Who doesn’t love a good horror movie poster or box art? We here at HGL certainly do. We also love when artists pay homage to those posters and box art on horror comic covers. As huge comic and horror fans, we can never pass up a good combination of the two.
This week we’ve got five separate titles for you. The comics may vary in genre, but all show love to some of our favorite horror films.
Pinupocalypse #1 Encounters Deadites
Written by Andrew Tarusov & Brendan Jones
Art by Andrew Tarusov
Published by Massive Publishing
It’s Foxy’s birthday, and with money in her pocket, she’s on a mission to find the perfect dress! That is until an explosion rocks the small town of Pinupolis and startles her out of the dressing room. Surrounded by suspicious green smoke, Foxy emerges to find that everyone else in town has turned into zombies!
Pinupocalypse #1 gives us an homage cover of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead by Michael Calero.
Ribbon Queen #3 Tells Us to Get Out
Written by Garth Ennis
Art by Jacen Burrows
Published by AWA Studios
Detective Amy Sun now realizes she is not the only one on the trail of a crew of corrupt cops within her own precinct. An invisible force has already torn two men to shreds and shows no signs of stopping. And things are about to get even weirder. The victim whose murder Detective Sun is investigating just got up and walked out of the morgue. How soon before their paths cross?
Ribbon Queen #3 features a Chris Ferguson-illustrated homage cover for Jordan Peele’s 2017 film Get Out.
Shadowman #8 Gets Pranked at the Prom
Written by Cullen Bunn
Art by Pedro Andreo
Published by Valiant Entertainment
Shadowman, with the assistance of Punk Mambo and the Abettors, fights to stop the Deadside as the blights get closer to covering all of Earth. Valiant’s mightiest heroes are caught up in her wake. Can Shadowman exorcise the Deadside back to its dimension or will the blights change the landscape of the Valiant Universe forever?
Shadowman #8 features a Carrie-homage cover by Claudia Ianiciello.
Horror of Godzilla #3 Has a Nightmare
Written by Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan
Art by Tristan Jones
Published by IDW Comics
Tokyo, 1954. Godzilla’s first rampage continues in terrifying detail. But something about this first attack has been kept secret all these years — a horrific mutation caused by Godzilla’s kai-sei energy in its first victims. Who will evolve into monsters in their own right?
Horror of Godzilla #3 features a cover by Pablo Tunica that pays homage to Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street.
DCeased #3 Pays Tribute to The Nun
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Gaudiano, & James Harren
Published by DC Comics
Heroes, villains, and gods have fallen. Cities have collapsed. The virus threatens to reach below the waves and even to the island of Themyscira. The race to save planet Earth is on! The surviving members of the Justice League have learned the secret behind the virus’s spread, but is it already too late to stop it?
DCeased #3 features a homage cover by Yasmine Putri for the 2018 Conjuring spin-off, The Nun.
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