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Ghastly Awards August 2012



Horror comics are becoming more and more frequent in our reading culture, and the Ghastly Awards are here to recognize, through peer nominations, those that shine the brightest. As a matter of fact so far this year, this entire list of titles (and some self published books) have already come out. We encourage all Comic Creators to take the time to head over to www.ghastlyawards.com and nominate those who you think are the best so far in your eyes.
    
Creators please remember that you can nominate up to 5 times throughout the year, so make your voice heard! For the month of June 2012 the judges are recommending you take a look at:

GODZILLA: THE HALF CENTURY WAR #1 (IDW) -  James Stokoe’s love of Godzilla comes crashing through in this first of a five part series. Fun, action-packed storytelling and lovingly detailed artwork highlight this inaugural issue. Stokoe’s lines are crisp and so is the tale, which will be told a decade at a time. Fierce, fun and flame-broiled! I can’t wait for the next city-stomping installment!  - Mike Howlett

BLACK KISS 2 #1 (IMAGE COMICS): Howard Chaykin revives his 80's erotic supernatural series in an all new 6 issue run that takes place 70 years before the first series with "the story behind the legendary story." ADULTS ONLY!   Also released this month and recommended (though not a comic book) - The Art & Making of ParaNorman. Steve Banes (http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/)


Dark Horse Presents #15 (DARK HORSE): Dark Horse Presents is the perfect book if If you don’t have much time or money to spend on comics. It's one of the only monthly modern anthologies and it is the absolute best bang-for-your-buck deal out there. 8 dollars for over 80 pages of brand new, high quality storytelling. Issue #15 offers the final installment of  "Ghost: Resurrection Mary" that leads into a new series from Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto simply titled "Ghost", starting this Fall. While the story stands on its own, it establishes the mood perfectly for the upcoming series, which you don't want to miss. Tthere's always something for everyone in Dark Horse Presents.  - Lonnie Nadler (www.Bloody-Disgusting.com)

Deadworld: War of the Dead #1-5 (IDW): Holy $*!+! That about sums up what just happened at the end of this GORE-Geous and ARGH-Mazing book. Collecting the mini series, that was showcased during Deadworld Month in August from IDW, this book captures the same spirit as what came before, and leads readers into the future of this Dead’verse. The artwork by Makkonen is beautiful. I think the best way to sum up what happens in this book, is to really categorize it as a solid story, that is a great base to lead into what is to come. Reed is a master of detail in his writing. This is hopefully only just the beginning of what is to come! - Decapitated Dan (www.decapitateddan.com)


So we ask all comic book creators, what are you enjoying? Make sure to go over to www.ghastlyawards.com to nominate your favorites for 2012! So far this year, these titles have come out:

