Dark Horse’s Deal With Steve Niles & Shannon Denton’s Monster Forge

Dark Horse tweets out the information with the opening of the doorways at New York Comic Con. “MONSTROUS news! Monster Forge @ForgeMonster
to team up with Dark Horse for an exciting new line beginning in 2023. Stay tuned for more details to come, if you dare.”

Monster Forge Productions is an IP farm co-founded by Shannon Eric Denton and Steve Niles that “focuses on a spectrum of horror properties, ranging from light monster fare for children to full-blown adult scares. Monster Forge enters the entertainment space with a multi-platform production division bringing their monstrous library of titles and creator relationships to film, television, interactive entertainment, gaming, and merchandising.”  Plenty of their shared creations are being repped by Monster Forge, together with 30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre and October Faction. It may nicely be that these collection might get revived away from earlier publishers and at Dark Horse Comics.

Steve Niles is the co-creator of 30 Days of Night, The October Faction, Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery, Simon Dark, Mystery Society, and Frankenstein Alive! Alive! in addition to a author on Spawn and Batman: Gotham County Line. Previously, he fashioned a three way partnership manufacturing firm, Creep International, with Rob Zombie. 

Shannon Eric Denton is a comic book e-book creator, animator, producer and director, engaged on Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Community, Con Man, Ally McBeal, Las Vegas, US of Tara, X-Men, Spider-Man, Silver Surfer, Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers and Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles.  In 2000 he based Komikwerks,and had written and drawn comics together with Supreme, Grunts, Deadpool, Common Foe, Knight Rider, X-Files, Vampirella, Actionopolis, Spawn, Prophet, The Revenant and extra. and produced SyFy’s collection Con Man with Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion.

And now…. the most recent signing from Dark Horse Comics who’ve been on somewhat a roll with regards to acquisitions of late, together with Star Wars, Usagi Yojimbo, Kevin Smith’s line, Richard Corben’s line, Brian Bendis’ line, Eric Powell’s line,  Scott Snyder’s line and extra from ComiXology Originals… and we’re listening to, The Rocky Horror Picture Show!