Dread the Hall H Reveals the True Horror of Comic-Con

Comic-Con tin beryllium a scary place, but what if it became a breeding crushed for full-blown horror? That's fundamentally the inspiration down Dread the Hall H, an anthology comic that satirizes comic publication conventions, personage fandom, and everything other we emotion astir the con-going experience.

With Dread the Hall H #1 hitting stores successful July, IGN tin exclusively debut a preview of the communicative "Regular Edition." Check it retired successful the slideshow assemblage below:

"Regular Edition" is written by Chris Ryall (Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis), wth creation and colors by Charles P. Wilson III (Joe Hill’s The Wraith). Here's the authoritative statement of this story:

“As a collector arsenic good arsenic a creator, I’ve ever loved constricted editions and exclusive productions," Ryall tells IGN. "Special con variants let the creators to connection much variety, the retailers to person peculiar attention-getting books and toys to assistance rise their illustration successful the ongoing conflict for user attraction amidst the ever-more crowded conventions emotion to way down a peculiar constricted variation mentation of thing and everything. That said… it besides occurs to maine much and much that the galore regular editions and non-exclusives connected show astatine conventions mightiness instrumentality objection to being passed implicit for the adjacent rare-n-shiny object. And if 1 of those regular editions became truthful enraged implicit this, well, helium mightiness conscionable instrumentality it into his ain small integrative hands to rectify what helium sees arsenic a large injustice. And helium does truthful present successful a panel-border-breaking matter that Charles P. Wilson III brings to beingness successful a hilariously convulsive way.”

Dread the Hall H #1 besides features contributions from writer Jordan Hart and artists Luana Vecchio, Marianna Ignazzi, and Tom Williams. The publication is published by Syzygy Publishing, an imprint of Image Comics. Drea the Hall H #1 volition beryllium released connected July 22, 2026, conscionable successful clip for Comic-Con. You tin preorder a transcript astatine your section comic shop.

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