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The Cemeterians
The Complete Series
By Daniel Kraus
Colorist Kurt Michael Russell / Edited by Adrian F. Wassel / Illustrated by Maan House / Letterer Jim Campbell
Published by Vault Comics
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Table of Contents
About The Book
The X-Files meets Wake the Bones in THE CEMETERIANS: The Complete Series, an eerie, genre-blending story filled with horror, magic, mystery, fantasy, darkness, and bones that grow where they shouldn’t.
Some things won’t stay buried.
After human bones begin growing inside inanimate objects all across the globe, a renegade scientist and brilliant theologian delve into the cemeteries where the bones originated, discovering an otherworldly force tired of being buried in darkness.
The Cemeterians will chill you to the bone.
Written by New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus (The Shape of Water, Trollhunters (both with Guillermo del Toro), Rotters, Graveyard Girls, The Living Dead (with George Romero) The Teddies Saga, Whalefall (his latest), and The Autumnal (for Vault Comics)) and illustrated by critically-acclaimed and atmospheric artist Maan House (Witchblade, Krampus, Project Blue Book).
For fans of The X-Files, Poltergeist, Glitch, Wake the Bones (Elizabeth Kilcoyne), Rotters, Graveyard Girls, and The Living Dead (Daniel Kraus), Pet Sematary (Stephen King), Cemetery Girl (Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden), and The Resurrectionist of Caligo (Wendy Trimboli & Alicia Zaloga)
PRAISE FOR THE CEMETERIANS:
The Cemeterians (Nightfall: Double Feature) was named one of the “Horror comics to watch for in 2023” – Fangoria
“Tactile, fearsome, haunting — this is horror of the finest quality.” – Multiversity Comics
“Transformative, boundary-pushing horror.” – Gatecrashers
Some things won’t stay buried.
After human bones begin growing inside inanimate objects all across the globe, a renegade scientist and brilliant theologian delve into the cemeteries where the bones originated, discovering an otherworldly force tired of being buried in darkness.
The Cemeterians will chill you to the bone.
Written by New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus (The Shape of Water, Trollhunters (both with Guillermo del Toro), Rotters, Graveyard Girls, The Living Dead (with George Romero) The Teddies Saga, Whalefall (his latest), and The Autumnal (for Vault Comics)) and illustrated by critically-acclaimed and atmospheric artist Maan House (Witchblade, Krampus, Project Blue Book).
For fans of The X-Files, Poltergeist, Glitch, Wake the Bones (Elizabeth Kilcoyne), Rotters, Graveyard Girls, and The Living Dead (Daniel Kraus), Pet Sematary (Stephen King), Cemetery Girl (Charlaine Harris & Christopher Golden), and The Resurrectionist of Caligo (Wendy Trimboli & Alicia Zaloga)
PRAISE FOR THE CEMETERIANS:
The Cemeterians (Nightfall: Double Feature) was named one of the “Horror comics to watch for in 2023” – Fangoria
“Tactile, fearsome, haunting — this is horror of the finest quality.” – Multiversity Comics
“Transformative, boundary-pushing horror.” – Gatecrashers
About The Author
“Kraus brings the rigor of a scientist and the sensibility of a poet.” – The New York Times
DANIEL KRAUS is a New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His
latest novel, Whalefall, received a front-cover review in the New York Times Book
Review, won the Alex Award, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist, and was a Best
Book of 2023 from NPR, the New York Times, Amazon, Chicago Tribune, and more. 20th
Century Fox will release the film adaptation, cowritten by Kraus, in 2026.
With Guillermo del Toro, he co-authored The Shape of Water, based on the same idea
the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro, Kraus co-authored
Trollhunters, which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. His also cowrote
The Living Dead and Pay the Piper with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero.
Kraus’s The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch was named one of Entertainment
Weekly’s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award, Scribe
Award, two Odyssey Awards (for both Rotters and Scowler), has appeared multiple
times as Library Guild selections, and more.
Kraus’s work has been translated into over 20 languages. Visit him at danielkraus.com.
About The Illustrator
Maan House
House kicked off his professional comics career at Top Cow as the artist on both Witchblade and Cutter (2014-2015). During that time, he also illustrated the Krampus: Shadow of Saint Nicholas, the comic adaptation of the movie Krampus, for Legendary.
In 2018, House illustrated the comic for Project Blue Book, the accompanying comic (from Titan) for the History Channel’s television series. He’s also worked on Godkillers (Aftershock), as well as developing an anthology comic work for the band Anthrax entitled Among the Living, along with other writers and artists.
Maan House is a Ringo Awards Nominee for Best Cover Artist (2021)
He is based in Montevideo, Uruguay
https://maanhouse.com/
https://maanhouse.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/maanhouse
Product Details
- Publisher: Vault Comics (April 23, 2024)
- Length: 124 pages
- ISBN13: 9781638492061
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