The Mummy Walks Once more In Skybound’s Subsequent Common Horror Comedian Revival [Exclusive]

/Movie can affirm that “Common Monsters: The Mummy” — a reimagining of 1932’s “The Mummy” starring Boris Karloff — is rising up and shambling into comedian retailers subsequent 12 months.

This new mini-series is the fourth and newest horror comedian partnership between Skybound Leisure & Picture Comics and Common Merchandise and Experiences. Since 2023, Skybound has been publishing a “Common Monsters” thematic collection that lets horror comedian superstars reimagine the Common Monsters throughout 4 challenge mini-series. Consistent with the branding, the tales and monsters are styled particularly after the unique Thirties Common Horror iterations (i.e. James Whale and Boris Karloff’s “Frankenstein,” Tod Browning and Bela Lugosi’s “Dracula,” and so forth.).

The first Skybound “Common Monsters” comedian was “Dracula” by author James Tynion IV and artist Martin Simmonds. Subsequent was “The Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives” by Dan Watters, Ram V, and artist Matthew Roberts.” “Frankenstein” (written and drawn by Michael Walsh) wrapped up this previous November and so “The Mummy” is the logical subsequent alternative.

“Common Monsters: The Mummy” shall be written and drawn by Religion Erin Hicks, who’s partnering with colorist Lee Loughridge. Hicks is a two time Eisner Award winner (suppose the comedian Oscars), taking house the Greatest Publication for Children award in 2014 (for “The Adventures of Superhero Woman”) and 2019 (for “The Anonymous Metropolis”). “Avatar: The Final Airbender” followers may additionally be conversant in Hicks, who has written and drawn a number of “Avatar” comics over at Darkish Horse. Explaining why she selected to tackle “The Mummy,” Hicks stated (by way of a press launch):

“What I get pleasure from essentially the most about ‘The Mummy’ is the romance underlying all of the horror. A mortal man defies historical gods to deliver his lifeless lover again to life and pays the last word value, reworked 1000’s of years later right into a strolling specter of demise. The Mummy is intrinsically a tragic determine pushed by his personal ache and loss, his comprehensible human feelings twisted into acts. It has been a thrill to inform this story from the standpoint of Helen, the trendy incarnation of The Mummy’s lengthy lifeless love, and illustrate her rising consciousness of the heartbroken horror that’s lurking within the shadows of early twentieth century Egypt. I hope followers of all variations of ‘The Mummy’ get pleasure from my tackle this romantically horrifying (or horrifyingly romantic) story.”

Skybound has shared the primary 4 pages of “Common Monsters: The Mummy” challenge #1 and the complete catalogue of the problem’s covers. See the covers under and the preview pages within the subsequent slide.

Cowl A by Religion Erin Hicks:

Cowl B by Joshua Middleton:

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Cowl C by Guillem March (connecting variant, 1:10 incentive):

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Cowl D by Joshua Middleton, a black-and-white variant of Middleton’s cowl B (1:25 incentive):

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Cowl E by Martin Simmonds (1:50 incentive):

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Cowl F by Gabriel Rodriguez (1:75 incentive), with a foil variant for Cowl G (1:100 incentive):

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Cowl H, the clean sketch variant:

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