“Meet the Shrivelwoods”, new tales from 2000AD’s Kek-W

By John Freeman on February 9, 2026 • ( 0 )

2000AD writer Kek-W has published a new chapbook (a cross between a book and a zine, for those unfamiliar with the format).

Meet the Shrivelwoods by Kek-W (Self-published chapbook)

In Meet the Shrivelwoods, catch up with Vermont’s strangest, most eccentric denizens – a once-powerful dynasty that grew wealthy and decadent through their control of the state maple syrup monopoly.

Now their freakish inbred descendants have retreated to Shrivelwood House, a crumbling Gothic mansion where chaos and bedlam hold court…

A 40-page chapbbok, Kek-W says Meet the Shrivelwoods offers two darkly humorous yarns for fans of Gothic Romance, The Addams Family, Dark Shadows, Gormenghast and Vivian Stanshall’s Sir Henry at Rawlinson’s End.

• Meet the Shrivelwoods costs just £4.50 and is available here via Bandcamp

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John Freeman

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.