EC Comics' Anthology Series Cruel Kingdom Returns for a Sequel

The legacy of EC Comics is alive and well at Oni Press. Oni has been publishing new anthology series modeled after the classic EC horror and sci-fi books, and one of them is about to get a sequel. Are you ready for Cruel Kingdom 2?

IGN can exclusively debut a new preview of Cruel Kingdom 2 #1, featuring writer Matt Bors (Toxic Avenger) and artist Ryan Kelly's (Saucer County) short story "Fire in the Sky." Check it out in the slideshow gallery below:

Cruel Kingdom 2 is a six-issue limited series published in collaboration between Oni Press and EC Comics. The new series will also feature tales by John Arcudi (B.P.R.D.), Ramón F. Bachs (Star Wars), Sarah Gailey (Magic for Liars), Sami Kivelä (The Forever Home), Curt Pires (Fireborn, Super Mondo Mega Mutts), SOM (Crocodile Black), and Alison Sampson (Department of Truth), among others.

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Here's Oni's official description of Cruel Kingdom 2:

In this CRUEL KINGDOM, there is no “happily ever after” . . . and sometimes the witch hunter becomes the hunted in the end, heh heh! Come, warm yourself by the pyre as vengeance-fueled writers David M. Booher (Canto), Matt Bors (The Toxic Avenger), and Jude Ellison S. Doyle (Dead Teenagers) turn the screws in tandem with axe-wielding artists Ryan Kelly (Lucifer), Lukas Ketner (Count Crowley), and David Lapham (Stray Bullets) to extract answers the burning question of every knight and squire: Must every wizard’s tower also have an executioner’s dungeon buried down below? At EC Comics, we say “YES, OF COURSE! NOW PROCEED WITH THE BEHEADING, YOU FOOL!”

Cruel Kingdom 2 #1 will be released on September 2. You can preorder a copy at your local comic shop.

Previous Oni/EC collaborations have included Epitaphs From the Abyss, the war-themed Shellshock, and the vampire-themed Blood Type.

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