Aug.
28, 2012 (Los Angeles) Frank Forte announces that Asylum Press will re-release
Robert Steven Rhine’s massive graphic horror anthology Satan’s 3-Ring
Circus of Hell through
Diamond Comics Distributors, SCB Distributors, all major wholesalers, and Tony Shenton
Distribution for a Halloween release.
This
giant-sized horror anthology is loaded with tons of gore and humor that any
hardcore horror fan will enjoy - especially fans of Tales from the Crypt, Eerie
and Creepshow. It features 43 stories illustrated by 43 of the top horror comic
book artists including: William Stout, Tim Vigil, John Cassaday, Hilary
Barta, Spain Rodriguez, Jeff Gaither, Steve Bissette, D.W. Frydendall, Jim
Smith, Frank Forte, Tone Rodriguez, David Paleo, Kevin Colden, Nenad Gucunja,
John Howard, David Hartman, Eric Pigors, Mike Sosnowski, Kevin Colden, Tommy
Castillo and Steve Mannion and many others. Cover art by Frank Forte.
Some
of the twisted tales include: “Spare Parts,” a nasty E.C.
Comics-inspired opus about a disaffected coroner whose hobby is collecting
“perfect” body parts, “Separation Anxiety” delves into the jealous love affair
of circus freaks, “The Adventures of Raoul, Lowlife Ex-Cop,” takes
us into the dark seedy side of a would be P.I., “Party Clown “ is a
tale about a psycho serial killer who gets off by twisting people’s intensities
into balloon animals,“The Symposium” takes us on a journey to Transylvania
where modern day vampires feast on more than just blood. In “Eat Me” a freakish
game show pushes its contestants to the limit, “Boneyard Tours” takes on a
nasty trip through Hollywood. It’s good gory fun guaranteed to give
you a nasty chuckle.
Four
years in the making, this classic collection of sick and twisted short stories
is a true labor of blood. It includes the grand prize winner of WORLD HORROR
CON dark fiction contest, written by R.S. Rhine, Propeller Boy.
Satan’s
3-Ring Circus of Hell preview pages can be seen here:
Rating:
Mature Readers
Format:
Fully Illustrated, Full Color and Black and White, 280 pages, trade paperback
Price:
$19.95
ISBN:
978-0976850908
Anyone
wanting to pre-order Satan’s 3-Ring Circus of Hell can do so at their
local comic store. To find a local comic store visit:
Satan’s
3-Ring Circus of Hell can also be ordered at any bookstore chain or independent
bookstore.
Bookstores
can order from SCB Distributors, Ingram, Baker and Taylor and all major
wholesalers. U.K. bookstores can order through Turnaround U.K.
Satan’s
3-Ring Circus of Hell quotes:
“This
280 pg mega-beast of a trade paper back is loaded with tons of hilarious horror
stories and fantastic artwork that any horror fan would
love to have.” -- Bloody-Disgusting
“Just
the right dash of gore and humor, pleasing and repelling at the same time. Just
like horror art should be, right! Great job all around, fellas! So get out
there and buy this, you fiends! Asylum Press is the imprint responsible for
this mayhem which will easily satisfy your anthology urges."
--Horror Comics Review
"Good
gory humor! Not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach." -- Comic
Buyers Guide
"Gross,
putrid and downright offensive. Higher praise just doesn't exist."
- Alan Katz (HBO's Tales From The Crypt)
"R.S.
Rhine: Sickest Brain In The World!" -- Steve Niles (30 Days Of Night)
“Absurd,
implausible, sure, but darkly funny the way it's supposed to be!”--Sequential
Tart
“Something
for almost any of your twisted Metalheads to enjoy, especially if you like E.C.
Comics"-- Heavy Metal Magazine
ABOUT
ROBERT STEVEN RHINE
Robert
Steven Rhine is the Founder/Publisher and Deaditor-In-Chief of Girls and
Corpses Magazine: http://girlsandcorpses.com/
a newsstand magazine distributed by both Ingram and Diamond in the U.S.
and Canada and and sold all over the world. Rhine has sold fiction
to over one hundred magazines and the published anthologies: Bram Stoker
Winner: "DARK DELICACIES," (Carroll & Graf) alongside Ray
Bradbury and Clive Barker. Robert Steven Rhine's first fiction collection,
"MY BRAIN ESCAPES ME," (Sun Dog Press) was heralded by PUBLISHERS
WEEKLY as "a successful mix of humor and horror." METRO LONDON was, "fascinated
with the blurred boundary between reality and the darkest recesses of
imagination... doused in gallons of acid black humor." Famed writer
WILLIAM F. NOLAN (author "Logan's Run" and other 60 books) called
Rhine a "bold new writer with powerhouse ideas and the talent to bring them
to life." And EON MAGAZINE said, "Horrifying yet unbelievably
compelling. You may close the book, but the memory of Rhine's words will
linger." Robert can be found on the web at: http://www.robertrhine.com/
ABOUT
ASYLUM PRESS:
Founded
in 1999 by Frank Forte, Asylum Press is a unique publishing house specializing
in high profile projects from some of the industry's biggest rising stars.
Steve Mannion’s Fearless Dawn is the company’s newest title and has been a
great fan favorite. Publishing action/adventure comics with Black
Powder: A Bloody Frontier Adventure, Warlash: Zombie Mutant Genesis. And
continuing their tradition of horror with Undead Evil, Satan’s 3-Ring Circus of
Hell, Asylum of Horrors, Zombie Terrors, EEEK! Asylum Press
continues to be on the cutting edge of comic and graphic novel publishing.
Asylum Press is distributed by Diamond Comics Distributors, Tony Shenton and to
the Booktrade by SCB Distributors, Ingram and Baker and Taylor. Distributed
in the U.K. by Turnaround Distribution.
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