EC ARTISTS FROM THE ABYSS DAVID LAPHAM #1

GASP! CHOKE! EC Comics' celebration of its boldest and bloodiest talents rages forth as comics master and Eisner Award winner David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Detective Comics) takes center stage . . . which is all the more anxiety-inducing when you're a humanoid insect infected with the urge to kill!Re-presenting Lapham's greatest and goriest contributions to the new EC Comics canon-featuring taut tales of tension and terror penned by collaborators J. Holtham (EC's Cruel Universe), Matt Kindt (BRZRKR), Joe R. Lansdale (Jonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo), and more-for the first time between two covers, this ad-free special also features a brand-new, never-before-seen EC shocker illustrated by Lapham and co-written by Maria Lapham (Underheist)! BZZZ! BZZZ! There's no swatting this one away . . . especially it weighs 200 pounds and is coming right for you! J. Holtham is an American screenwriter, best known for his work on TV shows such as Cloak and Dagger, Jessica Jones, and Supergirl. He recently broke into Marvel Comics with Bishop- War College, and is bringing back fan favorite nineties character, Night Thrasher, for his first solo series in 30 years., Matt Kindt is a Harvey Award-winning and New York Times bestselling writer and artist of comics and graphic novels. His work includes MIND MGMT, BRZRKR (with Keanu Reeves), Bang!, Eniac, Revolver, 3 Story, Super Spy, 2 Sisters, and Pistolwhip. He has been nominated for four Eisner Awards and three Harvey Awards (and won once). His work has been published in French, Spanish, Italian, and German. The author lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife and Dept H. collaborator, the colorist and artist Sharlene Kindt., David Lapham is a cartoonist who began his career in the comic industry at the age of twenty, working at Valiant Comics and learning his craft illustrating and helping to create many original titles, including Shadowman, Harbinger, and Rai. He left Valiant to work at Defiant Comics, where he cocreated Warriors Of Plasm with Jim Shooter. Lapham turned his back on the superhero genre in 1995 to cofound the independent publishing company El Capitan Books, which began publishing Lapham's comic series Stray Bullets. Lapham has won Eisner Awards for his work on Stray Bullets and Murder Me Dead. , Joe R. Lansdale is the author of 50 novels and 400 shorter works, including stories, essays, reviews, film and TV scripts, stage plays, introductions and magazine articles, as well as a book of poetry. His work has been made into films, animation, comics, and he has won numerous awards including the Edgar, Raymond Chandler lifetime award, numerous Bram Stoker Awards, Lifetime Horror Award, and the Spur Award. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, Karen, and pit bull, Rudy.