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Creepshow Volume 2
The smash-hit horror anthology based on the hit Shudder TV series is back and CREEPIER than ever!
The Creep challenges comics’ biggest names to shock readers like never before! And with a ghoulish roster including Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys), Becky Cloonan (Wonder Woman), Michael Walsh (The Silver Coin), Zoe Thorogood (It’s Lonely At the Centre of the Earth), and Nick Dragotta (East of West), readers may die of FRIGHT before finishing this volume!
DON’T SAY WE DIDN’T WARN YOU.
Collects CREEPSHOW VOL. 2 #1-5
The Creep challenges comics’ biggest names to shock readers like never before! And with a ghoulish roster including Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys), Becky Cloonan (Wonder Woman), Michael Walsh (The Silver Coin), Zoe Thorogood (It’s Lonely At the Centre of the Earth), and Nick Dragotta (East of West), readers may die of FRIGHT before finishing this volume!
DON’T SAY WE DIDN’T WARN YOU.
Collects CREEPSHOW VOL. 2 #1-5
128 pages, Paperback
Published March 26, 2024
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About the author
Garth Ennis
2,624 books3,170 followersEnnis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting characters from Troubled Souls, Dougie and Ivor, who would later get their own American comics series, Dicks, from Caliber in 1997, and several follow-ups from Avatar.
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
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April 20, 2024
Highly entertaining graphic novel anthology series based on the TV show, which is itself based on the 1982 Stephen King graphic novel, which was itself King's homage to the old EC horror comics from the 1950s.
Extremely gory, occasionally actually scary, mostly silly. Also, when a very thinly-veiled Florida Republican governor (hint: it rhymes with "Schmon Schmesantis") is excoriated in a very gruesome way, you know it's worth reading.
This is a graphic novel series that I will continue reading...
Extremely gory, occasionally actually scary, mostly silly. Also, when a very thinly-veiled Florida Republican governor (hint: it rhymes with "Schmon Schmesantis") is excoriated in a very gruesome way, you know it's worth reading.
This is a graphic novel series that I will continue reading...
October 30, 2025
6.3/10
10 more creepy short stories for horror fans. This is pretty much on par with the first volume, that came out the previous year. There is some great talent here, both in writing and art, but again not all the stories will make a positive impression. It still is a good read, even more so now, close to Halloween, when a lot of us are looking for something dark.
10 more creepy short stories for horror fans. This is pretty much on par with the first volume, that came out the previous year. There is some great talent here, both in writing and art, but again not all the stories will make a positive impression. It still is a good read, even more so now, close to Halloween, when a lot of us are looking for something dark.
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October 10, 20241982's Creepshow—an anthology horror movie written by Stephen King (who also stars in one of the tales) and directed by George A. Romero—is a campy and schlocky classic of the genre. Some stories hit harder than others, but all make for fun viewing. The movie itself was inspired by anthology comics like Tales from the Crypt.
In a genius move, Image have turned Creepshow into its own comic book anthology, thus completing the circle. In this volume, you get ten short stories (two per issue, with five issues making a volume), and each is written and drawn by a different master of the art.
What was such a wonderful surprise was the fact that there are only one or two stories here that aren't as strong as the other; the vast majority of these takes are brilliantly fun works of schlocky horror. They're unashamedly woke and political; they're gorgeously drawn; they celebrate all the goofy silliness of horror. What a rollicking good time!
In a genius move, Image have turned Creepshow into its own comic book anthology, thus completing the circle. In this volume, you get ten short stories (two per issue, with five issues making a volume), and each is written and drawn by a different master of the art.
What was such a wonderful surprise was the fact that there are only one or two stories here that aren't as strong as the other; the vast majority of these takes are brilliantly fun works of schlocky horror. They're unashamedly woke and political; they're gorgeously drawn; they celebrate all the goofy silliness of horror. What a rollicking good time!
