Since 2014, Cartoon Community’s Over the Garden Wall has turn out to be a dependable Halloween staple watches. Fortunately, that won’t be changing anytime quickly, but it surely 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 can be contributing to Dstlry’s Christmas anthology comedian By way of the Boughs: A Yuletide Providing. The quick story “The Man within the Blood-Pink 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 an alternative of going out to play within the snow, their mom needs them inside and protected from Santa Claus, or within the mom’s (largely correct) phrases, “a fats, previous ugly man in a blood purple coat who wanders the earth sneaking into strangers’ properties.” Within the press release, McHale referred to as vacation illustrations and “previous bizarre books…a continuing supply of inspiration” for his or her story.
Whats up! @BlackfordManor and I wrote just a little 7-page Christmas comedian for this anthology, illustrated by Jim Campbell! It is referred to as “The Man within the Blood-Pink 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 stated he’s “at all times been drawn to the unusual little tales we like to inform one another within the lifeless 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.”
By way of the Boughs: A Yuletide Providing will hit comedian outlets 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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