First launched in Epitaphs from the Abyss #3, the immortal vampire Ada will sink her tooth into her personal EC Comics collection this summer time! Written by Corinna Bechko, illustrated by Andrea Sorrentino, and fittingly titled Blood Sort, the primary subject of the brand new comedian e-book collection will stalk comedian store cabinets on June 18th by way of Oni Press, and we take a look on the chilling cowl artwork and official press launch with all of the lethal particulars on Blood Sort #1 in addition to the Free Comedian Guide Day launch EC Presents Blood Sort #0!
Press Launch: PORTLAND, OR (February 19, 2025) OUT OF THE PAGES OF EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS . . . A MONSTROUS NEW EC COMICS MILESTONE BEGINS THIS JUNE! Prematurely of this 12 months’s annual ComicsPRO Comedian Guide Business Assembly in Glendale, CA, Oni Press – the a number of Eisner and Harvey award-winning writer of groundbreaking comedian books and graphic novels since 1997 – and William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. are proud to announce that the subsequent chapter within the blockbuster resurrection of the immortal EC Comics might be written this June in BLOOD TYPE #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of A TERRIFYING NEW KIND OF HORROR SERIES from Hugo Award-nominated author Corinna Bechko (Merciless Universe, Inexperienced Lantern: Earth One) and Eisner Award-winning artist Andrea Sorrentino (Gideon Falls, Outdated Man Logan)! Rising from the pages of her first look in final fall’s EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #3, EC’s personal blood-splattered, bon vivant vampire might be making historical past as the primary character to claw her approach out of an iconic EC Comics quick story . . . and into the first-ever standalone, serialized horror collection from essentially the most infamous identify in terror!
“Since day one, it’s at all times been our intention to push the boundaries of the revitalized EC Comics line at Oni Press into new and surprising territory. First got here our fleet of recent anthology collection – starting with EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS and CRUEL UNIVERSE – which shattered our personal already-high expectations to turn into Oni’s best-selling new collection in additional than a decade,” mentioned Oni Press President & Writer Hunter Gorinson. “Now, with BLOOD TYPE #1, we’re gearing up for one thing much more radical: the first-ever continuation of EC Comics anthology quick, choosing up the thread of how one lone vampire misplaced at sea will quickly wash ashore on a tropical isle, the place she is just not the one creature with a style for flesh and blood. Trenaciously twisted and hilariously brutal within the true EC method, Corinna’s cleverly killer instincts are an ideal accent for the macabre artwork of Andrea Sorrentino – among the finest horror artists wherever as we speak. You’d must be useless already to justify lacking this e-book!”
WHEN YOU’RE A VAMPIRE, EVERYBODY SUCKS . . . SOONER OR LATER! Meet Ada, an immortal vampire whose misdeeds have landed her on the doorstep of an idyllic Caribbean resort. . . . An island paradise teeming with rich vacationers and superstitious locals—an ample meals provide for the thirsty vamp seeking to get away from all of it! However as Ada stalks the boundaries of her new searching floor, she’ll quickly turn into embroiled in a lethal recreation of cat and mouse by moonlight . . . as an older, wiser, and fully totally different form of predator reveals its personal carnal starvation for greed and energy. Who will survive when a brand-new form of BLOOD TYPE declares struggle on a crafty bloodsucker with nothing left to lose . . . and what might be left of them?!
Selecting up within the rapid aftermath of Ada’s first look within the titular quick story “Blood Sort” from EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS #3, BLOOD TYPE is meant to be the primary in a brand new slate of semi-regular EC Comics restricted collection that can highlight and proceed a choose few of the razor-sharp quick tales launched within the pages of EC’s month-to-month anthology titles – be they horror, science fiction, fantasy, or extra. Earlier than BLOOD TYPE #1 arrives in comedian outlets all over the place this June, readers can rediscover the killer quick that first launched Ada into infamy contained in the pages of EC PRESENTS BLOOD TYPE #0 – Oni’s 2025 Free Comedian Guide Day launch by Bechko and artist Jonathan Case (Inexperienced River Killer), alongside different fan-favorite shorts from EC”s first 12 months at Oni Press by creators Charlie Adlard (The Strolling Lifeless), Chris Condon (Final Wolverine), Kano (Gotham Central), and Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Thoughts MGMT) with an all-new cowl by Eisner Award nominee Tyler Criminal (Out of Alcatraz, Harrow County).
“Horror has simply at all times been the place I’ve felt most at residence, one thing Andrea and I’ve in frequent,” mentioned author Corinna Bechko “With BLOOD TYPE we have cooked up a depraved story that expands on a personality I fell in love with as quickly as I put her on the web page. Does she love me again? Not an opportunity, and that is her appeal. She’s a vampire, however that does not imply she sparkles or is prepared for love. She is, nonetheless, able to take over a tropical paradise.”
“I feel horror is simply my factor,” mentioned artist Andrea Sorrentino. “I’ve labored on many various issues like superheroes and sci-fi in my profession, however when it is as much as horror, that is the place I really feel at residence …The chance to attach with the deepest fears of the reader by means of some imagery is a superb and satisfying problem. For this reason after I’ve been requested if I used to be as much as collaborate with EC Comics (one of many biggest of the comedian horror producers) for 2 quick tales first after which the launch of this thrilling new restricted collection, it has been an honor for me. I can not wait to affix Corinna Bechko and my very long time collaborator Dave Stewart on colours for this new, superb venture. It will be a whole lot of enjoyable and I can not await readers to place their eyes on what we’re doing right here!”
As a revolutionary new entry within the EC Comics canon, BLOOD TYPE #1 will lead off a brand new wave of gloriously bloody new wave EC collection at Oni Press throughout Summer time 2025. Keep tuned for extra information on EC’s upcoming SUMMER OF FEAR within the weeks forward as BLOOD TYPE prepares to chew deep!
“I can not wait for people to learn BLOOD TYPE,” mentioned Bechko. “EC Comics are extra related now than ever and I hope we have honored that custom whereas doing one thing model new with this longer story. Will not you be part of us for the scariest trip of your life?”
That includes covers by Miguel Mercado (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Andrea Sorrentino (Bone Orchard), Albert Monteys (Universe!), and Naomi Franq (Black Hammer: Barbalien), BLOOD TYPE #1 seeps into comedian outlets all over the place on June 18th.
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Blood Sort #1
WRITTEN BY CORINNA BECHKO
ART BY ANDREA SORRENTINO
COVER A BY MIGUEL MERCADO
COVER B BY ANDREA SORRENTINO
ON SALE JUNE 18, 2025 | $4.99 | 32 PAGES | FC
IOC: 4/24/2025
FOC: 5/19/2025