March 31, 2024
Another great volume of this horror anthology! Some really solid creators for this one!
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October 30, 2024The conventional wisdom was that the US comics market no longer had space for anthologies, but horror ones in particular seem to be making a comeback lately. Maybe it's the appeal of having each specific terror confined to a discrete story, instead of them all being chaotically and inartistically smooshed together like in real life? And then this one has the bonus imprimatur, loose as the link is, of a title on loan from a gleefully ghoulish big-screen forebear which was itself riffing on an earlier generation of horror comics. It's the circle of undeath! The quality is variable, because isn't it always, but seldom dips too low: Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan kick things off with the simplest and most effective twist of reality to make an ardently anti-abortion man reassess his position; that's followed by Phil Hester on mass extinctions, a story which didn't make actual sense but makes horror short story sense, so that's alright then. And so it continues, the opener's jab at hypocritical authority figures a favourite theme, especially when it comes to culture warriors and unimaginative arseholes having a go at the sins of comics. Yes, I'd much rather Wertham's heirs weren't quite so abundant, but if we seemingly can't do anything practical to rid ourselves of the fuckers, at least we can enjoy nasty little fictional comeuppances for them, and Saladin Ahmed and Artyom Topilin turning the very grammar of the form against one such zealot was especially choice. I think my favourite, though, was the first full-on genre piece I've seen from the increasingly impressive Zoe Thorogood. Yes, mortals have for centuries told stories about how immortality isn't all it's cracked up to be, trying to convince ourselves that actually we wouldn't have gone to that party anyway, so it doesn't matter if we weren't invited. But when you look at how the future is shaping up these days, it does begin to look less tempting: "I told my people stories of our past. How the ground once gave birth to flowers, that the birds sang rather than spewed radioactive waste, and how cannibalism was only something you did if you were a bit weird."
June 16, 2025
This was very good, the creep factor went up another notch compared to the first book, definitely more disturbing and much more unpredictable. Definitely recommend to anyone who loves a fun horror story!
April 13, 2024
3.5 stars
I'd give the stories by Garth Ennis and Saladin Ahmed 5 stars if I could, but alas. Overall, I liked it and would definitely read another volume.
I'd give the stories by Garth Ennis and Saladin Ahmed 5 stars if I could, but alas. Overall, I liked it and would definitely read another volume.
October 12, 2024
Fun little collection of creepy horror short stories. I really enjoyed some like the story of the kid pushing the carts into the wrong lane and the monster under the bed one. Some were too on the nose like the burning books one. But overall fun horror stories for the whole family!
June 16, 2025
These were really good short horror stories that sometimes pushed the boundaries in a f$&@#d up way, but usually we’re fairly M/MA in a pretty casual way.
Noticeably more body gore compared to the first volume.
This has made me wanna read Ice-Cream Man again!
Noticeably more body gore compared to the first volume.
This has made me wanna read Ice-Cream Man again!
June 19, 2024
This outing is more pleasing and less campy. More fundamental horror and a bit more depth.
June 28, 2024
Overall okay. Some stories are better than others. “The Amulet” was probably my favorite of the bunch.
July 11, 2024
love this collection
December 16, 2024
These were fun!!!
April 25, 2024
Despite the talent assembled, this new Creepshow series continues to feature more lackluster short horror one off tales. Highlights here include "Make Your Choice" by Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan, "Eternity, Eternity, Eternity" by Zoe Thorogood, and "Burning Ambition" by Saladin Ahmed and Artyom Topilin. But even those don't really live up to the standard of the campy horror tones of the original Creepshow series.
