Since 2014, Cartoon Community’s Over the Garden Wall has change into a dependable Halloween staple watches. Fortunately, that won’t be changing anytime quickly, however it additionally seems creator Patrick McHale is cooking up one thing new that’ll really feel acquainted to followers of Wirt and Greg’s adventures.
As revealed by Polygon, McHale shall be contributing to Dstlry’s Christmas anthology comedian Via the Boughs: A Yuletide Providing. The quick story “The Man within the Blood-Crimson Coat” will see McHale reteam with Backyard Wall storyboard artist Jim Campbell to inform a narrative of two goblin kids residing with their mom. As a substitute of going out to play within the snow, their mom desires them inside and protected from Santa Claus, or within the mom’s (largely correct) phrases, “a fats, previous ugly man in a blood crimson coat who wanders the earth sneaking into strangers’ houses.” Within the press release, McHale referred to as vacation illustrations and “previous bizarre books…a continuous supply of inspiration” for his or her story.
Good day! @BlackfordManor and I wrote a bit of 7-page Christmas comedian for this anthology, illustrated by Jim Campbell! It is referred to as “The Man within the Blood-Crimson Coat”. Out in December! https://t.co/8b90KxaZRc pic.twitter.com/VuWoMEYQbz
— Patrick McHale (@Patrick_McHale) September 26, 2024
Fellow Boughs contributors embody Jensine Eckwall (Into the Goblin Market), Sweeney Boo (Harley Quinn), Molly Mendoza (Stray), Grim Wilkins (Petrichor) and Dstlry co-founder James Tynion IV (One thing is Killing the Kids). Being a longtime horror fan and author, Tynion mentioned he’s “at all times been drawn to the unusual little tales we like to inform one another within the useless of winter. There’s one thing particular in regards to the holidays.” As for his personal story he’s making with Eckwall, he referred to as it a “unusual little story I can’t wait for everybody to see.”
Via the Boughs: A Yuletide Providing will hit comedian retailers and retailers in December. For Over the Backyard Wall followers, Dstlry’s additionally at work on an art book for the present, and Cartoon Community’s teamed with Aardman Animation to make something celebratory for the miniseries’ upcoming tenth anniversary.
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