30 DAYS OF NIGHT
30 DAYS OF NIGHT 10 BLOODY YEARS TREASURY ED
30 DAYS OF NIGHT TP VOL 01
68 SCARS
ALABASTER WOLVES
ALPHA & OMEGA CRY WOLF VOL 01
ALPHA GIRL
AMERICAN VAMPIRE
AMERICAN VAMPIRE HC VOL 03
AMERICAN VAMPIRE LORD OF NIGHTMARES
AMERICAN VAMPIRE TP VOL 02
ANGEL & FAITH
ANIMAL MAN
ANIMAL MAN ANNUAL
ANIMAL MAN TP VOL 01 THE HUNT
ANITA BLAKE VH LAUGHING CORPSE ULT COLL TP
ANNE RICE SERVANT OF THE BONES HC
ANNOTATED SANDMAN HC VOL
ARMY OF DARKNESS
ARMY OF DARKNESS OMNIBUS TP VOL 02
AVENGELYNE
BAD MEDICINE
BALTIMORE DR LESKOVARS REMEDY
BALTIMORE HC VOL 02 CURSE BELLS
BATULA HC
BELA LUGOSI TALES FROM GRAVE
BETRAYAL OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
BIG BOOK OF KOLCHAK NIGHT STALKER TP
BILLY FOG GIFT OF TROUBLE SIGHT HC
BLOOD FEAST
BPRD HELL ON EARTH DEVILS ENGINE
BPRD HELL ON EARTH EXORCISM
BPRD HELL ON EARTH LONG DEATH
BPRD HELL ON EARTH PICKENS COUNTY HORROR
BPRD HELL ON EARTH RETURN O/T MASTER
BPRD HELL ON EARTH RUSSIA
BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 02 GODS AND MONSTERS
BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 03 RUSSIA
BPRD HELL ON EARTH TRANSFORMATION ODONNELL
BPRD PLAGUE OF FROGS HC VOL 03
BRIMSTONE
BTVS SEASON 8 LIBRARY HC VOL 01 LONG WAY HOME
BTVS SEASON 9 TP FREEFALL
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9
BULLETPROOF COFFIN DISINTERRED
CARNAGE FAMILY FEUD TP
CARNAGE USA
CASPERS SCARE SCHOOL
CHARLAINE HARRIS GRAVE SIGHT GN VOL 03
CHARMED
CLASSIC JURASSIC PARK TP VOL 04 RETURN JURASSIC PK
CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE LIVING DEAD
COURTNEY CRUMRIN
COURTNEY CRUMRIN SPEC ED HC VOL 02
CRAWL TO ME TP
CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 12
CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 13
CREEPY COMICS
CREEPY PRESENTS RICHARD CORBEN HC
CRIMINAL MACABRE DIE DIE MY DARLING
CROSSED BADLANDS
CROSSED HC VOL 03 PSYCHOPATH
CROSSED PSYCHOPATH
CRYPT OF HORROR
CRYPT OF HORROR
DANCE IN THE VAMPIRE BUND GN
DARK SHADOWS
DARKNESS
DARKNESS ACCURSED TP VOL 07
DARKNESS COMPENDIUM HC VOL 02
DARKNESS ORIGINS TP VOL 04
DARKNESS REBIRTH TP VOL 01
DARKSTALKERS ULTIMATE ED TP
DEAD OR ALIVE
DEAD RISING ROAD TO FORTUNE
DEADLANDS BLACK WATER
DEADWORLD: WAR OF THE DEAD
DEMON KNIGHTS
DEMON KNIGHTS TP VOL 01 SEVEN AGAINST THE DARK
DEVILS ISLAND GN
DIABLO
DOMINIQUE LAVEAU VOODOO CHILD
DPD DOKTORMENTOR JAIL BABE SURGEON
DREAM REAVERS
DREAM REAVERS TP
DRESDEN FILES FOOL MOON
EERIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 09
EERIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 10
EERIE COMICS
EERIE PRESENTS HUNTER HC
ENORMOUS
FANBOYS VS ZOMBIES
FATALE
FATIMA THE BLOOD SPINNERS
FEARLESS DAWN SECRET OF THE SWAMP
FERALS
FOUR HORSEMEN O/T APOCALYPSE SC VOL 02
FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE - HELLDIVER: BOOK 1
FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E.
FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE TP VOL 01 WAR MONSTERS
FRANKENSTEIN ALIVE ALIVE
FREAKS OF THE HEARTLAND HC
FUBAR II EMPIRE OF THE RISING DEAD
FUBAR SUMMER SPECIAL ONE SHOT
GHOST RIDER
GHOST RIDER BY DANIEL WAY ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP
GHOST RIDER CYCLE OF VENGEANCE
GHOST RIDER TP COMPLETE SERIES BY ROB WILLIAMS
GHOSTBUSTERS
GODZILLA HALF CENTURY WAR
GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS
GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS TP VOL 02
GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS TP VOL 03
GODZILLA LEGENDS
GOON
GOON TP VOL 11 DEFORMED BODY & DEVIOUS MIND
GOOSEBUMPS GRAPHIX SC VOL 01 CREEPY CREATURES
GOOSEBUMPS GRAPHIX SC VOL 02 TERROR TRIPS
GOOSEBUMPS GRAPHIX SC VOL 03 SCARY SUMMER
GORE
GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES
GREEN WAKE
GREEN WAKE TP VOL 02 LOST CHILDREN
GREYMAN GN
GRIM LEAPER
GRIMM FAIRY TALES
GRIMM FAIRY TALES MYTHS & LEGENDS
GRIMM FAIRY TALES THE LIBRARY
GRIMM FAIRY TALES TP VOL 11
HACK SLASH
HACK SLASH EVA MONSTERS BALL TP
HACK SLASH OMNIBUS TP VOL 04
HACK SLASH TP VOL 10 DEAD CELEBRITIES
HARVEST
HARVEY HORRORS COLL WORKS BLACK CAT MYSTERY HC VOL 01
HARVEY HORRORS COLL WORKS CHAMBER OF CHILLS HC VOL 02
HARVEY HORRORS COLL WORKS TOMB OF TERROR HC VOL 01
HARVEY HORRORS COLL WORKS WITCHES TALES HC VOL 01
HAUNT
HAUNT TP VOL 03
HAUNTED CITY
HEAVY METAL
HELLBLAZER
HELLBLAZER PHANTOM PAINS TP
HELLBOY TP VOL 12 THE STORM AND THE FURY
HELLDORADO
HELLRAISER
HELLRAISER ANNUAL
HELLRAISER MASTERPIECES
HELLRAISER MASTERPIECES TP VOL 02
HELLRAISER TP VOL 02
HELLRAISER TP VOL 03
HOAX HUNTERS
HOUSE OF NIGHT
HOUSE OF NIGHT HC
HOWARD LOVECRAFT & UNDERSEA KINGDOM GN
HP LOVECRAFT THE DUNWICH HORROR
HP LOVECRAFT THE DUNWICH HORROR TP
I VAMPIRE
INFERNAL MAN-THING
INFESTATION 2
INFESTATION 2 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS
INFESTATION 2 G.I. JOE
INFESTATION 2 TEAM UP
INFESTATION 2 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
INFESTATION 2 TP VOL 01
INFESTATION 2 TP VOL 02
INFESTATION 2 TP VOL 03
INFESTATION 2 TRANSFORMERS
INFESTATION HC
IZOMBIE
IZOMBIE TP VOL 03 SIX FEET UNDER AND RISING
JACK THE RIPPER HELL BLADE GN VOL 01
JURASSIC PARK DANGEROUS GAMES
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK
KEY OF Z
KEY OF Z TP VOL 01
KINDRED SPIRITS GN
KNIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD GN VOL 01
KOLCHAK AND LOST WORLD SC
KOLCHAK NIGHT STALKER FILES
KOMA GN
LADY DEATH
LADY DEATH
LAST ZOMBIE NEVERLAND
LEGION OF MONSTERS
LEGION OF MONSTERS TP
LENORE
LENORE SWIRLIES HC
LITTLE GREEN MEN TP SMALL PACKAGE BIG FUN
LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS
LIVING CORPSE EXHUMED
LIVING CORPSE EXHUMED TP
LOBSTER JOHNSON THE BURNING HAND
LOCKE & KEY CLOCKWORKS
LOCKE & KEY GRINDHOUSE
LOCKE & KEY HC VOL 05 CLOCKWORKS
LOCKE & KEY TP VOL 04 KEYS TO THE KINGDOM
