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Oni Press' SDCC Presentation: EC Epitaphs From The Abyss Now 12 Issues

Oni Press came out to the Diamond Retailer Lunch event at San Diego Comic-Con yesterday to talk about EC Comics.



Article Summary

  • Oni Press showcases EC Comics revival at SDCC wtith record-breaking sales.
  • Epitaphs From The Abyss #1 becomes best-selling single issue, extended to twelve issues.
  • Jason Aaron, Jorge Fornes, and more announced for upcoming EC Comics series.
  • New series Shiver Suspenstories and Cruel Kingdom, plus Jay Stephens' Dwellings return.

Oni Press came out to the Diamond Retailer Lunch event at San Diego Comic-Con yesterday. And Bleeding Cool managed to get a look at their presentation. But what they really wanted to talk about was one thing, EC Comics. The horror/sci-fi  comic book magazine of legend, returning with Epitaphs From The Abyss and Cruel Universe, with record breaking sales for the publisher.

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Because it seems that Epitaphs From The Abyss #1, which came out this week, was their best-selling single-issue comic book of all time.

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While Cruel Universe to follow it, is the second best-selling single issue comic book of all time.

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So much so that Epitaphs From The Abyss has been extended to a twelve-issue series.

Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch of San Diego Comic-Con 2024

And we got looks at upcoming covers and interior art for both series as well as planned creator line-ups. Including sneak peeks at new work from Jason Aaron, Jorge Fornes, Tyler Crook, Matt Kindt and Klaus Janson. Man, is there anything Jason Aaron isn't writing right now?

Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch of San Diego Comic-Con 2024

Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch of San Diego Comic-Con 2024

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There is also the launch of a third series, Shiver Suspenstories in December…

Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch of San Diego Comic-Con 2024

And dark fantasy anthology DC Comics series Cruel Kingdom to come in January…

Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch of San Diego Comic-Con 2024

And just because retailer cannot live on EC Comics alone, the return of Jay StephensDwellings with a Hallowe'en special and a second series, called Second Stories, for 2025.

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Diamond Comics Retailer Lunch of San Diego Comic-Con 2024

We have seen the Diamond Retailer Lunch return at San Diego Comic-Con. Thanks to Mark Fenton and Heather Stirewalt on the scene at San Diego Comic-Con for helping us out in one hell of a pinch. You can read all about announcements and presentations from a number of publishers by following the Bleeding Cool Diamond Retailer Lunch tag. There are plenty more reports to run on a Saturday morning after the Eisners and before the show kicks off later today. How can it be the Saturday of San Diego Comic-Con already? I simply refuse to believe it.


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from The Union Club on Greek Street, shops at Gosh, Piranha and FP. Father of two daughters. Political cartoonist.
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