It is time to reveal the spooky cover to the first Tharg's Terror Tales:
QuoteLike so many British comic book creators, Batman and Robin and Xombi artist Frazer Irving first earned a reputation through work in 2000 AD, the long-running anthology that launched characters including Judge Dredd and Halo Jones.
This Halloween, two of Irving's early 2000 AD stories see print in one collection via Tharg's Terror Tales, a collection of "Necronauts" and "A Love Like Blood." Newsarama has your first look at the US-only EC-esque cover, seen here.
Click through all you horrorologists and Frazer fiends:
www.newsarama.com/comics/frazer-irving-2000ad-110524.html
Pre-order:
www.amazon.com/ThargÂs-Terror-Tales-Presents-Necronauts/dp/1907992510/
www.amazon.co.uk/Thargs-Terror-Tales-Presents-Necronauts/dp/1907992510/
Irving butters my bread.
I take it that's him doing the cover? (Stupid Q no. 483) - he's changed!
That's a great cover and the type of package I've advocated before to showcase some of the shorter thrill that can't get their own release. Fingers crossed to does well as a format.
Does look quite like a fanzine.
I'm actually not that fussed about that cover. Neat enough idea, but the execution doesn't seem up to Frazer's ususal standard.
I rather like the look of it. Kind of old-fashioned and has lots of pretty colours and stuff.
Not too sure about the look and placement of the black lettering with the green outline, though.
I really like the cover.
The guy who runs the Houdini blog Wild About Harry mentioned Necronauts, so I've been passing him information and he has now blogged about the cover:
www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/05/necronauts-reprint-cover-art.html