PS ARTBOOKS MAGAZINE SCREAM #6

PS ARTBOOKS MAGAZINE SCREAM #6 The weirdest, most exciting, dramatic, visual, compelling, literate, ghastliest and powerful horror characters are all in the latest edition of SCREAM - the black-and-white comic magazine by Skywald!Starting with Al Hewetson and Ricardo Villamonte who, continue the vampire chronicles with “The Vampire of the Opera”. Next is an adaption of the short-story “Ms. Found In A Bottle” by Edgar Allan Poe, penciled by Alfonso Font. Then it’s the end of “Frankenstein 2073: The Death of the Monster – Frankenstein, Book II” again by Al Hewetson and penciled by Cesar Lopez. Plus “… and the Gutters Ran with Blood ...” chaper five of Nosferatu. And finishing with “What is Horror? – The Saga of the Victims” the girls continue on a rollercoaster ride through virtually every horror cliché you could imagine! We think you’re gonna have to be quick to grab this little gem or you’re gonna be the one left SCREAMING!

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