Renowned producer and editor Sandy King and legendary filmmaker John Carpenter present Storm King Comics at the 2024 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition from June 27 to July 2, 2024. Diehard fans of horror, scifi, and genre storytelling can find Storm King Comics at Booth #233 (Graphic Novel/Gaming Alley) in the San Diego Convention Center.
Horror fans can get an exclusive preview of the highly anticipated Summer and Fall 2024 releases from bestselling author Steve Niles and debut graphic novelist, Sian Mandrake.
Storm King Comics, home to the critically acclaimed imprints Dark & Twisted, John Carpenter’s Night Terrors,Tales of Science Fiction, and John Carpenter Presents Storm Kids, as well as the award-winning anthology series John Carpenter’s Tales For A HalloweeNight, will reveal exclusive previews of their upcoming graphic novels from an exciting array of creators.
THE KILLING HOLE by acclaimed horror author Steve Niles and artist Trevor Denham, with colors by Ryan Winn and letters by Janice Chiang.
Stuck in an isolated suburb in ‘70s Virginia, 14-year-old Stewart is a lonely and neglected child of divorce who slips through the cracks until, one day, he notices a new kid at school. Peter has it even worse than he does, and the two begin to form an inseparable bond in their mutual hatred of everyone and everything else. But as their friendship deepens, things take a very dark turn. In bookstores July 23.
THE GOD LIST, co-created by author Steve Niles and artist Scott Hampton, with colors by Jessica Lange and letters by Janice Chiang.
William is a vintage book dealer from Greenwich Village. Lydia is a mysterious agent for an otherworldly organization. Together they must match wits and do battle with sinister forces seeking to destroy… THE GOD LIST. Rumored to be a priceless collection of secret masterpieces commissioned by God herself, the List is so closely guarded that most scholars disagree on its origins, or even if it exists at all. In bookstores July 30.
BLOOD OF THE TAKEN created by debut graphic novelist Sian Mandrake (they/he), with letters by Janice Chiang.
Theo, a 500-year-old vampire, has made a new home in a small town in Western Massachusetts, stalking its residents in search of just the right humans to spirit away to replace her lost brood. Tonight she thinks she’s found the perfect pair with lifelong best friends, Ed and Liam. As the two companions find themselves suddenly plunged into Theo’s rotting nightmare of a world, they quickly come to understand running isn’t an option. After all, when you’ve become one of the undead yourself, where can you call home except with the creature who made you? Ed and Liam must learn to navigate Theo’s world if they want to survive it. In bookstores October 1.
On Friday, June 28, at 5:30 p.m., the publisher will host an Opening Night Wine Mixer at Storm King Comics Booth #233 (Graphic Novel/Gaming Alley), where horror fans can enter a raffle to win a deluxe edition foil embossed box set collecting five bestselling graphic novels from the highly acclaimed imprint John Carpenter’s Night Terrors, including fan-favorite graphic novels 13 Horsemen, Black Sparrow, Graveyard Moon, Second Nature, & Sour Candy.
Visitors to Storm King Comics Booth #233 throughout the weekend can also enter to win a rare deluxe edition box set of John Carpenter’s Tales for a HalloweeNight, collecting the first five volumes of the fan-favorite series, and signed by legendary filmmakers John Carpenter and Storm King Comics Editor-in-Chief Sandy King. Details at booth.
Storm King Comics will be showcasing an array of new releases and worldwide bestsellers ranging in genre from horror, science-fiction, and dark thrillers to tales for all ages, including, but not limited to:
- JOHN CARPENTER’S TALES FOR A HALLOWEENIGHT is the bestselling horror anthology that includes stories by the legendary filmmakers John Carpenter, Sandy King, and a coterie of acclaimed writers and artists who bring fresh new horrors to life each Halloween.
- Dark & Twisted presents DEATH MASK by Amanda Deibert and Cat Staggs about a young detective on the trail of a bizarre and gruesome serial killer that leads her to question her own feelings about justice and what it means to be “good” or “evil.”
- Night Terrors presents USHER DOWN by Jason Henderson and Greg Scott tells the story of a psychic who joins a government expedition to explore the most legendary haunted house of all time, Edgar Allen Poe’s The House of Usher. The house is real, frozen in time below ground– but what the explorers find there is demonic, alive, and may well have called them for its own dark purposes.
- Tales of Science Fiction presents THE ENVOY by David J. Schow and Andres Esparza about two former college best friends who engage in a fierce race to reach intelligent life first but encounter two very different contacts, each sparking distrust and fear of the other. Can the friends turned rivals figure out who to trust before it’s too late for humankind?
- Storm Kids Presents FETCH BOOK 1: THE JOURNEY and BOOK 2: THE RESCUE by Mike Sizemore and Dave Kennedy is the highly acclaimed series following the adventures of young Danni as she braves the Underworld to bring back her best friend and beloved pet, Pirate, with the help of the legendary Ulysses and a few other figures from myth.
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