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Eibon Press Releasing Supremely Gory ‘Zombie’ Comic Book Series in a Collected Graphic Novel!
We’re absolutely loving the insanely gory comic books that Eibon Press has been putting out, and up next they’ve collected together their 4-issue adaptation of Lucio Fulci’s Zombie for their very first graphic novel, being released tonight, December 14th at 7pm EST in the Eibon shop!
The super high-end collectible hardback edition is the most limited and collectible book Eibon Press has ever released, with only 500 copies in print, and 200 available in a very special signed and numbered Super Psycho Fan Edition. The prices for each edition are as follows…
- $50.00 for the 300-copy limited edition
- $100.00 for the 200-copy signed and numbered Super Psycho Fan Edition
The team explains, “We spared no expense to collect the first four issues of LUCIO FULCI’S ZOMBIE as a full graphic novel, going back to the original art files and reworking the color finishing, lettering and other technical mumbo-jumbo to create all-new image files, from which all-new offset printing plates were struck. The results, kids, is THE definitive version of LUCIO FULCI’S ZOMBIE. The entire story of the classic film in one long seamless comic book novel, designed to blow you right away. This is a super limited edition HARDCOVER BOOK, with only 500 copies printed and bound! Each copy has a full color case wrap on the hard-cover itself and a removable dust jacket featuring Mike Broom’s stunning original cover art for issue #1.”
For full details on both editions, be sure to check out Eibon’s holiday newsletter.
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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