Just launched on Kickstarter is a SHRIEEK! Special from David Metcalfe-Carr, showcasing the art of comic industry stalwart, Dell Barras.
Shrieeek! has already had five regular issues successfully funded on Kickstarter, and an Annual and previous Special, too – but this latest edition surely takes the horror anthology to an all-new level, offering seven intriguing stories by some great British indie writers, in a 52-page US format full colour book.
A designer, animator, and storyboard artist for film and television, Dell Barras should need no introduction to many downthetubes readers. Living today in Panorama City California, He’s been drawing comics for five decades, his amazing career launching in his native Philippines, initially working with Nestor Redondo, who hired him as art director on his Superyor komiks, followed by Mars Ravelo, who hired him to work for Atlas and Gasi titles such as Ang Taong Isda.
Moving to the United States, he initially worked with Romeo Tanghal on DC Comics titles, followed by work for Marvel. His credits include titles such as Green Arrow, Batman, The Incredible Hulk and Conan the Barbarian.
He also worked with Neal Adams for five years, penciling and inking for his Continuity Comics.
Then, back in the 1990s, Paul Neary hired him to work on several projects for Marvel UK, where he took over from Liam Sharp on Death’s Head II and provided art on issues of Motormouth and Killpower, Dark Angel, and more.
When parts of the comics industry imploded in the mid 1990s, he switched to animation and now works as a storyboard artist and designer, working for Dreamworks, Nickelodeon, Disney, Fox, Marvel Films, Cartoon Network and Hanna Barbara, with credits on Conan: Red Nails, Transformers the Movie, Defenders of The Earth and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, amongst others.
More recently, Dell has returned to comics, working on titles such as Flare and League of Champions for Heroic Publishing.
(If you’re a fan of his work down the decades, you may want to check out The Art of Dell Barras, published last year).
To celebrate the legend that is Dell Barras, now seeking funding is the first US sized, full colour issue of Shrieeek!, featuring Dell’s art on several stories, and its modest target already looks well on course to get smashed.
Two have been previously published in Shrieeek!, but never in colour.
“When I started Shrieeek! I never in my born days thought I would be contacted by a comics maestro offering to draw strips for me,” says publisher David Metcalf-Carr. “But I was, and that comics legend is Mr Dell Barras.
“All the strips, bar one, have been drawn, I will be lettering and colouring through November and December so we should be on target to release this SHRIEEK! Special for an end of January 2026 release.”
Check out this SHRIEEK! Special here on Kickstarter and read on for a sneak peek at the stories to be included
Girlfriend on the Payroll
Script by Rol Hirst
Is she really going out with him? The hot girl in school can’t seriously be seeing the bookish swot, can she? But how, and why? Warped romance at its best!
The Hanging Tree
Script by Alan Holloway
Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans, way back up in the woods amongst the evergreens. But Johnny don’t be good. In fact it’s far from good… It’s downright nasty!
The Forbidden Act
Script by Chris McAuley
A man walks into a bar… Pick up joints never are a good place to meet the right people.
Or any other creature…
A Tall Tale Script
Script by John A Short
Originally published in black and white in Shrieeek! 3
A young man has his first graphic novel published, but why is he so reluctant to be happy about it, and why does everybody think it’s about his real life boss?
Dear Cathy
Script by Rol Hirst
1980s New York, a newspaper agony aunt is involved with a murder case…
The Well of Well Being
Script by Peter Howard
Originally published in black and white in Shrieeek! 5
A family are in the back of beyond when the car breaks down. There’s no phone connectivity and a dread feeling of them being watched. And why is there an old well in the middle of nowhere?
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Legendary artist, Dell Barras is a 40 year veteran in the comic book industry having worked with Marvel UK, DC Comics, Antarctic Press and other indie publishers. He spent most of his career as a storyboard artist for Warner Bros., Dreamworks, Nickelodeon, Disney, Fox, Marvel Films, Cartoon Network and Hanna Barbara.
This book collects various art pieces throughout his career, as well as new work.
• Death’s Head II & Motormouth, published by Marvel Comics’ Spanish division, Comics Forum – Series guide in Spanish
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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