June 6, 2024
„Creepshow Vol. 2” to kontynuacja niezwykle popularnej antologii horroru, opartej na przebojowym serialu Shudder. Zbiór ten stawia przed sobą ambitne wyzwanie, aby przerazić czytelników bardziej niż kiedykolwiek wcześniej. W tej odsłonie znajdziemy historie stworzone przez znane nazwiska świata komiksu, takie jak Garth Ennis („Preacher”, „The Boys”), Becky Cloonan („Wonder Woman”), Michael Walsh („The Silver Coin”), Zoe Thorogood („It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth”) oraz Nick Dragotta („East of West”). Z takim składem artystów, można oczekiwać wyjątkowych wrażeń.
Niestety, pomimo zgromadzenia tak utalentowanego zespołu, „Creepshow Vol. 2” nie spełnia w pełni pokładanych w nim nadziei. Chociaż wśród opowiadań można znaleźć wyróżniające się historie, takie jak „Make Your Choice” autorstwa Gartha Ennisa i Becky Cloonan, „Eternity, Eternity, Eternity” Zoe Thorogood czy „Burning Ambition” Saladina Ahmeda i Artyoma Topilina, to jednak nie dorównują one poziomem klasycznym, kampowym tonom oryginalnej serii „Creepshow”.
Jednym z atutów tego komiksu jest to, że mimo wszystko udaje mu się uchwycić ducha oryginału. Czytelnicy mogą poczuć ten sam dreszcz, jaki towarzyszył im przy pierwszym zetknięciu z serią. Opowiadania są różnorodne, zarówno pod względem tematyki, jak i stylu artystycznego, co sprawia, że każdy znajdzie coś dla siebie. Warto również wspomnieć o oryginalnych i nieco groteskowych pomysłach na fabułę, jak potwór a'la Barney na przyjęciu urodzinowym czy gigantyczny szop pracz żyjący w kanałach.
Jednakże, mimo tych zalet, całość wypada nieco nierówno. Niektóre opowiadania są znacznie słabsze od innych, co może pozostawić pewien niedosyt u czytelników oczekujących mocnych wrażeń. Niemniej jednak, „Creepshow Vol. 2” to solidna propozycja dla fanów horroru, zwłaszcza tych, którzy z sentymentem wspominają złote czasy komiksów EC, takich jak „Tales from the Crypt” czy „Tales of Suspense”.
Przyjemność 4,2/5
Styl: 3,2/5
Historia: 4,1/5
Ocena 3,86/5
Niestety, pomimo zgromadzenia tak utalentowanego zespołu, „Creepshow Vol. 2” nie spełnia w pełni pokładanych w nim nadziei. Chociaż wśród opowiadań można znaleźć wyróżniające się historie, takie jak „Make Your Choice” autorstwa Gartha Ennisa i Becky Cloonan, „Eternity, Eternity, Eternity” Zoe Thorogood czy „Burning Ambition” Saladina Ahmeda i Artyoma Topilina, to jednak nie dorównują one poziomem klasycznym, kampowym tonom oryginalnej serii „Creepshow”.
Jednym z atutów tego komiksu jest to, że mimo wszystko udaje mu się uchwycić ducha oryginału. Czytelnicy mogą poczuć ten sam dreszcz, jaki towarzyszył im przy pierwszym zetknięciu z serią. Opowiadania są różnorodne, zarówno pod względem tematyki, jak i stylu artystycznego, co sprawia, że każdy znajdzie coś dla siebie. Warto również wspomnieć o oryginalnych i nieco groteskowych pomysłach na fabułę, jak potwór a'la Barney na przyjęciu urodzinowym czy gigantyczny szop pracz żyjący w kanałach.
Jednakże, mimo tych zalet, całość wypada nieco nierówno. Niektóre opowiadania są znacznie słabsze od innych, co może pozostawić pewien niedosyt u czytelników oczekujących mocnych wrażeń. Niemniej jednak, „Creepshow Vol. 2” to solidna propozycja dla fanów horroru, zwłaszcza tych, którzy z sentymentem wspominają złote czasy komiksów EC, takich jak „Tales from the Crypt” czy „Tales of Suspense”.
