A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar

A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar is an ongoing story featuring Erica Slaughter that was serialized in the horror anthology Hello Darkness #1–6. It is a spinoff of the Something Is Killing the Children comic series, existing within the Slaughterverse, and therefore, all issues are published by Boom! Studios.

Synopsis

Horror fans rejoice in cadaverous delight, because HELLO DARKNESS is a brand new ongoing anthology series featuring what Boom! Studios is known for–the best in modern Horror, Fantasy, and Mystery, not to mention the darkest stories yet from a murderer’s row of world class creators including R.L. Stine, Francesco Francavilla, Garth Ennis, Becky Cloonan, James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, Brian Azzarello, Vanesa R. Del Rey, John Arcudi, Ryan Sook, Cullen Bunn, Sas Milledge, Sarah Gailey, Liana Kangas, Marguerite Bennett, Michael Conrad, Martín Morazzo, Andy Lanning, Trevor Hairsine, Steve Orlando, Genevieve Valentine, Jude Ellison S. Doyle, Letizia Cadonici, Sarah Andersen, and more! Everything from primal fears to modern political horrors will be explored, in the classic style of Creepy and Eerie and the contemporary chills of Black Mirror.

A deadly new Something Is Killing The Children story unfolds in the first 6 issues of HELLO DARKNESS, along with a bone-rattling new serialized tale by Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan in the first 7!

Fans can also expect stunning main covers by Paolo Rivera, variant covers by Jenny Frison, and a rotating guest artist variant cover on every single issue!

Issues

Hello Darkness #1

Horror fans rejoice in cadaverous delight, because Hello Darkness is a brand new monthly anthology series featuring what BOOM! Studios is known for - the best in modern Horror, Fantasy, and Mystery, not to mention the darkest stories yet from an all-star cast of creators!

With a spine-tingling lineup of industry legends including Garth Ennis, Becky Cloonan, James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, Brian Azzarello, Vanesa R. Del Rey, John Arcudi, Ryan Sook, and more, everything from primal fears to modern political horrors will be awakened, in the classic style of Creepy and Eerie and the contemporary chills of Black Mirror.

Fans can also expect stunning main covers by Paolo Rivera, variant covers by Jenny Frison on every issue, and a guest artist variant on every issue!

In addition, a deadly new Something is Killing the Children story unfolds in the first 6 issues, along with a bone-rattling new serialized tale by Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan for the first 7!

Hello Darkness #2

The groundbreaking modern horror anthology continues with an unrivaled lineup of creative minds. Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan are joined by Wes Craig, Robert Hack, Azam Raharjo, and Frederik Hornung. Rahajo and Hornung both make their comics debut in this special "all cartoonists" issue.

Ennis and Cloonan continue "The War" with a second installment that ratchets up the nervous tension surrounding a world on the brink of nuclear war...

Wes Craig puts capitalist pigs in their place with "Apocalypse in Slow Motion", Frederik Hornung explores the unexpected horrors of blind dates in "Stargazers", and Azam Raharjo supplies straight nightmare fuel with "The Clown".

Hello Darkness #3

Try and prepare yourself for another unsettling issue of the nightmarish modern horror anthology everyone is talking about. James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera return for Part 2 of "A Monster Hunter Walks Into a Bar"! And it gets gnarly gross with gruesome gluttony in "Mukbang" from Michael Conrad (Wonder Woman) and Mart n Morazzo (Ice Cream Man).

The horror of war shows its disturbing face in "Kampfgeist" from Andy Lanning (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Trevor Hairsine (DCeased), while Robert Hack brings more laughs that are just plain wrong with "I Can't Take You Anywhere". And the world will never look the same after you read Part 3 of "The War" from the celebrated team of Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan.

Hello Darkness #4

In the next issue of this groundbreaking horror anthology featuring the top creators in the industry at their absolute darkest, Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan unveil part 4 of The War, where two couples fight for survival in New York, but it's not just the world around them crumbling, as the long night stretches on. In addition, it's a feast for the senses with All Eyes on Me by Chloe Brailsford and Dying for Quiet by Shawn Patrick Boyd and Elijah Henry, and more madcap madness in I Can't Take You Anywhere by Robert Hack!

Hello Darkness #5

The fresh face of modern horror continues with more terror from the industry's best!

In "The War, Part 5," by Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan, David and Nikki take refuge, but quickly learn that there's more to survival than isolation from the outside world.

Meanwhile, Erica Slaughter's investigation continues in a newSomething is Killing the Children adventure, plus hilarious horror from Robert Hack (Elvira Meets H.P. Lovecraft), and much more!

Hello Darkness #6

Ho-Ho-Horror for the holidays! Better hope your candles and bulbs all hold to keep the darkness at bay... because you won't like what goes bump in the cold winter's night!

In this holiday season issue, John Arcudi and Ryan Sook's "The Written Word" unearths a once-dormant evil from an ancient text, while "The War" continues with part six of Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan's nuclear winter saga.

Plus, discover the next chapters in "Something is Killing the Children: A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar" by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera "I Can't Take You Anywhere" by Robert Hack, and more!