The Dark Horse Book of Monsters
| The Dark Horse Book of... | |
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The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings cover by Gary Gianni
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Format | One-shot |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | August 27, 2003 |
| No. of issues | 4 |
| Main character(s) | Hellboy |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Various |
| Artist(s) | Various |
| Editor(s) | Scott Allie |
| Collected editions | |
| The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings | ISBN |
| The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft | ISBN |
| The Dark Horse Book of the Dead | ISBN |
| The Dark Horse Book of Monsters | ISBN |
The Dark Horse Book of... was the banner title given to a series of four Dark Horse Comics one-shot hardcover comic book horror anthologies edited by Scott Allie and featuring the work of Mike Mignola and others.
This first volume was published on August 27, 2003 and featured Mike Mignola's only new Hellboy story for that year as well as a new Devil's Footprints story, a Victorian ghost story illustrated by Gary Gianni, and an interview with real-life séance medium L.L. Dreller.
In his introduction editor Scott Allie states that he has loved anthologies for as long as he can remember and that the theme for this anthology came from the Hellboy story about a haunted house contributed by Mike Mignola although he would later expand the remit somewhat to fit the works of Randy Stradler and others.
Jill Thompson won the 2004 "Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior)" Eisner Award for the story Stray in this collection.
This second volume was published July 7, 2004 and featured a new Hellboy story by Mike Mignola as well as a sequel to Stray by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson story, a classic witch tale by Clark Ashton Smith illustrated by cover artist Gary Gianni, and an interview with Wiccan High Priestess Phyllis Currott.
In the introduction editor Scott Allie states that he was once again influenced by Mike Mignola in the choice of a theme for this second volume which is inspired by the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Lord Dunsany and Weird Tales (for whom Smith formerly wrote).
The volume was nominated for the 2004 "Favorite One-Shot" Wizard Fan Award and Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson won the 2005 "Best Short Story" Eisner Award for the story Unfamiliar.
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