Dracula , the Count , Lestat , even Angel and Blade — we know the origin story of these iconic lamia from across the pop culture landscape . But one beloved vampyr has been long delinquent in getting a backstory , and this undivided looking at at a quirky new horror comic anthology is at last doing it .
Edgar Allan Poe ’s Snifter of Terror , set in motion tomorrow from Ahoy Comics , offers a goofball look at horror through the uncanny interpretative lens of a intoxicated Edgar Allan Poe as your guide through classical narrative of the macabre .
The first issue gathers stories from the likes of Tom Peyer ( Batman ‘ 66 ) , Fred Harper , Mark Russell ( The Flintstones ) , Peter Snejbjerg ( Starman ) , Hunt Emerson , Cienna Madrid , Carly Wright , and Shannon Wheeler . But io9 is very excited to give you an All Hallow ’s Eve - Eve treat in the physique of this single preview of Russell and Snejbjerg ’s tarradiddle from the first event , “ Dark Chocolate ” :
Guessed who the “ Marquis de Cocoa ” really is yet ? Well , if not , you ’ve get all that and more to take care forrard to when Edgar Allan Poe ’s Snifter of Terror # 1 hits shelves tomorrow .
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