The Spine Chillers is an episodic comic strip relating to the little known story about the time the world's greatest writers shared a small boarding house, living together to create some of the most loved thrillers and horror stories of all time. Marvel at HP Lovecraft's inspiration for Cthulhu, gasp as Ambrose Bierce struggles under the weight of his own creative output, and watch as Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mud wrestle to determine once and for all who is the better horror writer.

Comic genius Ben Clark is the creative talent behind the strip. Volume 1 collects the first two year run of comic strips, all the way from 'Feet!' through to 'Meet Cthulhu.' Genuinely funny whilst also at times tender and touching, The Spine Chillers collection is a welcomed cultured tonic during these trying times.

Early exposure to 2000AD left Ben Clark unfit for anything but a life in comics. One of the mainstays of the award winning anthology Solar Wind, his work has also appeared in Zarjaz, Omnivistascope, and his own line of Magic Beans Comics like Mothman About The House, Lenny Biscuits, I Cashed A Dead Man's Pension, Nessie Vs Dracula and Mike Neville Adventures. He is currently working on his first children's book, about a vampire that owns a submarine. He lives in the North East of England and eats a lot of crisps.
Read more of Ben's comic strips at magicbeanscomics.blogspot.com

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"Alexander Finbow is a Canmore based filmmaker and author, creator of the award winning Loxleys series of original graphic novels, co-writer of The Loxleys and Confederation with Mark Zuehlke and Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, author of the forthcoming historical-fantasy OGN Blood Light and action comic series 24 Hours in London. Originally from England, Alexander emigrated to Canada in 2009.

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"A satisfyingly silly graphic novel." - Hamilton Spectator

"Utterly bonkers and wonderfully funny." - John Freeman, Down the Tubes