By WILLIAM J. WRIGHT
DSTLRY has just given comic fans and folk horror disciples yet another reason to look forward to October. In news shared exclusively with RUE MORGUE, the indie comics publisher announced at its San Diego Comic-Con horror panel the upcoming release of COME FIND ME: AN AUTUMNAL OFFERING. Curated and headlined by writer Becky Cloonan, whose breakout witchy, erotic horror hit, Somna (co-created with Tula Lotay), took the 2024 Eisner Award for best new series, COME FIND ME gathers creators E.M. Carroll (A Guest in the House), HamletMachine (Lucifer’s Garden), Vanesa R. Del Rey (Scarlet Witch, Redlands), Céline Loup (The Man Who Came Down the Attic Stairs) and Molly Mendoza (Skip, Stray) for a macabre anthology writhing with graverobbers, sinister curses, musical demons and Faustian pacts.
“Just like Somna allowed me to collaborate with Tula Lotay and create something subversive and unexpected, I wanted to cultivate that same feel with COME FIND ME. From a place of selfishness, these are my favorite voices in horror comics, and uniting them has been a nightmare come true,” says Cloonan. “Much like my first contribution in DSTLRY’s one-shot, The Devil’s Cut, you may just see some of these stories set the stage for larger projects.”
“Following on the huge success of Somna, Becky is at it again with the sexy horror stories! It’s a testament to her stature in this business that she’s managed to assemble such a stellar lineup of established and emerging talent, and I feel very blessed that she’s asked me to be a part of it,” explains DSTLRY founding editor Will Dennis, adding “It’s going to be an amazing book!”
COME FIND ME: AN AUTUMNAL OFFERING is available for pre-order today via DSTRLY’s exclusive distribution deal with Diamond Comic Distributors and will hit shelves in local comic shops and digitally via www.dstlry.co this October.
