Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award–winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997, and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. are taking readers on a horrific holiday thrill ride in Shiver Suspenstores 2 #1. Ahead of the 56-page holiday special ’s release tomorrow, Oni Press is proud to reveal a first look inside the short story “Eight Vengeful Nights” by Edgar Award nominee and Philip K. Dick Award winner Ben H. Winters (Benjamin, The Last Policeman Trilogy) and riveting artist Sami Kivelä (Abbott).
This surprising tale of how a young man’s mysterious Hanukkah presents help him reap revenge on his oppressors will have you taking stock of your enemies … and searching your stash for your very own weapon of opportunity!
“I’m delighted to once again be a part of Oni’s twisted look at the holiday season, and especially proud to be representing the traditions of my own personal forefathers, taking a classic tale of revenge and putting a dreidel-style spin on it,” said writer Ben H. Winters. “Young Noah is sick and tired of being the butt of his classmates’ taunting and cruelty, but never did he imagine that the joyful festival of Hanukkah would present him the opportunity to take his eight-fold revenge. Maybe let’s not show this one to my mother, or my rabbi…although in the end I think ‘Eight Vengeful Nights’ delivers a message in the spirit of the season.”
Also included in this year’s giant-sized tome of gruesomely gift-wrapped delights: We’re tying perpetual naughty-listers David M. Booher (Canto), Melissa Flores(Biker Mice from Mars), George Northy (Yuletide), and Ben H. Winters (Benjamin) to the dried-out Christmas tree in the family parlor . . . and gathering ‘round as artistic Tormentors-in-training Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley), Sami Kivelä (Abbott), Leomacs (Benjamin), and Dan McDaid (Shazam!) throw a few lit matches their way to get this old-fashioned solstice sacrifice started in style!
Yes, we know: It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s latest installment of this time-honored holiday tradition also comes complete with an extra-added wintertime crime classic by EC master and comics legend Johnny Craig —newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just remember: Shiver Suspenstories 2 is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way!
Take a look at the full preview below:
Celebrate the horrors of the holidays with a cornucopia of ice-cold covers by Dustin Weaver (Epitaphs from the Abyss), Adam Hughes (Catwoman), Shawn McManus(Fables), and Rian Hughes (The Multiversity), EC Comics is chilled to the bone to deliver this winter’s most frostbitten journey yet on December 10th – only in Shiver Suspenstories 2 #1!