Przyjemność 4,2/5
Styl: 3,2/5
Historia: 4,1/5
Ocena 3,86/5
November 5, 2025
Un 2º ciclo que justifica la permanencia de esta extensión comiquera del nuevo CREEPSHOW. Los nuevos autores y artistas siguen sumando nombres de primer nivel como Garth Ennis, Nick Dragotta, Becky Cloonan, Michael Walsh o Zoe Thorogood. Trasmitiendo un interés creativo en aunar visiones más veteranas con nuevas y más frescas siempre rindiendo tributo a la narrativa divertida y truculenta de EC/Warren comics. Las historietas siguen contextualizando de forma moderna este tipo de historias, concretando mejor las ansiedades y temores (ojo a las que se meten en el terror geriátrico), cuestiones que siguen causando acalorado debate como el aborto o hasta el del contenido violento y sexual en materiales de ficción cercanos a juventudes e infancias, en el que tres historietas le dan unas curiosas vueltas.
Frustra un poco que la serie de televisión de la que deriva este cómic NUNCA haya contado con argumentos tan estupendos en su cabecera. Por supuesto, en historias como la de Zoe Thorogood que se mete a una historia de ciencia ficción a través de los siglos, o lo de ese neo noir en el que se entrecruza una colosal criatura abisal Lovecraftniana, se puede entender un insalvable problema de presupuesto y medios de producción que pondrían en quiebra al bueno de Greg Nicotero. Pero ya en los dos volúmenes de este CREEPSHOW hay un buen catálogo de historietas más contenidas y que van a más que mostrar al "monstro" de la semana. Incluso esas tienen un fondo argumental más allá del acudir al remate de morbosidad moral celebrado por el Creep.
Frustra un poco que la serie de televisión de la que deriva este cómic NUNCA haya contado con argumentos tan estupendos en su cabecera. Por supuesto, en historias como la de Zoe Thorogood que se mete a una historia de ciencia ficción a través de los siglos, o lo de ese neo noir en el que se entrecruza una colosal criatura abisal Lovecraftniana, se puede entender un insalvable problema de presupuesto y medios de producción que pondrían en quiebra al bueno de Greg Nicotero. Pero ya en los dos volúmenes de este CREEPSHOW hay un buen catálogo de historietas más contenidas y que van a más que mostrar al "monstro" de la semana. Incluso esas tienen un fondo argumental más allá del acudir al remate de morbosidad moral celebrado por el Creep.
September 12, 2024
This is always a fun read! Short story horror can really get you quick!
Brief Summary Teasers:
Make Your Choice - Think "The Tell Tale Heart", but aborted incest fetus.
Fossil Record - A man with a unique vision about fossils finds evidence he can't refute.
The Man With No Eyes - What happens when an abusive father turns the tv into the babysitter of his kid. Watch out for late night infomercials!
Keep It Down - A woman who helps spirits move on by seeing and hearing them gets tired of it and tries to stop hearing their pleas.
Eternity, Eternity, Eternity - One woman finds out the true costs of immortality.
Sacrifices - A red diamond heist and an elder sea creature combine in this high seas adventure.
Killer Cart Corral - A mom is blindsided by her child's true behavior at a superstore, but learns what really happens when you don't put the cart back in the corral....
The Amulet - Be nice to the residents of a nursing home... you never know when one can cast spells.
Burning Ambition - Don't fuck with librarians. Everyone who has ever wanted to ban a book should be forced to read this.... but it would just make them ban it. LOL
Keep It Fed - Sometimes when kids say there is a monster under their bed, they really mean it.
They need to keep putting this comic out! Reminds me of the good old days of Tales From the Crypt. Hopefully as long as they keep Greg Nicotero on board with it, it will be.
Recommend, especially for horror fans.
Brief Summary Teasers:
Make Your Choice - Think "The Tell Tale Heart", but aborted incest fetus.
Fossil Record - A man with a unique vision about fossils finds evidence he can't refute.
