From Comics Bulletin: Best deal for horror done right! http://www.comicsbulletin.com/main/reviews/bela-lugosis-tales-grave-2 AIN'T IT COOL NEWS: Cover by Rick Baker is frikkin’ amazing & the book pretty amazing too with all sorts of horrific spine tingling stories. Harry thinks so too! http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55619 We're building a reputation with MONSTERVERSE as THE quality horror comics company. Which is why THE best in the comics and the horror film world come to us. They know we "get it" when it comes to creating what makes horror work. Well, at least we TRY to do so! And we love what we do. Sam F. Park
looneyguy1985		#3	[-]
May 15 12 10:14 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	No body else is sharing the love for this book? I thought this was the classic horror film board. These comics have been alot of fun so far, I will admit that I was slightly disappointed in the second issue ( I'm sure due to the year waiting for it in a fervor of anticipation). I am definitely looking forward to what the future brings. Monster fans everywhere should be supporting and appreciating the wonderful job that the Monsterverse has done in carrying the torch of classic horror.
Dr Acula		#4	[-]
May 15 12 10:42 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	looneyguy1985 wrote: No body else is sharing the love for this book? I thought this was the classic horror film board. These comics have been alot of fun so far, I will admit that I was slightly disappointed in the second issue ( I'm sure due to the year waiting for it in a fervor of anticipation). I am definitely looking forward to what the future brings. Monster fans everywhere should be supporting and appreciating the wonderful job that the Monsterverse has done in carrying the torch of classic horror. I think that either this board doesn't really like comics very much (which I doubt) OR that this comics board is suffering from a structural problem (which I think is more likely). An individual board gets people interested by what the top thread is displayed on the main board. The Horror Comics and Fantasy Art section has two uber-popular threads, The CHFB Member Art Gallery and the Classic Monster Art Challenge. People post in those so often, I think that it buries any other thread that exists on the board unless you specifically go into the Horror Comics and Fantasy Art folder. To the average CHFB member looking for something new, if it looks like just the two big art threads are always displaying, it doesn't really seem like anything new is going on. I really think that Horror Comics should have it's own section, and the art threads should be moved to another section called Horror and Fantasy Art. If that was done, the horror comics would get more discussion and the great stuff that Monsterverse is putting out, and all the other cool indy stuff like the various comics people have tried to get support for that failed recently, will do much better. I want to see Bela's Tales got to issue 100 in my lifetime, for Flesh & Blood to get a ton of kudos, but we need to help by getting interest in the threads here. As for issue 1 and issue 2's quality, for me they were of equal quality... and I didn't mention it before, but Mike Hoffman's back cover was outta site!
dmarks1000		#5	[-]
May 16 12 6:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Bela Lugosi Issue #2 maintains the quality writing and artwork which made the original a hit. I reserved two copies. One to enjoy and the other to put away in my comic crypt. I wonder if we will have to wait another two years for Issue #3 and if Flesh & Blood Book #2 will be released on schedule. Both are marvelous an well worth the money. Can't get enough of anything Bela related.
jazzman412000	No Devil Bat Sequel !?!	#6	[-]
May 18 12 5:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I just received my copy of BLTFTG #2, and I thought it was up to the same high standard as the first issue. My only question is...what happened to the promised sequel to The Devil Bat? Will it be in a future issue? Thanks again to all involved, and keep up the good work!
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Dr Acula		#7	[-]
May 21 12 8:26 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	jazzman412000 wrote: I just received my copy of BLTFTG #2, and I thought it was up to the same high standard as the first issue. My only question is...what happened to the promised sequel to The Devil Bat? Will it be in a future issue? Thanks again to all involved, and keep up the good work! Maybe Devil bat sequel got mugged by Devil bat's Daughter, and is recovering for issue #3 or #4...
Count Gamula		#8	[-]
Nov 1 12 4:18 AM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Two more monster fans endorse Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave #2. Comedians Dick Van Dyke and Dana Gould give it thumbs up. Go to monsterverse.com to get yours. Kerry Gammill www.monsterkid.com
Yuers Truly		#9	[-]
Nov 16 12 4:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	THE CLAWS OF THE WEREWOLF? Great story! Very enjoyable!
modpro		#10	[-]
Nov 16 12 11:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yuers Truly wrote: THE CLAWS OF THE WEREWOLF? Great story! Very enjoyable! Glad you liked it, Yuers! It was a fun tale to write and a story that I felt bridged classic horror films with horror comics in a nice creepy way. I especially enjoyed James Groman's art which gave it a cool retro-look but with a modern feel. James did some designs for the upcoming THE HOBBIT movie (and go check his blog with the fantastic sculptures that he creates!). If you enjoyed THE CLAWS OF THE WEREWOLF then I hope you'll enjoy THE MUMMY'S RING with Hank Mayo's art (to be colored; this is from the original art). Coming soon. Printed copies of "BELA LUGOSI'S TALES FROM THE GRAVE"#1 can be ordered online at Amazon at the MONSTERVERSE STOREFRONT Sam F. Park
Yuers Truly		#11	[-]
Nov 26 12 3:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks for the preview Mister Park - it looks GREAT! These are exactly the types of stories I love to read!!!
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