Creepshow (comics)

Creepshow
Publisher	Plume (Penguin Books)
Date	1982
Page count	64 pages
Creative team
Writer(s)	Stephen King
Artist(s)	Bernie Wrightson
ISBN	0452253802

Creepshow is a graphic novella published by Penguin imprint Plume in July 1982, based on the movie Creepshow (also from 1982). The movie was directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King. The movie consists of five short films, two of which are based on two of Stephen King's own short stories, while the remaining three are written specifically for the movie.

The comic book is illustrated by Bernie Wrightson with Michele Wrightson while the cover art is done by Jack Kamen.

Stories

The comic book, like the movie, consists of five short stories. These are:

• "Father's Day"
• "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" (based on the short story "Weeds", first published in 1976)
• "The Crate" (based on the short story "The Crate"", first published in 1979)
• "Something to Tide You Over"
• "They're Creeping Up on You"

There is no introduction or afterword of any kind, although on the back cover it states "Stephen King conjures up five jolting tales of horror." Interestingly, the short stories "Weeds" and "The Crate" have never been collected in a Stephen King book and both remain uncollected.

See also

Novels portal

• List of comics based on films
• Short fiction by Stephen King

References

• Creepshow at the Grand Comics Database
• Creepshow at the Comic Book DB