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The Strain - Live Twitter Chat with David Lapham

The Strain - Live Twitter Chat with David Lapham

Dec. 2, 2011

The plague is coming. And we've put together a little round table with the man who knows how to survive. Join us for a Live Twitter Conversation with The Strain comic writer David Lapham. Read More...

The Strain - Sketch Feature 3

The Strain - Sketch Feature 3

Nov. 30, 2011

We've shared a huge preview of The Strain with Comics Alliance this week to get folks stoked for the comics arriving on shelves in a couple weeks. Catch a glimpse of these two sketches and then head on over to Comics Alliance for the full preview and another sketch piece. Read More...

Designing The Strain Inside Front Cover by David Nestelle

Designing The Strain Inside Front Cover by David Nestelle

Nov. 29, 2011

You want to be scared? I mean, really scared? Well, you've come to the wrong place. This is an article about designing The Strain's inside front cover, which isn't very scary. Rather fun, actually. When a project like The Stain comes along, it's a blast to work on it. The imagery is so dramatic; it practically designs itself. Read More...

The Strain Video Trailer!

The Strain Video Trailer!

Nov. 23, 2011

Pre-Order your copy of The Strain today for only $1! Read More...

The Strain - Sketch Feature 2

The Strain - Sketch Feature 2

Nov. 23, 2011

Though our fully evolved vamps don't show up right off the bat, we still needed to get them designed early on for some of promotional images. Here's another great example of the careful thought and detail artist Mike Huddleston put into the look of our bloodsucking beasties. Read More...

Adapting Guillermo del Toro's The Strain - By David Lapham

Adapting Guillermo del Toro's The Strain - By David Lapham

Nov. 18, 2011

My first thought, when Dark Horse asked me if I wanted to write the comic-book version of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s novel The Strain, was “You had me at Guillermo.” Actually, my first thought was “Does this require reading?” but that’s not very writerlike of me, so forget I said that. I’d even delete it, but I have a word count to reach. Read More...

The Strain - Sketch Feature 1

The Strain - Sketch Feature 1

Nov. 16, 2011

Here's Mike Huddleston's first full sketch of one of the big, nasty vampires from The Strain. These vile creatures are very well described in the novels, and after tracking down an insane amount of references in the source material for Mike, he piled all that prose into his brain and this awesome monster is what came out when pencil hit paper. Read More...

Fight the Infection at New York Comic Con! Join The Strain scavenger hunt.

Fight the Infection at New York Comic Con! Join The Strain scavenger hunt.

Oct. 13, 2011

Hidden throughout New York Comic Con are signs with The Strain biohazard symbol. If you find one of these symbols, snap a picture and bring it back to our booth # 1238. Show it to us to enter a drawing for The Strain prize package. Read More...

Fight the infection! Write in to the letter column for The Strain!

Fight the infection! Write in to the letter column for The Strain!

Oct. 10, 2011

That’s right, Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s New York Times best-selling novel The Strain is about to take on new life as a comic book adapted by the Eisner Award–winning David Lapham and the insanely talented Mike Huddleston, and all of us here at Dark Horse want to know what you think about it! Read More...

First Issues of Orchid, House of Night and The Strain will only be $1

First Issues of Orchid, House of Night and The Strain will only be $1

July 27, 2011

The first issue of each of these new series will be priced at $1.00 in comic stores, giving every fan something to talk about and a great starting point to begin reading these amazing new stories! Read More...