#Book 1 in a twisted tale series driver
#Book 1 in a twisted tale series series

#Book 1 in a twisted tale series driver

Ghostly couple force taxi driver to drive recklessly fastīoy's imaginary friend, a dinosaur, is really his cannibal father chained up in a wood shed Young woman's aborted fetus dumped into polluted river mutates into monster that rapes her Warfare between members of a platoon and giant rat turns out to be a child playing with toy soldiers Loser's daydreams about love affair with beautiful woman result in her 'murder' and his drowning death Stupid but rich man returns from the grave to kill the wife who murdered himĬouple vacationing in Germany find themselves trapped in an increasingly horrific fairy taleĪ group of boys help the mouldering corpse of a friend who was murdered seek vengeance on his killers every Halloween Sleazy credit collector seduces beautiful woman who warns him beforehand that she has 'crabs' However, according to Bruce Jones, Twisted Tales was a creator-owned property and does not belong to McFarlane.

#Book 1 in a twisted tale series series

In January 2005, Todd McFarlane announced that he was set to produce a half-hour anthology television series for Fox called Twisted Tales, based on the comic book to which McFarlane had purchased the rights. Although the cover of the initial issue noted that it was to be 'Part 1 of 2', the title was expanded to a four-issue run and ceased publication in 1986. In 1985, soon after the cancellation of Twisted Tales, Eclipse began publishing The Twisted Tales of Bruce Jones, featuring science fiction, fantasy and horror stories written and illustrated by Jones. Interior artists included Corben, Bolton, Wrightson, Mike Ploog, Val Mayerik, Bill Wray, Tim Conrad, Alfredo Alcala, and Rick Geary, as well as one story written and illustrated by Jones himself.

Several issues sported a 'Recommended For Mature Readers' warning on the cover.įront covers for the comic were by, among others, Richard Corben, John Bolton, and Bernie Wrightson. His work in Twisted Tales, often utilizing twist endings, added huge dollops of graphic violence and sexuality to the EC formula, complete with copious female nudity. As noted in his editorial in Issue #1, his chief inspiration was the bloody and ironically moralistic tales of the EC horror comics. Nolan's 'The Party' in Issue # 8, Dennis Etchison's 'Wet Season' in Issue #9, and David Carren's 'If She Dies' in issue #10, which was later adapted into an episode of the 1980s revival of The Twilight Zone), all of the stories in the entire run of Twisted Tales were written by Jones, who had already worked as scripter for Warren Publishings Creepy and Eerie titles. In November 1987 a Twisted Tales trade paperback was released by Eclipse Comics with a Dave Stevens cover, featuring previously unpublished stories and art. In August 1986, Blackthorne Publishing released Twisted Tales 3-D #1 (#7 in their 3-D series), with reprints of stories taken from earlier issues. After Pacific went bankrupt, two final issues were published by Eclipse Comics in November and December 1984. Time is running out.Twisted Tales was published on a bi-monthly schedule by Pacific Comics from November 1982 to May 1984 (eight issues). But as Maleficent's agents follow her every move, Aurora struggles to discover who her true allies are and, moreover, who she truly is. Aurora isn't alone-a charming prince is eager to join her quest, and old friends offer their help.

With a desperate fairy's last curse controlling her mind, Princess Aurora must escape from a different castle of thorns and navigate a dangerously magical landscape-created from her very own dreams. But when the prince falls asleep as his lips touch the fair maiden's, it is clear that this fairy tale is far from over. It should be simple-a dragon defeated, a slumbering princess in a castle, a prince poised to wake her. Description The 2nd installment in the New York Times best-selling A TWISTED TALE series asks: What if the sleeping beauty never woke up?