'It's Ghastly', a Scream! comic history

[maryanddavid]

At last this 'Zine is here,

Info below and many thanks to Rebellion for helping with permission.

'On sale at last here at last! http://www.comicsy.co.uk/hibernia/
The third in Hibernia's 'Comic Archive' series is here, taking a look at the dark underside of British comics with 'It's Ghastly, the untimely demise of Scream!'

Scream! comic appeared on the newsagents shelves for just 15 issues in 1984 but managed to leave a fearsome reputation behind.

Featuring the work of, to name a few, John Wagner, Alan Grant, Simon Furman, Alan Moore, José Ortiz, Eric Bradbury and Brendan McCarthy, Scream has built up a cult following over the years, with back issues and Holiday specials now highly collectable.

Scream's sudden disappearance from the newsagents led to rumours of it being removed because of parents complaints, or being the victim of a strike.

'Its Ghastly' delves into the murky world of Scream with contributions from all of its editors, Barrie Tomlinson, Ian Rimmer and Simon Furman to uncover the truth of its demise.
Scream's six Holiday Specials come under scrutiny and uncovers the origins of such stories as 'Black Beth' and Dave Gibbons 'The Nightcomer' and also included is a cover recreation to issue 16, and the actual covers to 17,18, and 19.

The highlight is a complete 16 page Nightcomer's tale that was due to start probably in issue 18 of Scream but lay unpublished until now. Join Rick and Beth for one last supernatural adventure by Simon Furman and José Gonzales and much more in 'Its Ghastly', the ultimate Scream companion.
64 pages (10 in colour)

Saddle Stitched

[Satanist]

And bought, looking forward to this 

[Colin YNWA]

As ever with the Hibneria stuff an instant buy.

If anyone else pops by and hasn't yet bought either Doomlord or Baker's Half Dozen make suer you get them too. Both are GREAT!

[Greg M.]

'New' Nightcomers? I'm there! (The living painting of Baphomet in the original is a cherished childhood memory.)

[Hawkmumbler]

Buy it. No, stop it, don't hesitate, just buy the sodding thing!

[Daveycandlish]

Ordered! 

[sheridan]

I was more than happy with my Doomlord which I ordered earlier this year (and then forgot all about, so it was a nice surprise to get it in the post a few days later).

[Trout]

Buy this without screaming, ladies and gentlemen. I gave it a bit of a read, to help out with copy editing, so I've seen the whole thing.

I DECLARE IT GLORIOUS!

[Dandontdare]

Ordered!

[maryanddavid]

A couple of reviews of 'It's Ghastly' have surfaced if anyone would like a read, links below.  Copies should be arriving overt the next few days!

https://bearalley.blogspot.ie/2016/10/its-ghastly.html

https://2000ad.wordpress.com/

[Link Prime]

I DECLARE IT GLORIOUS!

We expect no less from the mighty Hibernia Press.

To Comicsy!

[M.I.K.]

Received mine through the door earlier today and it's everything you'd expect it to be.

I was certain I'd seen that mystery page with the giant Frankenstein's monster before, and then realised where - on Hibernia's facebook page a couple of years ago.

[Colin YNWA]

Yep mine arrived yesterday too and have to say it looks as glorious as ever. The blacks are deep and rich, the white snowy. Hibernia don't mess about when it comes to the quality of the printing that's for sure.

If you haven't get this ordered.

[The Amstor Computer]

I've been a bit preoccupied with a couple of things recently or I would have chipped in here sooner, but I'm glad this seems to be going down well. David spent a lot of time on this one, and I think it tells a lot of stories about Scream! that give a better picture of what happened with the comic, and covers a fair bit of ground on the "undeath" of the comic too (seriously; we're 30-odd years on and just as it was set to go to print, another of the missing covers turns up - just like a movie monster, it keeps on coming back!)

The two Mikes did a great job on covers and editing, and I hope the internal design work shows their work, and David's, off in the best light. I've got dozens of pages of tombstones and other ghoulish scribblings lying around my work area from this project, and I had great fun messing about with bringing Ghastly in to comment on the gallery 

It's been a project long in gestation, but I reckon it's been worth it!

[maryanddavid]

Not helped by the fact that I kept looking for changes! 
Down the Tubes review It's Ghastly http://downthetubes.net/?p=34955