Tapping the Vein (1989) comic books
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Issue #1A
$6.00
Green title version. Stories: Clive Barker. Art: P. Craig Russell; Scott Hampton. Painted cover: John Bolton. Clive Barker's nightmarish vision has changed the face of horror forever. Now Barker does for comics what he's already done for film, stage and fiction--stretching the very boundaries of the medium itself to bring forth the lyrical and the brutal. P. Craig Russell brings one of Barker's most famous short stories to life - in "Human Remains," a creature bathes in blood to steal the face and soul of a beautiful prostitute. Then, Scott Hampton takes his acclaimed brush to work on "Pig Blood Blues," a tale of human mutilation and strange love in a reform school disintegrating into madness. 64 pages. Cover price $6.95.
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Issue #1B
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Gold title version. Stories: Clive Barker. Art: P. Craig Russell; Scott Hampton. Painted cover: John Bolton. Clive Barker's nightmarish vision has changed the face of horror forever. Now Barker does for comics what he's already done for film, stage and fiction--stretching the very boundaries of the medium itself to bring forth the lyrical and the brutal. P. Craig Russell brings one of Barker's most famous short stories to life - in "Human Remains," a creature bathes in blood to steal the face and soul of a beautiful prostitute. Then, Scott Hampton takes his acclaimed brush to work on "Pig Blood Blues," a tale of human mutilation and strange love in a reform school disintegrating into madness. 64 pages. Cover price $6.95.
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Issue #2
$8.49
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Cover by Scott Hampton. Written by Clive Barker, Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke. Art by Klaus Janson and John Bolton. Clive Barker's nightmarish vision has changed the face of horror forever. Now Barker does for comics what he's already done for film, stage and fiction -- stretching the very boundaries of the medium itself to bring forth the lyrical and the brutal. In Book Two: "Skins of the Fathers" by Clive Barker, Chuck Wagner (adaptation), Fred Burke (adaptation) and Klaus Janson. Also featuring: "In the Hills, the Cities" by Barker, Wagner (adaptation), Burke (adaptation) and John Bolton. 64 pages, full color. "I have seen the future of horror...and it is named Clive Barker." - Stephen King Cover price $6.95.
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Issue #3
$8.00
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Cover by Dave McKean. Written by Clive Barker, Chuck Wagner, Fred Burke and Bo Hampton. Art by Denys Cowan, Michael Davis and Bo Hampton. Clive Barker's nightmarish vision has changed the face of horror forever. Now Barker does for comics what he's already done for film, stage and fiction -- stretching the very boundaries of the medium itself to bring forth the lyrical and the brutal. In Book Three: "The Midnight Meat Train" by Clive Barker, Chuck Wagner (adaptation), Fred Burke (adaptation), Denys Cowan and Michael Davis. Also featuring: "Scape-Goats" by Barker and Bo Hampton (adaptation/art). 64 pages, full color. "There is no one writing horror fiction now who can match him." - Washington Post Book World Cover price $6.95.
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Issue #4
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Cover by John Totleben. Written by Clive Barker and Fred Burke. Art by Steven E. Johnson, Alan Okamoto, Jim Pearson, Stan Woch and Mark Farmer. Clive Barker's nightmarish vision has changed the face of horror forever. Now Barker does for comics what he's already done for film, stage and fiction -- stretching the very boundaries of the medium itself to bring forth the lyrical and the brutal. In Book Four: "Hell's Event" by Clive Barker, Fred Burke (adaptation), Steven E. Johnson, Alan Okamoto and Jim Pearson. Also featuring: "The Madonna" by Barker, Burke (adaptation), Stan Woch and Mark Farmer. 64 pages, full color. "He is a mapmaker of the mind, charting the farthest reaches of the imagination." - The Washington Times Cover price $7.95.
