CRYPTID anthology searches for the world's funniest mythical creatures

AHOY Comics is celebrating their fifth anniversary later this yr with the debut of a brand new anthology collection devoted to the world’s strangest creatures. Project: Cryptid will debut in September, with every challenge that includes what the writer calls “unbelievably hilarious and hilariously unbelievable” tales about mythical creatures from round the world. The first challenge will characteristic two tales from the artistic groups of Paul Cornell & PJ Holden and Mark Russell & Jordi Perez, and can sport a primary cowl by Rob Steen (that includes art work by Holden & Perez) and a variant cowl by Taki Soma.

Here’s how AHOY describes Project: Cryptid:

Featuring comics and brief tales from well-established creators in addition to new voices, PROJECT: CRYPTID will transport readers from the depths of Loch Ness to the wilds of the Yeti’s Himalayan Mountains to the Ohio backroads the place the Loveland Frogman lurks, asking the necessary questions like are any of those mysterious, unthinkable creatures really actual? And extra importantly, are they humorous?

(As an Ohio native, I’m glad to see the Loveland Frogman represented right here.)

Along with Cornell, Holden, Russell, and Perez, the new collection will characteristic work from creators together with Alisa Kwitney, Alex Segura, Bryce Ingman, Paul Constant, Liana Kangas, Henry Barajas, AA Rubin, Joe Illidge, Melissa Olsen, Zander Cannon, Gene Ha, Hanna Bahedry (hey I do know her!), Matt Ligeti, Stuart Moore, Madeline Seeley, Mike Spicer, Mauricet, Steven Bryant, Peter Krause, Richard Pace, Jamal Igle, Ted and Ro, Lew Stringer, Lane Lloyd, and extra.

Project: Cryptid is the newest anthology from AHOY Comics. The writer has beforehand launched 4 iterations of the Edgar Allan Poe’s Snifter of Terror/Blood/Death horror humor anthology collection, in addition to the anthology one-shot Steel Cage, the voting scandal round which continues to vex the comics business to at the present time (and hey, the place are Noah Zark and Bright Boy?).

In an announcement saying the new collection, editor Sarah Litt and creators Russell, Kwitney, and Cornell all expressed their enthusiasm at engaged on the new collection and described their very own histories with cryptids:

“Everybody needs something to believe in, especially these days,” mentioned editor Sarah Litt. “We here at AHOY believe that anything is possible — and possibly, everything is possible. From mothmen to chupacabras to Mongolian deathworms, the creatures in PROJECT: CRYPTID will test the limits of your faith in reality. You’ll believe something is out there, although maybe not the truth.”

“I’m excited for this. And not just because they let me write a story about Yeti justice,” mentioned author Mark Russell. “AHOY has assembled a murderers’ row of writers and artists and parachuted them into a forest of weird. This is the kind of comic I’d want to read as a fan.”

“Combining horror and critters is the peanut butter cup of comic deliciousness,” mentioned author Alisa Kwitney. “Also, cryptids exist. I had a Bigfoot encounter in Davie, Florida, when I was staying overnight at the Sunny Daze Nudist Camp back in ’76. Mauricet, my artistic partner in crime, claims to have kept a small mandrake in his drawer for years but finally had to throw it out when it grew large and its screams could be overheard in the neighboring apartment.”

“I’ve always loved my pet Mongolian deathworm, Dave, and maintained slightly indignant diplomatic relations with the fairies at the bottom of my garden, so it was a delight to work with the great monster artist P.J.Holden and the doyen of classic British cartoonists Lew Stringer on these two hopefully comedic tales of creatures that should exist, but don’t or vice versa,” mentioned author Paul Cornell.

AHOY Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer additionally described the upcoming celebration of the writer’s fifth anniversary, and teased a return for previous creators together with The Wrong Earth‘s Jamal Igle, Captain Ginger‘s June Brigman, High Heaven‘s Greg Scott, and even Grant Morrison:

“Five years of AHOY?! It doesn’t seem possible!” mentioned editor-in-chief Tom Peyer. “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the comic books of our lives. September ’23 will mark the fifth anniversary of THE WRONG EARTH #1, the first comic we ever shipped. Jamal Igle, June Brigman, Stuart Moore, Mark Russell, Greg Scott, Grant Morrison — these artists and writers who helped launch AHOY — will return, and new creators will join them in the wildest celebration this young century has seen! The boisterous bacchanalia begins with our bestial new anthology PROJECT: CRYPTID and continues with a wave of projects, familiar and new, through the end of the year.”

AHOY has but to launch a foul comedian, and this new collection appears like that streak gained’t be ending anytime quickly. Check out Taki Soma’s variant cowl for the challenge under, and look for the first challenge of Project: Cryptid to reach in shops on Wednesday, September sixth.