Gore Shriek returns in time for it's 30th Anniversary

One of the greatest horror anthologies from the 1980’s is returning just in time for it’s 30th anniversary. Gore Shriek, which has already successfully funded it’s Kickstarter, is up on Indigogo for a flexibly funded campaign allowing additional people to get it on the book. 
Gore Shriek issues are often hard to come by in the wild and can be moderately pricey.
 
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Gore Shriek™ #1 premiered in June of 1986.
Ah the Mid-80’s!
On the independent comic book scene, The Tick was burrowing its way under the skin of the public consciousness; anything with an ‘adjective, adjective, adjective, animal’ title was flooding the market in the wake of The Turtles’ success. Elsewhere, The Dark Knight was Returning, The Swamp Thing was Alan Moore’ing, and in a small comic book shop out in Albany, New York, Owner/Editor/Publisher, Tom Skulan was gearing up to deliver a blunt force visual assault with the debut horror anthology comic, GORE SHRIEK™! The book ran only 13 issues in total over a seven year period, but the mark it left on indie comics was LEGENDARY. GORE SHRIEK™ spawned the careers of Bruce Spaulding Fuller, Greg Capullo, Gurchian Singh, and with heavy contributions from Stephen R. Bissette and the late, great Chas. Balun.
Then the 90’s came, and GORE SHRIEK™ disappeared from the public eye …forever!
And that my friends, is the biggest LIE ever told!
“I will never get over the amount of fan mail I’ve received over the years consistently asking when I was bringing back GORE SHRIEK™. Out of all the titles I’ve published over the years, GORE SHRIEK has been the one that EVERYONE wants back on the stands.” said Skulan of the titular title.
Of those fans that cried out for gory justice, no one waved the flag higher than indie publishing sensations, Derek Rook and Mike Wasion from ROUGH HOUSE PUBLISHING. Last year, the team released the critically infamous THE DEAD – OMNIBUS, with series and DEADWORLD creators, Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr to great success. Itching to make their sophomore effort something really special, Rook and Wasion proposed to Tom a “Resurrection” of GORE SHRIEK in grand form.
Hence GORE SHRIEK™ RESURRECTUS was born! And just in time for the titles 30th anniversary!
After a year of prep, GORE SHRIEK™ – RESURRECTUS is ready to dig itself out of the cold, dead earth to remind comic book readers what it’s like to love indie comic books again. Rook and Wasion, who also contributed to the artistic and narrative duties, respectfully, scoured the earth to find the best SHRIEK appropriate artists on the planet to round out the mix. (see story descriptions below). “These guys have their fingers on the pulse, man. We wanted the fans old and new to experience the exact same look, feel, texture and smell of the original series and they delivered. “ Skulan bellowed .
GORE SHRIEK™ – RESURRECTUS is a 48-page, cover to cover, artistic splatterama and will feature two front covers for collectors to choose from. Cover A will feature the 2D return of Bruce Spaulding Fuller and Cover B will feature the amazing art of Putrid Matt Carr. An additional, ultra-rare, “prestige” format volume of Cover A will also be made available with a gorgeous 10-pt, square-bound format and premium paper stock to round out the volumes. This is the real deal, kids. Every effort was made to make this the perfect continuation of your GORE SHRIEK collection. Fans WILL NOT be disappointed!
You can jump in on these by visiting Gore Shriek’s Indigogo campaign.
 
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8 thoughts on “Gore Shriek returns in time for it's 30th Anniversary”

    1. I got in on it back when the were kick starting it. I am so pumped. I hadn’t thought of the book for years until Mel snagged a copy of the original #2

      1. I also have the original #1 and I think it’s the Annual #1. These are what I love man. The horror is so good. The indie gogo has it for $35 for a signed copy and an extra copy. Sounds good to me

      2. Trying to put together a complete run but the key is i have to find the issues in the wild…makes collecting fun..but like Tony said its very hard to find these in the wild

      3. Nice Tony! That’s a great plug.
        I know what you mean Mel. They’re super tough. I found the Annual in a back issue bin but it was a serious fine minus

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