Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Reviews, The Comic VaultLeave a comment on Review: Soul Machine by Jordana Globerman 
Soul Machine by Jordana Globerman
Annick Press (June 17, 2025)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage
Jordana Globerman is a comic book writer and illustrator based in Ottawa, Canada. She holds a Masters in Visual Arts from the University of the Arts London in England, where she majored in drawing anthropomorphic bears and drinking tea the proper way. Her newest book is Soul Machine, a YA-oriented graphic novel of science fiction horror. Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories The Comic VaultLeave a comment on Review: The Harrowing Game by Antoine Revoy
The Harrowing Game by Antoine Revoy
23rd St. (May 27, 2025)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage
Antoine Revoy is an award-winning French writer, artist and designer, raised in Tokyo, Japan and Mexico City, Mexico. Revoy has created illustrations for clients such as The New York Times, Der Spiegel and Harvard University. He teaches visual storytelling and comics-making courses at the Rhode Island School of Design and is a thesis mentor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Revoy lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife, author-illustrator Kelly Murphy, and their many animal companions. His newest graphic novel is The Harrowing Game.Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories The Comic VaultLeave a comment on Exclusive Preview: Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows
The Tower of Shadows anthology series from 1969, which includes the work of such comics bigwigs as Stan Lee, Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson and more, is being published by Marvel and Fantagraphics together as Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows on April 29. Cemetery Dance gets to show this exclusive preview of Gary Friedrich and George Tuska’s story. And don’t forget to check out the following Lost Marvels volumes:
These will be out in July and November, respectively.Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Reviews, The Comic VaultLeave a comment on Review: Saint Catherine by Anna Meyer
Saint Catherine by Anna Meyer
23rd St. (April 29, 2025)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage
Anna Meyer is an author, designer and comic artist living in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from the Midwest, Anna went to a two-year design school in Lakewood, Ohio, where she received her associate degree in graphic design. She has over eleven years of professional design experience as both a senior designer and a design manager. She has been drawing and making comics ever since she could hold a pencil. Anna’s debut graphic novel is Saint Catherine. Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories The Comic VaultLeave a comment on Corinna Bechko Discusses Her BLOOD TYPE
Blood Type, which will be hitting stores this summer from Oni Press, is the first time the EC Comics line is offering a standalone, serialized horror series. Its seed was the short story “Blood Type” in Epitaphs from the Abyss, and now writer Corinna Bechko has the opportunity to expand on what she created. Cemetery Dance spoke with Bechko about how Blood Type is getting its own series, why she feels at home in horror, and what it’s like working on an EC property.Continue Reading
The Order of the Circle by Levi Cory, Elisabeth Mkheidze, Maria Letizia Mirabella and Eva de la Cruz
Dead Sky Publishing (February 2025)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage
Levi Cory is a new graphic novelist fresh off the farm. With a degree in Playwriting and studies in film and theater, Levi brings a deep understanding of narrative structure and character development to their work. They have written and directed films and TV shows such as Living… and Snakemagic.com. In addition to their work in film and TV, Levi has authored several written works, including The Comfort of The Womb, Robbing Stupidity, and The Sick Rose. Their playwriting has earned significant recognition, including a Texas Playwright Award. Known for blending deep thematic exploration with innovative narrative structures, Levi continues to captivate audiences across both written and visual media, pushing creative boundaries with each new project. Cory’s newest book, The Order of The Circle, is available on Dead Sky Publishing.Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories The Comic VaultLeave a comment on Dare to Enter THE PLAGUE HOUSE
Plague House, a new comic from writer Michael W. Conrad and artist Dave Chisholm, will drop its first issue on April 2, and it’s described as “a deep and disorienting reinvention of the haunted house genre.” Cemetery Dance spoke to both writer and artist about their work on this comic, what Conrad discovered about himself while writing, and Chisholm’s longtime love of horror.Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories The Comic VaultLeave a comment on Alisa Kwitney is Ready to HOWL
Alisa Kwitney’s new five-issue comic series Howl has a title that references the Allen Ginsberg poem that became a Beat generation anthem — and the alien howl given by the pod people in the 1978 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Kwitney spoke to Cemetery Dance about her new science fiction horror story, the influence of her mother Ziva and science fiction writer father Robert Sheckley, and about her time as an editor at DC Comics.Continue Reading
Night People by Barry Gifford, Chris Condon, Brian Level, and Alexandre Tefenkgi
Oni Press (February 11, 2025)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage
Barry Gifford’s novel Night People was awarded the Premio Brancati, established by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Alberto Moravia, in Italy. He has won awards for fiction from the writers guilds in America and the United Kingdom, a BAFTA, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, among others. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. His film credits include Wild at Heart (winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival), Lost Highway, City of Ghosts, and The Phantom Father.
