THE DREADFULS SPECIAL
To mark the 10-year anniversary of Rotland Press, this 32-page anthology celebrates the popular series The Rotland Dreadfuls.
32 pages | black ink on tan paper | stapled | 2020
Presented here is a collection of fresh misadventure, giddily paying tribute to all manner of dreadfulness. Comics by Clara Bessijelle, Cole Closser, Johnny Damm, Kayla E., Shary Flenniken, Ben Jones, Christoph Mueller, Ethan Persoff, Stéphane Rosse, and R. Sikoryak; stories by Brian McConnachie and Matthew Licht with illustrations by Michael Kupperman and Ivy Manska. The cover, by Ian Huebert, is an homage to the 18th and 19th century handbills that advertised sensational, scientific, silly and startling attractions— appropriate for this handsomely designed, timeless volume of garish amusement.
“These Dreadfuls are based upon the Victorian-era Penny Dreadful publications, the comic-book/pulp mag format that precedes all other twentieth century gritty, steamy, scabrous newsprint magazines.” —Steven Heller, The Daily Heller, PRINT Magazine