''Flinch'' was a

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horror anthology. It ran 16 issues from June

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until January 2001 and featured the talents of

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, Joe R. Lansdale, and many others. Rumours of cancellation seemed to plague the book throughout its run.

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said of the series: "...the best art I've done in any single comics story is on the "Brer Hoodoo" short story I did with Joe for Vertigo's ''Flinch'' anthology".

Issue guide

Awards

Issue #11 won a Horror Writers' Association Bram Stoker Award for "Red Romance" by Joe R. Lansdale. Issue #11 also received a nomination for a 2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry award for best cover artist (

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References

* {{Vertigo Comics Ongoing Series 1999 comics debuts 2001 comics endings Comics anthologies Horror comics Vertigo Comics titles