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Oni Press set up EC Comics Summer Of Fear with roue Type # 1 by Corinna Bechko and Andrea Sorrentino in June
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To follow the Free Comic Book Day launching , Oni Press will launch a raw EC Comics statute title fromCorinna BechkoandAndrea Sorrentinoin June , Blood Type . feature covers by Miguel Mercado , Andrea Sorrentino , Albert Monteys , and Naomi Franq , Blood Type#1 seeps into comic shop everywhere on June 18th . And is the first of a series of new EC Comics titles call the Summer Of Fear .
" In advance of this class ’s one-year ComicsPRO Comic Book Industry Meeting in Glendale , CA , Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey accolade - make headway publishing house of groundbreaking laughable leger and graphic novel since 1997 – and William M. Gaines Agent , Inc. are proud to announce that the next chapter in the blockbuster resurrection of the immortal EC Comics will be write this June in lineage TYPE # 1 – the FIRST ISSUE of A TERRIFYING NEW KIND OF HORROR SERIES from Hugo Award - nominated author Corinna Bechko ( Cruel Universe , Green Lantern : Earth One ) and Eisner Award - winning artist Andrea Sorrentino ( Gideon Falls , Old Man Logan ) ! uprise from the Page of her first appearance in last autumn ’s EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS # 3 , EC ’s own blood - splattered , bon vivant lamia will be realize account as the first case to claw her way out of an iconic EC Comics short story . . . and into the first - ever standalone , serialized repugnance series from the most notorious name in terror !
" Since day one , it ’s always been our design to press the boundary of the revitalized EC Comics line at Oni Press into novel and unexpected territory . First come our fleet of new anthology series – begin with EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS and CRUEL UNIVERSE – which shatter our own already - high expectation to become Oni ’s well - selling new series in more than a decade , " articulate Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson . " Now , with BLOOD TYPE # 1 , we ’re gearing up for something even more radical : the first - ever continuation of EC Comics anthology short , break up up the ribbon of how one lone vampire lost at sea will soon wash ashore on a tropic isle , where she is not the only creature with a taste for bod and rakehell . Trenaciously twisted and hilariously barbarous in the straight EC manner , Corinna ’s cleverly killer instincts are a staring accent mark for the macabre artistry of Andrea Sorrentino – one of the good repulsion artist anywhere today . You ’d have to be stagnant already to apologise overleap this book ! "
" WHEN YOU’RE A VAMPIRE , EVERYBODY SUCKS . . . SOONER OR afterwards ! Meet Ada , an immortal vampire whose misdeeds have bring down her on the doorsill of an idyllic Caribbean holiday resort . . . . An island paradise teeming with affluent tourer and superstitious topical anaesthetic — an ample food supply for the thirsty vamp take care to get aside from it all ! But as Ada stalks the bound of her new search land , she ’ll soon become drag in a mortal plot of qat and mouse by moonlight . . . as an aged , wiser , and entirely different form of predatory animal reveal its own animal hunger for greed and power . Who will survive when a brand - new kind of stemma TYPE declare warfare on a dodgy bloodsucker with nothing left to lose . . . and what will be left of them ? ! "
" pick up in the immediate consequence of Ada ’s first visual aspect in the titulary myopic news report " Blood Type " from EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS # 3 , BLOOD TYPE is intended to be the first in a new slate of semi - regular EC Comics limited series that will spotlight and continue a select few of the razor - sharp short stories introduced in the pages of EC ’s monthly anthology title – be they horror , skill fable , fantasy , or more . Before BLOOD eccentric # 1 go far in comic shops everywhere this June , reviewer can rediscover the Orcinus orca short that first launch Ada into infamy inside the pages of EC present bloodline TYPE # 0 – Oni ’s 2025 Free Comic Book Day passing by Bechko and artist Jonathan Case ( Green River Killer ) , alongside other lover - favorite shorts from EC"s first twelvemonth at Oni Press by creators Charlie Adlard ( The Walking Dead ) , Chris Condon ( Ultimate Wolverine ) , Kano ( Gotham Central ) , and Matt Kindt ( BRZRKR , Mind MGMT ) with an all - newfangled cover by Eisner Award nominee Tyler Crook ( Out of Alcatraz , Harrow County ) . "
" Horror has just always been where I ’ve felt most at home , something Andrea and I have in common , " tell writer Corinna Bechko " With BLOOD TYPE we ’ve cooked up a impish taradiddle that expatiate on a character I fell in lovemaking with as before long as I put her on the varlet . Does she have a go at it me back ? Not a chance , and that ’s her magic spell . She ’s a lamia , but that does n’t mean she sparkle or is ready for romance . She is , however , ready to take over a tropical paradise . "
" I cerebrate horror is just my matter , " say creative person Andrea Sorrentino . " I ’ve worked on many different thing like superheroes and sci - fi in my life history , but when it ’s up to repugnance , this is where I feel at home … The opportunity to link up with the bass reverence of the reader through some mental imagery is a great and solid challenge . This is why when I ’ve been require if I was up to collaborate with EC Comics ( one of the greatest of the comic horror producer ) for two short stories first and then the launch of this exciting new circumscribed serial publication , it has been an honour for me . I ca n’t wait to link up Corinna Bechko and my tenacious prison term collaborator Dave Stewart on colors for this new , amazing project . It ’s going to be a lot of fun and I ca n’t hold back for readers to put their eye on what we are doing here ! "
" I ca n’t wait for folks to read BLOOD TYPE , " said Bechko . " EC Comics are more relevant now than ever and I hope we ’ve honor that tradition while doing something brand novel with this longer tale . Wo n’t you join us for the shuddery vacation of your life ? "
BLOOD TYPE # 1WRITTEN BY CORINNA BECHKOART BY ANDREA SORRENTINOCOVER A BY MIGUEL MERCADOCOVER B BY ANDREA SORRENTINOON SALE JUNE 18 , 2025 | $ 4.99 | 32 PAGES | FCIOC : 4/24/2025FOC : 5/19/2025
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