Nocturnals; Troll Bridge

Portland, OR: Oni Press, Inc, 2000. First Edition [stated] thus, First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Very good. Arthur Adams, Joyce Chin, Stan Sakai, Stephen DeSt. Unpaginated (48 pages plus covers). Profusely illustrated with striking imagery. Daniel Alan Brereton (born November 22, 1965, in the San Francisco Bay Area) is an American writer and illustrator who has produced notable work in the comic book field. Dan Brereton attended the California College of the Arts and the Academy of Art College. He stated in a 2014 interview that "One of earliest memories of drawing monsters is from kindergarten. Our teacher asked us one afternoon what we wanted to do with the hour we had left in class and I yelled out, 'Let's draw monsters!'...So to my mind, anyway, monsters are the purest product of our imaginations, whether they be good or bad or just plain wild. That idea never ceases to inspire me and find its way into my work." He is known for his skills as a painter and his distinctive character designs. His first published work in the comics industry was the story "Lost Causes Chapter 1" in Merchants of Death #1 (July 1988) published by Eclipse Comics and he painted the Black Terror limited series in 1989-1990. Brereton gained further attention for his work on Batman: Thrillkiller, Superman and Batman: Legends of the World's Finest, and JLA: Seven Caskets, His most famous work is his own series "The Nocturnals." Brereton wrote and drew a Batman story for DC Comics' digital first anthology series Legends of the Dark Knight. Brereton's work also includes illustration for a video game called "Machine Head," the television show Numb3rs, and album covers for the bands Toto, Fireball Ministry, Sote, Ghoultown, and Rob Zombie's Hellbilly Deluxe. Halloween Girl loves the holiday that inspired her name. She loves trick-or-treating, and most of all, she loves candy. But when she takes Halloween too far, searching for treats in the most remote home she can find, only tricks await! The Devil's Lantern takes her beyond the Troll Bridge, a dimensional portal to Who-Knows-Where. It's up to Doc Horror and his Nocturnals to track Eve down and bring her back home, but her trail could lead through any number of spooky, infinite worlds, with untold dangers, wonders, and ugly creeps waiting to greet them at every stop! Written by NOCTURNALS creator Dan Brereton, this special one-shot adventure is illustrated by 12 different artists: Arthur Adams, Joyce Chin, Stan Sakai, Stephen DeStefano, Jay Stephens, Adam Warren, Eric Jones, John Heebink, Kieron Dwyer, Ted Naifeh, Jill Thompson, and Bruce Timm. It features cameos by some of those artists' best known characters, including Usagi Yojimbo, Jingle Belle, Li'l Gloomy, and the world of Scary Godmother! All tied up tight in a new, painted cover by Brereton and presented in glorious black, white, and orange! Nocturnals is a comic book title created by artist Dan Brereton which debuted as a six-part limited series in 1994-1995 under Malibu Comics collectively subtitled as Black Planet. It follows the supernatural exploits of Doc Horror and his daughter Eve in Pacific City, a fictional California town which seems to have more than its fair share of paranormal activity. The series is noted for its eclectic combination of pulp storytelling, fantastic creatures, moody atmosphere, Halloween style and colorful characters, as well as Brereton's signature painted art style.