''The Nightmare Factory: Volume 2'',
2008
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, is the second volume in ''
The Nightmare Factory
''The Nightmare Factory'' is a 2007 comics anthology from Fox Atomic Comics adapting individual short stories by Thomas Ligotti. The second book in the series, '' The Nightmare Factory – Volume 2'', was published in September 2008. It features ...
'' series of
graphic collections from
Fox Atomic Comics
Fox Atomic was a short-lived production and distribution label of film studios 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures created in 2006 to generate comedy and genre films.
In 2008, following overall disappointing results, Fox Atomic scaled b ...
, based on the individual
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
of
Thomas Ligotti
Thomas Ligotti (born July 9, 1953) is an American horror writer. His writings are rooted in several literary genres – most prominently weird fiction – and have been described by critics as works of ''philosophical'' horror, often formed into ...
.
Contents
*"Gas Station Carnivals", adapted by
Joe Harris and
Vasilis Lolos
Vasilis Lolos (Greek: Βασίλης Λώλος) is a Greek comic book artist known for his work on '' The Pirates of Coney Island'' for Image and '' 5'', a self-published multi-national anthology. He also assisted My Chemical Romance in designing ...
*"The Clown Puppet", adapted by Joe Harris and
Bill Sienkiewicz
Boleslav William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz ( ; born May 3, 1958) is an American artist known for his work in comic books—particularly for Marvel Comics' ''New Mutants'', '' Moon Knight,'' and '' Elektra: Assassin''. Sienkiewicz's work in the 198 ...
*"The Chymist", adapted by
Stuart Moore
Stuart Moore is an American writer and editor of comic books and novels.
Career
Stuart Moore's writing includes ''Civil War'', the first in a line of prose novels from Marvel Comics, and two stories for Amazon's Kindle Worlds program: ''X-O M ...
and Toby Cypress
*"The Sect of the Idiot", adapted by Stuart Moore and
Nick Stakal
Nick Stakal is a comics artist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that ...
External links
Fox Atomic Comics
2008 graphic novels
American graphic novels
Comics based on fiction
Horror comics
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