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Trick or Treat in July?

What better place for a Halloween party than the HOUSE OF MYSTERY? And guess what? You’re all invited.

This October we’re publishing our first ever Halloween Annual. This special 48-page book will contain a framing story by the regular HOM creative team, writer Matthew Sturges and artists Luca Rossi and Jose Marzan Jr. However, it will also included short stories from HELLBLAZER by Peter Milligan, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini and MADAME XANADU by Matt Wagner, Amy Reeder Hadley and Richard Friend as well as a special MERV PUMPKINHEAD tale (the first in over 8 years!) by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham and Kevin Nowlan.

What? That’s not enough?

You’ll also be treated to a yarn spotlighting a new monthly series!

Come back this afternoon for the second major part of this announcement.

The Resurrection Begins

Yesterday, Karen Berger talked about Peter Milligan’s addictive new series GREEK STREET. Peter is also writing HELLBLAZER and this month’s issue #256 not only kicks off a new arc but a new creative team.

We’ll be rolling out interior art by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini later this summer. But for now, the focus is on fan-favorite cover artist Simon Bisley and his dynamic painting style. For his first cover, “Biz” depicts Constantine walking down a dark and stormy London street that looks so ominous that you can’t help but wonder what’s in store.

Below you can peruse some cover sketches, the final painting, and final cover for issue #256.

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Now, to reveal the painted cover of issue #259 and three concept sketches.

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Have a great weekend and don’t forget to check out more GRAPHIC CONTENT next week!

From the Editor's Desk: Karen Berger

Millison and Morrigan. Morrison and Milligan. However you say it, those bizarre boys are at it again, and all is right with my world. Whenever these guys write for Vertigo, everyone stops and listens because these two most insanely talented, too smart for our own good know what gutsy, passionate stories are all about. They hold the big V record for writing the most creator-owned series for Vertigo, and certainly the most diverse and out-there.

Besides the return of SEAGUY (my personal favorite superhero), and the upcoming final storyline in the trilogy, Grant has been locked away writing JOE THE BARBARIAN, a new series that will forever change your view of childhood with Sean Murphy doing phenomenal art. We'll be announcing its release date in the next couple of months. As for Peter, when he's not writing HELLBLAZER, he's been crafting GREEK STREET, an intense saga of epic proportion that has everyone up at the office perched on the edge of the seat waiting for the next script to arrive. The unforgettable cast of characters are now just appearing in a special preview in many of our monthly titles. GREEK STREET is more than a funky street in London; it’s where tales of forbidden love, murder, deadly prophecies and urban magic play out. It's got a real HBO feel, where you know that what you’re experiencing is storytelling and drama at the top of its game, and sometimes gets a bit too hot to handle. Like in the below art with Sandy, a rich girl plagued with visions that portend the unspeakable. Davide Gianfelice’s art gets us going in that visceral way, like all those Italian artists know how to do so well…Gotta love it…and I know you will.

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