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IFWG is excited to reveal the cover of Jim Krueger’s first instalment of two Christmas themed horror collections (O’ Haunted Night), The Frankincense Monster and Other Creepy Christmas Stories.

The artwork is by the amazing John Snyder III: he is an Eisner-nominated Illustrator and writer of comic books and graphic novels. Creator of the independent comic series Fashion In Action, and adapter/illustrator of the graphic novel adaptation of Grand Master mystery writer Lawrence Block’s classic novel Eight Million Ways to Die, published by IDW. He has worked for nearly every major publisher, including DC, Dark Horse, Marvel, IDW, and many others. Snyder worked on Suicide Squad during its classic 1980’s run with writers John Ostrander and Kim Yale, and provided covers for the 2007 Suicide Squad mini-series and Suicide Squad covers coinciding with the release of the 2021 James Gunn movie. Along with Matt Wagner, Snyder co-created the Pieter Cross version of Doctor Mid-Nite for DC and Lady Zorro for Dynamite. Snyder also worked with Wagner on the epic Grendel: God and the Devil storyline. John has also illustrated covers for author Jim Krueger’s renowned Foot Soldiers comics series and is delighted to be working with Jim once again on this book. Find him at http://www.johnksnyder.com and as @johnksnyder3 on Instagram and Threads, @JohnKSnyderIII1 on Twitter, and John K Snyder III on Facebook.

The cover design is by Greg Chapman, one of the best in the business!

Jim Krueger is the former Creative Director of Marvel Comics and a New York Times best-selling author, best-known for his work on iconic comic book titles such as Earth X, Justice, Avengers, Star Wars and more. He has written for some of the biggest publishers in the business, and collaborated with industry heavyweights like Alex Ross, Gerard Way, Sam Raimi, Bill Sienkiewicz and John Paul Leon. In addition to his work in comics, Jim has written for film, television, and video games, contributing to projects such as the Spider-Man 2 video game, Mortal Combat and the animated series Justice League, among others. A visionary creator, Jim’s ideas about world-building have been a major influence in shaping popular culture through comics, TV, and film. His groundbreaking Earth X trilogy, which was awarded Best Series of the Year by Wizard Magazine, became the basis for much of the Marvel Universe continuity, influencing movies and TV shows such as Black Panther, Eternals, Moon Knight, Captain Marvel, and Loki. 

Jim Krueger, one of the biggest names in comic-book script-writing, now turns his talents for powerfully emotional character pieces and ingenious plots towards his first collection of prose stories!

Come with us into wintry weirdness as Krueger crafts some twisted Yuletide tales!

Have yourself a cool, not too cruel, ghoulish yule.

“Jim Krueger is one of the best writers there is.” 
– Sam Raimi,  director, Evil Dead series, Spider-Man and numerous other hits.

Jonathan Maberry has written a wonderful introduction for this volume.

The Frankincense Monster and Other Creepy Christmas Stories will be released world-wide on the 6th December 2024 (availability in Australia and New Zealand will be in early 2025), in print and ebook formats through all quality online and bricks and mortar stores.