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Glenn Danzig Signs Verotik Comics Tonight In Los Angeles

Tonight, Misfits frontman and horror director Glenn Danzig is making a now-rare appearance at Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles.

Published Fri, 29 Dec 2023 09:58:11 -0600

by Rich Johnston

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Glenn Danzig signs Verotik comics tonight at Golden Apple Comics, LA.
Strict signing rules: Verotik comics only, no cameras, no Misfits albums.
Exclusive Simon Bisley Virgin Variant available for the event.
Verotik celebrated for mature content and influence on adult-only comics.

Today, Misfits frontman and horror director Glenn Danzig is making a now-rare appearance at Golden Apple Comics on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, from 5 to 7pm today, for the thirtieth anniversary of his comic book line, Verotik. However, don't think you can just sign up with your Misfits albums and get them signed, he's not into that. He will only be signing Verotik comics at the event, and only those bought in the Golden Apple Comics store today. They will have a lot on hand. Also, cameras will be banned, there will be no photos allowed inside the store.

Verotik was intended to be a "Vertigo erotic" style line, mature readers comics with plenty of sex and nudity, and saw the likes of Frank Frazetta, Grant Morrison, Simon Bisley, Jae Lee, Tim Vigil, Liam Sharp, Martin Emond, Drew Posada, Jason Pearson, Shelby Robertson, Hart D. Fisher, Joe Chiodo, Eric Burnham, Ted Naifeh and Duke Mighten offer their work. Those at the event will able to pick up a new limited edition Simon Bisley Virgin Variant. No jokes please. And Glenn Danzig will be there to sign it for you. Who knows who else from Veritik's lineup may pop by?

The company's two longest-running comics were Verotika which ran for 15 issues and two volumes of Satanika reaching 13 issues between them. Verotik was one of the first companies to publish adult-only black bagged variant covers. They also reprinted select Golden Age comics and were the first English language publisher to translate and publish Go Nagai's Devilman.

A number of their titles were turned into movies, though they would usually be pornographic movies, such as Grub Girl, which featured a remix of the Danzig song Unspeakable. In 2019, Cleopatra Entertainment released Verotika, an anthology horror film based on the comics, written, directed, and scored by Danzig.

One store suffered more than others from stocking Verotik titles. In 1996, Planet Comics in Oklahoma City was accused of "trafficking in obscene materials" for selling Verotik titles and had to close after eight obscenity charges were filed against them, after a complaint about Verotika #4 from a member of the Christian Coalition who turned it over to Oklahoma City Police. To avoid imprisonment and a permanent record, the retailers agreed to plead guilty to the two felony charges, with three-year deferred prison sentence and a fine of $1,500 each.

Here's a list of titles you might consider getting signed by Glenn Danzig today.