Chris Condon is the low-down dirty scoundrel behind the ongoing Image Comic series That Texas Blood and its acclaimed Wild West spinoff, The Enfield Gang Massacre, both with artist Jacob Phillips. He waded deep into bayou waters to adapt Barry Gifford’s Night People for Oni Press and has not been the same since.Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories The Comic VaultLeave a comment on Mike Mignola Goes BOWLING
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is ushering in 2025 with a brand-new anthology of folklore-inspired stories, Bowling with Corpses. Labeled as “weird, wicked and whimsical” by publisher Dark Horse Comics, this collection sees Mignola writing and illustrating stories featuring sorcerers, pirate girls, the undead and more. Mignola is joined on the project by long-time collaborator Dave Stewart on colors, along with letterer Clem Robins.
Mignola answered a few questions for Cemetery Dance about the new project. Stick around afterwards for a few pages from Bowling with CorpsesContinue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories The Comic VaultLeave a comment on Exclusive Preview: The Order of the Circle
The Order of the Circle by Levi Cory is described as an “occult/revenge/love story set in 1950s London.” The graphic novel will be published February 18, and in the meantime, Cemetery Dance is able to show an exclusive B&W early preview.
Cory said in a quote to Cemetery Dance, “When I saw [artist] Elisabeth [Mkheidze]’s work for the first time I knew it would fit perfectly for the story. She has this gothic flow inherent in her style, so when we talked about these dark horror elements she knew exactly how to bring the world to life. The book’s art is stunning. Elisabeth knows how to capture emotion with her work, so the character of Dorothy seems to grow right out of the page and into my imagination. And then, you throw Eva [de la Cruz]’s colors into the mix; the mood comes through, that gothic feeling is set, and the tone of the book hums like a well-oiled machine.”
Please enjoy the following preview!Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: Shadowplay (Book 1): Midnight School by Samuel Fonseca
Shadowplay (Book 1): Midnight School by Samuel Fonseca
Top Shelf Productions (February 11, 2025)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage
Sam Fonseca has been drawing comics since he discovered that the anime he watched on TV as a child came from manga — and that it was possible to create all that stuff by himself using paper and pencil (still his tools of choice). Nowadays, he alternates duties between art direction, storyboard art, script writing for animation and TV projects, and creating comics. His comic project Age of Rust was nominated three times for the HQMix Prize, and his other title, Dynamite & Laser Beam, won in the “best webcomic” category. Sam also has the strange hobby of creating soundtracks for his comics. His newest collection is the dystopian nightmare, Shadowplay. Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories The Comic VaultLeave a comment on Meet Marco Finnegan’s Undead Detective
Cartoonist Marco Finnegan’s love of film noir and pulps led him to creating Calavera, P.I., about an undead murdered detective who comes back on Dia de los Muertos. Not only will Detective Juan Calavera have to solve a new crime, he also needs to find out who killed him. Finnegan spoke with Cemetery Dance about the use of Mexican folklore in the graphic novel, his horror influences, and what he would like people to take away from his newest work.Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Reviews, The Comic VaultLeave a comment on Review: Leviathan Volume 1 by Shiro Kuroi
Leviathan Volume 1 by Shiro Kuroi
Abrams Comic Arts (October 29, 2024)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage
Shiro Kuroi is a rising star manga author who lives in Toyko, Japan. Leviathan is his first international serialized work, which has been published simultaneously in France and Japan. Highly praised for his character writing and illustration, Leviathan went on to become one of the top 10 bestselling new manga titles in France, and he has already received international attention online from manga fans hoping for an English release of his work. Fortunately, the wait is over, as Leviathan, Volume 1 has finally arrived. Continue Reading
Dracula: Book II — The Brides by writer Matt Wagner and artist Kelley Jones is the sequel to Dracula: Book I — The Impaler, and is currently on Kickstarter. Grendel writer Wagner and Jones had been meaning to work together for a while, and finally found an opportunity with the world’s most famous vampire. Cemetery Dance spoke to Wagner and Jones about what went into this comic, how it builds on the first book, and their process for working together.Continue Reading
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