LOVECRAFT ANTHOLOGY TP VOL 01
MARS ATTACKS
MARS ATTACKS CLASSICS TP VOL 01
MARVEL ZOMBIES DESTROY
MONSTER HUNTER ORAGE
MONSTERMEN AND OTHER SCARY STORIES HC
MONSTERS ARE JUST LIKE US
MONSTERS VS KITTENS SC
NANCY IN HELL ON EARTH
NATIONAL COMICS LOOKER
NAZI ZOMBIES
NEW DEADWARDIANS
NIGHT FORCE
NIGHT OF 1000 WOLVES
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD HC VOL 03
NIGHT PROJECTIONIST TP
NINJAS VS ZOMBIES
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
OCCULT FILES DOCTOR SPEKTOR ARCHIVES HC VOL 04
OCCULTIST TP VOL 01
ORC STAIN
PANDEMONIUM GN
PATRICIA BRIGGS MERCY THOMPSON MOON CALLED TP VOL 02
PENNY FOR YOUR SOUL FALSE PROPHET
PHANTOM STRANGER
PINOCCHIO VAMPIRE SLAYER GN VOL 03 WOOD & BLOOD PT 1
PLANET OF THE APES
PLANET OF THE APES TP VOL 02
POSSESSIONS GN VOL 03 BETTER HOUSE TRAP
PROPHECY
RACHEL RISING
RACHEL RISING TP VOL 01 SHADOW OF DEATH
RAGEMOOR
RAISE THE DEAD II HC
REBEL BLOOD
RESIDENT ALIEN
RESURRECTION MAN
RETURN OF THE MONSTERS PHANTOM DETECTIVE VS FRANKENSTEIN
REVIVAL
REX ZOMBIE KILLER
RICHELLE MEAD VAMPIRE ACADEMY GN VOL 02 FROSTBITE
RISE O/T PLANET O/T LIVING DEAD TP
ROTTEN LOST DIARY JOHN FLYNN US AGENT SC
SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING TP BOOK 01
SALEMS DAUGHTER HAUNTING
SALEMS DAUGHTER HAUNTING TP
SAUCER COUNTRY
SCHOOL BITES SPECIAL SEMESTER COLL TP
SCOURGE
SCREAMLAND DEATH OF THE PARTY TP
SECRET HISTORY OF DB COOPER
SERVANT OF THE BONES
SEVERED
SEVERED HC
SHINKU
SIXTH GUN
SIXTH GUN VOL 3
SPAWN
SPAWN COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01
SPONTANEOUS HC
STEAMCRAFT
STRANGEWAYS THE THIRSTY GN
SUPERNATURAL
SUPERNATURALIST HC
SWAMP THING
SWEET TOOTH
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE
TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE TP VOL 10
THE LAST ZOMBIE INFERNO TP
THE OCCULTIST
THE PACK
THE STRAIN
THEATER
TROMA CHILLERS GN
TRUE BLOOD (Ongoing)
TRUE BLOOD FRENCH QUARTER
URSA MINOR
VALEN OUTCAST
VAMPI OMNIBUS TP VOL 01
VAMPIRE CHEERLEADERS MYSTERY SQUAD COLL TP
VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL VOL 12
VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL VOL 18
VAMPIRELLA
VAMPIRELLA ANNUAL
VAMPIRELLA ARCHIVES HC VOL 04
VAMPIRELLA ARCHIVES HC VOL 05
VAMPIRELLA MASTERS SERIES TP VOL 07
VAMPIRELLA SCARLET LEGION TP
VAMPIRELLA TP VOL 02
VAMPIRELLA VS DRACULA
VAMPIRELLA: THE RED ROOM
VENOM
VOODOO
WAKING DREAM END
WALKING DEAD
WALKING DEAD TP VOL 16 A LARGER WORLD
WHISPERS IN THE WALLS GN
WITCHBLADE
WITCHBLADE REDEMPTION TP VOL 04
WITCHFINDER TP VOL 02 LOST AND GONE FOREVER
XENOHOLICS
XENOHOLICS TP VOL 01
YOUNG LOVECRAFT GN VOL 02
ZOMBIE RECOGNITION GUIDE GN
ZOMBIES GN VOL 02 2OMBIES
ZOMBIES HC
ZOMBIES THAT ATE THE WORLD HC VOL 02
ZOMBIES VS CHEERLEADERS
ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS ANNUAL 2012
ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS THIS MEANS WAR PROSE SC