The Man With No Eyes - What happens when an abusive father turns the tv into the babysitter of his kid. Watch out for late night infomercials!
Keep It Down - A woman who helps spirits move on by seeing and hearing them gets tired of it and tries to stop hearing their pleas.
Eternity, Eternity, Eternity - One woman finds out the true costs of immortality.
Sacrifices - A red diamond heist and an elder sea creature combine in this high seas adventure.
Killer Cart Corral - A mom is blindsided by her child's true behavior at a superstore, but learns what really happens when you don't put the cart back in the corral....
The Amulet - Be nice to the residents of a nursing home... you never know when one can cast spells.
Burning Ambition - Don't fuck with librarians. Everyone who has ever wanted to ban a book should be forced to read this.... but it would just make them ban it. LOL
Keep It Fed - Sometimes when kids say there is a monster under their bed, they really mean it.
They need to keep putting this comic out! Reminds me of the good old days of Tales From the Crypt. Hopefully as long as they keep Greg Nicotero on board with it, it will be.
Recommend, especially for horror fans.
September 19, 2024
Highly entertaining. Pleasantly surprised by how good and creepshow vibish these comics were. The "NO EYE MAN" story stole the show for me and I can't recommend readers finding it however they possibly can. So good and I won't soon forget it. I enjoyed every issue and love to see that THE CREEP is back! Artwork fantastic
December 1, 2024
Ultimately, this volume didn't really leave any lasting memories on me. It's been maybe two weeks since I read it and I can't picture any of the stories. But that's not necessarily a bad thing - some of the recent anthologies I've read are memorable only for how bad they were. These stories weren't that. If you want some quick horror that won't stick with you long, this should do the trick.
April 24, 2025
A bit nihilistic for my taste. Not surprising two of my favorite stories, the one about the assisted living community and the one about the monster under the kid’s bed, contained at least glimmers of hope/friendship/something besides kids and pets suffering horrible fates and horrible people suffering even worse ones.
October 1, 2024
Creepshow returns for its second run of anthology horror tales and is largely a success. This is the sort of series that I would crack upon every October for years to come. Though I just feel like sometimes the stories just need more time. It is hard to make a compelling one-shot in half an issue.
October 19, 2024
I really had a good time reading these stories. Some are funny and some have social commentary about topics like abortion and book bans. All of the people who worked on these stories did an excellent job at bringing them to life. 8/10 crypt keepers :)
June 15, 2025
A fun and entertaining journey but just not as fun as volume one. The stories just seemed to be missing a little something. If you’re a horror fan and a comic fan I highly encourage you to snatch these up and read them and maybe you’ll have a different opinion!
July 29, 2025
Much more fun and wicked in spirit than the new EC Comics (Epitaphs from the Abyss and Catacomb of Torment). Which is sad to say because I had expectations for the latter, but I'm happy to have found this series!
August 21, 2025
Leído en un visto y no visto. Las historias son fascinantes; siendo objetivos, mejores que los relatos originales. Y me ha encantado como cada dibujante le ha dado a creep su propia visión. Ya tengo ganas de leerme el siguiente tomo.
April 19, 2024
Much like the most recent season of the TV show, this was pretty dumb for the most part.
April 26, 2024
The last few in this volume are all phenomenal. I really loved the art in the last story. Excited for more!
May 12, 2024
wonderful line up of creatives give readers some creepiness in the classic Creepshow style as well as commenting on some current events.
October 18, 2024
More of the same.
Still not a great fan of horror comics but these are reasonably entertaining. Artwork varies is generally clear, colourful and detailed.
Still not a great fan of horror comics but these are reasonably entertaining. Artwork varies is generally clear, colourful and detailed.
November 16, 2024
As with the first volume, there are only two bad apples in the barrel. Unfortunately they are so rotten as to degrade the value of the entire collection. Politics and horror humor shouldn't mix.
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