The Midnight Comic Club

I call together this first meeting of The Midnight Comic Club in 2018 to order! This time around, I assembled a Frightful Five of gateway horror comics that are good for kids of various ages. As always, I recommend you read the books first before passing them to the young reader in your life, but … Continue reading The Midnight Comic Club Episode 11 – Gateway Horror Comics

Welcome to the tenth meeting of The Midnight Comic Club! After the extensive look at Frankenstein over the past three episodes (and a week off due to illness), we’re back with a new segment called The Sinister Sixpack wherein I grab a half dozen horror comics I’ve never read before and see how that goes. … Continue reading The Midnight Comic Club Episode 10 – A Sinister Six Pack

Welcome to the ninth meeting of the Midnight Comic Club! In the third and final look at Frankenstein-related comic books we plunge into the waters of Dick Briefer, EC Comics, Warren, Image, Dark Horse and a variety of other companies. In this episode we see writers and artists experiment with all kinds of variations on … Continue reading The Midnight Comic Club Episode 9 – Frankenstein Everywhere Else

As we come together for the eighth meeting of the Midnight Comic Club, we celebrate the November 32, 1931 release of James Whale’s Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff by looking at how Marvel and DC have integrated the character into their universes! Starting with Marvel, check out Menace #7, X-Men #40 and the fantastic Monster Of … Continue reading The Midnight Comic Club Episode 8 – Frankenstein at Marvel & DC

The seventh meeting of The Midnight Comic Club will begin a multi-part examination of one of horror’s most iconic characters: Frankenstein’s Monster! This particular episode will focus on five faithful adaptations of the story which showcases the mountains of despair that can fall on a human being — or monster — and still not fully … Continue reading The Midnight Comic Club Episode 7 – Frankenstein Adaptations

For the sixth episode of The Midnight Comic Club, I welcome longtime friend, fellow Wizard alum and easily the world’s most handsome — and award winning — comic book editor Jim Gibbons. We get deep into our own phobias while talking about Fran Krause’s Deep Dark Fears! For more info on Krause, check out his … Continue reading The Midnight Comic Club – Episode 6 Jim Gibbons & Deep Dark Fears

Well, Halloween is just barely in the rearview, so it’s the perfect time to not only call another meeting of The Midnight Comic Club to order, but also talk about comics based on one of my all-time favorite horror franchises Halloween! I’ve written a ton about my relationship with these movies here and there on … Continue reading The Midnight Comic Club Episode 5 – Halloween Comics

In this fourth meeting of The Midnight Comic Club, I talk with my buddy Alex Kropinak, one of the best toy animators in the business. He chose to read Batman: Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean. It’s an absolute, must-read classic for any comic AND horror fan. Do yourself a favor and check … Continue reading The Midnight Comic Club Episode 4 – Alex Kropinak & Arkham Asylum

This meeting of the club revolves around five fairly easy to find trades that will give you a good idea of what the early days of Vertigo were like, while also suggesting whether you might enjoy some of their more seminal works like Sandman, Swamp Thing, Hellblazer and more! Here are the Amazon links for … Continue reading The Midnight Comic Club Episode 3 – The Vertigo Sampler

As the second meeting of The Midnight Comic Club comes to order, I’m joined by comic book artist Brent Schoonover to talk about EC Comics, the Tales From The Crypt TV show and the wonders of Jack Davis and the gang by way of Grant Geissman’s excellent Foul Play!: The Art And Artists Of The … Continue reading The Midnight Comic Club Episode 2 – Brent Schoonover & EC Comics!