Criminal Macabre is back from US publisher Dark Horse – and bloodier than ever!
Series creator Steve Niles (City of Others, 30 Days of Night), newcomer artist Gyula Németh, and letterer Nate Piekos are teaming up to bring you the next chapter in the Cal McDonald saga: Criminal Macabre: The Big Bleed Out.
The new series opens with supernatural detective Cal McDonald, found wandering the streets as a disheveled vagrant, and is ripped from his self-imposed retirement to resume his monster-killing career.
But Cal is reluctant to return to the fray. What has the hard-bitten investigator so shaken? It’s a long story that begins with a beautiful woman who happens to be a vampire… and ends with a bang.
“I’ve been writing Cal McDonald since I was in my 20’s and to this day he is the most fun to write,” says Steve. “I couldn’t be happier to see him come back with Gyula Nemeth doing the art.
“I think fans of Cal will be pleasantly surprised and hopefully a little horrified.”
• Criminal Macabre: The Big Bleed Out #1 (of four) goes on sale 11th December 2019, and is available for pre-order at your local comic shop
- About the Author
- Latest Posts
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “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.
Categories: downthetubes Comics News, downthetubes News, US Comics
Creating Comics: Russell Mark Olson on his passion project, Gateway City 
Juanjo Guarnido wins 2024 Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art 
Ridley Scott enters Graphic Novel space 
Get ready for season two of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – The Book of Carol