Hello Darkness Vol. 2

by Garth Ennis, James Tynion IV, Becky Cloonan (Illustrator)

Overview

A new collection of terrifying tales from the pages of Hello Darkness.

Descend deeper into the darkness... but WATCH OUT! It’s even more of the most frightening stories by today’s top horror storytellers!

The hot sun beats down on the desert, but when night falls, what lies waiting in the dust for an unsuspecting cowpoke?

In a cabin after the end of the world, is the promise of company a comfort or a curse?

When Something is Killing the Children, Erica Slaughter must piece together the events of many a story to tell what is real.

From the past to the future to the uncomfortably now, Hello Darkness taps into our fears both primal and present!

Featuring stories by Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys) and Becky Cloonan (Wonder Woman, Somna); the Eisner Award-winning team of James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera (Something is Killing the Children); Sarah Andersen (Fangs), R.L. Stine (Goosebumps, Stuff of Nightmares) and Francesco Francavilla (Detective Comics, White Boat), and many more!

Collects Hello Darkness #5-8.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798892153720
Publisher:	BOOM! Studios
Publication date:	07/15/2025
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 10.19(h) x 0.27(d)

About the Author

Garth Ennis is the award-winning writer of Hellblazer, Hitman, Punisher, Preacher, Pride and Joy and War Stories. He is much in demand for his hard-edged, wickedly humorous style.

James Tynion IV is an Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling writer and publisher of comic books. He is best known for co-creating hit horror comics series like Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake, and The Department of Truth. He is also the writer of Young Adult adventure series, like multiple GLAAD Media Award-nominated Wynd, and the 2017 GLAAD Media Award winner The Woods. He spent ten years writing various Batman titles at DC Comics, where he co-created exciting new characters like Punchline and Ghost-Maker. He lives and works in Brooklyn, and is represented by United Talent Agency.

Becky Cloonan is an American comic book artist and creator known for her manga-influenced artwork. Her first major comics work came when she teamed with writer Brian Wood to create Channel Zero: Jennie One. However, she is best-known for her second collaboration with Wood, DEMO, a 12-issue limited series that was named "Indie of the Year" by Wizard Magazine in 2004 and nominated for two Eisner Awards including Best Limited Series. In 2009 Cloonan and Wood expanded DEMO and re-published it through DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint. Cloonan's first solo graphic novel, East Coast Rising Volume 1, earned her a third Eisner Award nomination for Best New Series. Her other work for DC Comics includes AMERICAN VIRGIN, co-created with writer Steven T. Seagle, and NORTHLANDERS for Vertigo as well as issues of BATMAN and SWAMP THING.