doomed
This isn’t breaking news, but it’s news to me:
Appropriately in October, IDW debuts the first issue of its new bi-monthly black & white anthology title Doomed, and unless you have a very unusual outlook on life, you’re probably already figured out by now that it’s a horror anthology, adapting classic horror short stories and published works from established authors in newsprint format, all presided over and narrated by the magazine’s eyepatch-wearing Ms. Doom.
Ms. Doom had a meeting with the Head of Development at Dreamworks today, so we settled for a chat about the series with IDW’s own Editor-in-Chief and writer-in-his-own-right, Chris Ryall.
“Doomed is our version of, and nod to the old illustrated horror magazines and good short horror stories from year’s past … the IDW version of the EC comics and Warren’s Creepy or Eerie of old, to even the good horror anthologies that ‘80s publishers like Pacific Comics put out,” Ryall explained right off the bat. “The horror anthology is just something I always loved and would like to see more of. And luckily, I’m in a position where I can help make that happen.”
[…]
Ryall explained why IDW decided to go with adaptations of classic horror stories and works from established writers rather than tell brand new stories in each issue…
“Primarily because these classic horror writers, whether older names like Richard Matheson and Robert Bloch, or more contemporary writers like F. Paul Wilson and Schow, have such a great body of work,” he said. “Basically, they’re people who’re masters at the short horror story, and I wanted to use this chance to expose people to their work. People might know Robert Bloch from things like Psycho, but too few people know what an amazing short story writer he was, too.
“Also, too often, new stories are informed by new sensibilities; we wanted stories that felt timeless and weren’t necessarily influenced by the same types of horror movies or stories that we’ve all grown up with.”
I’ve long been a fan of the old Warren stuff, sometimes reaching out to eBay when times got tough… this is a lovely idea. Can’t wait.
