October is upon us, which is the season where we celebrate ghosts, goblins, and all things scary. October is a great time to be a horror fan, but it’s also a pretty good time to be a crime fiction fan as well because tales about criminal and supernatural underworlds blend together like chocolate and peanut…
The Occultist Volume 2: At Death's Door by Tim Seeley is a comic series centered on a young man who wields The Sword, an ancient book of spells that binds itself to him (available July 8, 2014). The second story arc of the on-going series, The Occultist, veers away from the criminal mayhem of the…
The Occultist, a graphic novel by Tim Seeley and Victor Drujiniu, is a combination urban fantasy and thriller (available July 31, 2012). The first volume of The Occultist collects the first five stories Dark Horse Comics published about their titular character, arranging them in a format that’s accessible to the new reader. The Occultist himself…
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Publisher William Gaines’s EC Comics began a new line of titles that included several different genres, most notably crime and horror. The comics featured stunning art and tightly plotted tales that often incorporated twist endings. They were violent, lurid, and fun, so naturally they incensed alarmist academics and…
