Cool Air is a short story written by H.P Lovecraft in 1926, originally published in the March 1928 issue of Tales of Magic and Mystery. It tells the tale of a man who moves into a New York apartment block and meets a fellow tenant who is obsessed with defying death and preserves himself though increasingly low temperatures. Though his efforts come gruesomely unstuck when the power goes out....
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Monday, 12 April 2021
H.P Lovecraft Cool Air Comic Adaptations
Saturday, 10 April 2021
Jurassic Park Comics UK
Dark Horse International published 16 issues of Jurassic Park in the early 90s, reprinting Topps comics movie adaptation, prequel and sequel stories. Much like their Alien and Terminator comics which would feature supporting strips from relevant franchises such as Predator for Alien and Robocop for Terminator, Dark Horse International included Xenozoic Tales and Age of Reptiles in their Jurassic Park comic.
After 13 issues however, the title rights changed to Manga who sold the comic direct to consumers rather than it appearing in newsagents. This only lasted three issues and the comic was cancelled at issue 16. The comic rights then changed hands to Titan Publishing who also acquired the rights to Alien and Terminator from Dark Horse International. Titan would release their own Jurassic Park comic to tie in with Lost World. This was a four issue series reprinting the Topps Lost World comic adaptation from the US. As with Titans Alien Resurrection and Terminator Salvation movie tie in comics, after four issues it was cancelled,
Friday, 9 April 2021
Terminator Comics UK
Terminator comics in the UK have followed an almost identical trajectory to Alien comics. Being initially published by Trident Comics who also published Aliens, both being reprints of the US Dark Horse comic strips. The series then went to Dark Horse International as Aliens and all Tridents titles did. Dark Horse International also incorporated Robocop into the Terminator comic as it had Predator into Aliens.
Once dark Horse International went under, the Terminator comic ceased publication with issue 17. Titan then picked up the rights (along with Aliens) and released a new Terminator comic to tie in with the release of Terminator Salvation, though this only lasted four issues. Reprinting the prequel story for Salvation originally published by IDW in the US.
Aliens Comics UK
After Dark Horse International folded, many of the franchise they held the rights to went to Titan Publishing. To coincide with the release of Alien Resurrection, Titan released a third Aliens title which reprinted the comic adaptation of Resurrection along with various other Dark Horse Alien stories. This time the comic only lasting 3 issues. It had a very similar lay out to the previous two volumes even though it was published by a different company and was basically set up as a third volume, continuing where Dark Horse international left off.