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Publisher Plume (Penguin Books) Artists Bernie Wrightson Originally published July 1982 Artist Bernie Wrightson Genre Speculative fiction | 4.9/5 Etsy Writers Stephen King ISBN 0452253802 Page count 64 Date 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Creepshow is a graphic novella published by Penguin imprint Plume in July 1982, based on the movie Creepshow (also from 1982). The movie, directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, consists of five short films, two of which are based on earlier prose stories by King, while the remaining three were written specifically for the movie.
The book's interior art is by Bernie Wrightson with Michele Wrightson, with a cover by Jack Kamen.
Stories
The comic book, like the movie, consists of five short stories. These are:
There is no introduction or afterword of any kind, although on the back cover it states "Stephen King conjures up five jolting tales of horror." The short stories "Weeds" and "The Crate" have never been collected in a King book and both remain uncollected.