Chiara Mestieri

OH HEY THAT'S US!

it's not too late to give Michael Shannon an Oscar for this one

We're in scarily good company this Wednesday! 👻

HAPPY PRE-HALLOWEEN! Don't forget to pick up Hello Darkness and Scream! today. I make humble appearances in both.

The Scream! Halloween Special is out on 28th October - featuring BISHOP'S END: LIGHTS OUT, by: 📝 Script: Michael Gorman ✏️ Art: @babsdraws.bsky.social 🎨 Colours: Kyle Fewell 💬 Letters: Maco See Inside & Buy ➡️ https://bit.ly/4erETmP

SCREAM HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 2026 drops this week from the mighty @2000ad.bsky.social. Ale Aragon, Jason Wordie and I are back with more Dracula File, alongside great pals @zacthompson.bsky.social, @zoewithasword.bsky.social, @olliegerlach.bsky.social, and others. Horrible tales, well told.

IT’S ALMOST TIME, FREAKS

The Scream! Halloween Special is out on 28th October - featuring THE BOG BODY, by: 📝 Script: @olliegerlach.bsky.social ✏️ Art: @vicmalhotra.bsky.social 💬 Letters: Maco See Inside & Buy ➡️ https://bit.ly/4erETmP

HEY! HI! HELLO! The ZENITH: FULL COLOUR OMNIBUS is on Final Order Cut-Off this weekend I had the deep, deep honour, thanks to the folks of @2000ad.bsky.social, of bringing Steve Yeowell's inks for Phases 1-3 to full colour and I hope you all contact your local comic shop to pre-order your copy now

The Scream! Halloween Special is out on 28th October - featuring CONSENT IS KEY, by: 📝 Script: @zoewithasword.bsky.social ✏️ Art: @comixbychloe.bsky.social 🎨 Colours: @jpjordan.bsky.social 💬 Letters: @longtalljodie.com See Inside & Buy ➡️ https://bit.ly/4erETmP

MCM London 2026 Complete. Initiating Droid Shutdown. Next Destination: Thought Bubble.

The Scream! Halloween Special is out on 28th October - featuring THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR: CONVERSATIONAL REALITY GENERATION, by: 📝 Script: @zacthompson.bsky.social ✏️ Art: Mattia Monaco 💬 Letters: Maco See Inside & Buy ➡️ https://bit.ly/4erETmP

We're throwing a TWO-DAY convention in 2027 to celebrate 50 years of 2000 AD!

Comp copies of the Scream! Halloween Special arrived last week and they look amazing… and terrifying! Here’s a page used in a recent interview. A crop of the original artwork and how I ended up colouring it. @olliegerlach.bsky.social wrote an awesome story to draw.

a pile of bones in my vague shape is at MCM London this weekend. I’ll be the one looking like there isn’t enough coffee in the world to help them

TRAILER TIME

Are you ready to SCREAM? The most terrifying horror comic of all time returns on 28th October with five all-new stories guaranteed to fill you with fear and dread! It’s not for the nervous…. #screamcomic #horrorcomics

It took me being sick to have the time to catch up with it, but guys THE LOWDOWN is pretty great

Gosh, I love doing these.

EARLY HALLOWEEN TREAT! Absolutely delighted to see Scream! get the “comic that fucks” distinction from @cuntersthompson.bsky.social 🫡 Get a little sneak peek at our house of horrors in this week’s podcast! 👻

Happy Comps Day! The Scream Halloween Special which features in its pages, alongside a cavalcade of incredible comic talent, a killer story by @zoewithasword.bsky.social, @comixbychloe.bsky.social, @longtalljodie.com, @mestierious.bsky.social and me! Pick it up on October 28th as a Halloween treat

Go read this interview where I get to say the phrase "horror bimbofication" in a professional context! And check out these preview pages!!!

Do you want to see MORE Scream! pages? Is life not enough of a capitalist nightmare for you? @zoewithasword.bsky.social & @comixbychloe.bsky.social have got you covered with this special preview of CONSENT IS KEY:

This was one of my last projects with Solaris and I'm immensely proud of the showcase of talent Margrét put together for the collection, an absolutely stellar list of authors. Treat yourself as the cold weather creeps in!

Want to see some Dracula File PAGES? Look no further to see what Alex, Alejandro, Jason & Jonathan cooked up ⬇️

We’re fully into Scream season now

on a bus right now I can only describe as “possessed”

Have yourself some HORRIFIC savings on comic collections with up to 50% off in the 2000 AD & Treasury of British Comics Hallowe’en sale! https://bit.ly/4hVCOQE

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm JP, a comic colorist/writer from Ireland, known for titles like Dungeon Crawler Carl: Crocodile, Dog Tag, Star Trek Holo-ween II, Sink Your Teeth In, Snip, VR Troopers, Zenith, Dream Big, with more TBA Portfolio: jpjordan.carrd.co ✉️: jpthwip@gmail.com Let's make comics!

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Ollie, and I write comics and prose. I'm the writer of YA OGN The Restaurant at the Edge of the World, and can also be found in places like this month's SCREAM! Halloween Special. I'm looking for work at the moment! Get in touch! Oggerlach.wordpress.com/contact

oh no, not the sticky biological reality

OK Comics is hiring! Please read both posts for all the information on what we're looking for and how to apply. Thanks! And good luck.

Dead Man’s Fingers

TODAY, 11:30, NYCC BOOTH #4355 I'm closing out the con signing SINK YOUR TEETH IN with Lifeline Comics! Come hang out!

Exciting news for spooky season! We've worked with the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford to programme a season of horror classics under the title HER-STERIA: FEMALE POWERHOUSE PERFORMANCES IN HORROR. From Matilda Lutz to Isabelle Adjani and Olivia de Havilland to Sissy Spacek (and Toni Collette!)

ATTENTION: COOL PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT HORROR COMICS IN MAGAZINES NEAR YOU

NEXT WEEK: Trixie Turnwell stars in THE RAT RACE in SPEED RACER: TALES FROM THE ROAD from me and @vicmalhotra.bsky.social AND THEN ON 10/28: A tale of capitalist sci-horror bimbofication in CONSENT IS KEY in SCREAM from me, @comixbychloe.bsky.social @longtalljodie.com and @jpjordan.bsky.social

SCREAM IS AT NYCC

I am not at NYCC but traces of my malevolent spirit are hanging around @stevewmorris.bsky.social and @mysterypickles.bsky.social... if you can find them

Out this week! Perfect October reading! Thistlebone is for fans of The Wicker Man, Blood on Satan’s Claw and horror that gets under your skin rather than relying on cheap scares, this is essential reading. Complete with an OK exclusive signed print: okcomics.co.uk/products/thi...