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Exquisite Corpses Volume 1

James Tynion IV

2025 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST NEW COMICS FOR ADULTS

"Exquisite Corpses combines the elements of a classic mystery with a to-the-death struggle in the vein of The Purge or Hunger Games." --FORBES

Every five years on Halloween, the wealthiest families in America play a game. Twelve of the deadliest people in the world are dropped into a small town with just one goal: last killer standing wins. For the citizens of Oak Valley, Maine - this year's unlucky arena - the goal is much simpler. They must survive the night.

Experience a comics event like no other from the minds of James Tynion IV (Something is Killing the Children, The Department of Truth) & Michael Walsh (The Silver Coin, Universal Monsters: Frankenstein), as they lead a group of the most exciting voices in the industry.

In this blood-soaked first volume, James & Michael are joined by Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian), Marianna Ignazzi (Catwoman), and Valentine De Landro (Bitch Planet) to collaborate & compete to determine who wins... and who dies.

Collects issues #1-3.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Image Comics
  • Publish Date: Sep 30th, 2025
  • Pages: 144
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 10.10in - 6.50in - 0.50in - 0.80lb
  • EAN: 9781534331044
  • Categories: HorrorCrime & MysteryAction & Adventure

About the Author

Tynion IV, James: - JAMES TYNION IV is the writer of Batman, and many other titles for DC Comics, including Detective Comics, Justice League Dark, and the New York Times best selling Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy. He is the co-creator of Wynd, Something is Killing the Children, Memetic, and the GLAAD award winning series, The Woods. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY with his partner and their nice old dog.
Pichetshote, Pornsak: - Pornsak Pichetshote started his career as a Thai-American rising star editor at DC's Vertigo imprint, his books being nominated for dozens of Eisner awards -- from the award-winning Daytripper to critical darling Sweet Tooth. He left Vertigo to become an executive in DC Entertainment's media team, where he started and oversaw DC's TV department. His critical and commercial horor book INFIDEL marked his first major work as a comics writer.

His current work with Image Comics is the Eisner- and Harvey-winning THE GOOD ASIAN, which he's currently adapting for television with James Wan's Atomic Monster.

Ignazzi, Marianna: - Marianna Ignazzi is an Italian comic artist based in Rome. Ignazzi made her debut in a cartoon strip on the second issue of Mostri from Bugs Comics. This was followed by Fuori la Notte and Malattie D'Amore for I Ragazzi di Pasteur series from Carocci Editore. For Edizioni Star Comics, she illustrated Il ritratto di Dorian Gray in I Maestri del Mistero series. Since 2016 she's been working on the series Julia by Sergio Bonelli Editore. Ignazzi has also illustrated comic book series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated original series An Unkindness of Ravens from BOOM! Studios.
de Landro, Valentine: - Valentine De Landro is a Canadian comic book artist, illustrator, and designer. His credits include titles from Marvel, DC Comics, IDW, Valiant, and Dark Horse. He's known for Marvel Knights: 4 and X-Factor. He is the co-creator of Bitch Planet with Kelly Sue DeConnick.
Walsh, Michael: - Michael Walsh is an Eisner Award-winning artist and writer from Southern Ontario, Canada.

In 2013, Michael broke into comics with the Image Comics book series COMEBACK. Shortly after, Michael contributed art on a follow-up comic to the hit television series The X-Files for IDW. Then, in the following years, he worked primarily with Marvel Comics on superhero properties such as Spider-Man, The Avengers and the X-Men. He also adapted the Star Wars film The Last Jedi as a comic book mini-series. And created art for the DC/Dark Horse crossover event comic, Black Hammer/Justice League.

In 2021, Michael returned to creator-owned comics, creating the hit ongoing Image series THE SILVER COIN and the viral webcomic The Sleep Stories. In 2022, he released his middle-grade fantasy original graphic novel The Oates & The Elphyne, published by Humanoids BIG.

Praise for this book

"Issue one is a promise of absolute mayhem to come."--Sarah Gailey (Magic for Liars, Know Your Station, Just Like Home)
"Exquisite Corpses reads like the greatest Blumhouse movie never made. Allow Tynion and Walsh to invite you to a fascinating world of enthralling characters that gets you instantly hooked. You won't regret it."--Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible)
"Every now and then there's a piece of horror fiction that feels so real, so prescient, so about-to-oh-my-fucking-god-happen-in-real-life, that you hope the creators are completely full of shit. I have read Exquisite Corpses. I hope James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh are completely full of shit."--Patton Oswalt (Minor Threats)
"Exquisite Corpses has everything you could possibly want from a horror series and THEN some. Twelve of the most twisted serial killers battling it out in a series made by comics' most exciting creators? This book is easily the horror event of the year. My favorite read of 2025!"--Scott Snyder (Absolute Batman, Wytches)