The LAB Press has published a limited edition version of the graphic novel Creatures & Corridors, written by Brandon Auman and illustrated by Andrea Mutti, featuring new cover art by Gene Ha. To celebrate its release, The Beat has an exclusive sneak peek at the book.
Creatures & Corridors follows a group of high school students who play a banned roleplaying game and accidentally unleash a reality-warping curse. Here’s the full synopsis from the LAB Press:
In the summer of 1992, a forbidden role-playing game called Creatures & Corridors takes a dark turn for five high-school sophomores.
It’s the summer of 1992, and five high school sophomores play a rare role-playing game that was banned for being “too Satanic”—Creatures & Corridors. As the kids play the mysterious fantasy game, it unleashes a curse that warps reality around them: orcs storm the living room, killing their parents. The front yard turns into a moat filled with tentacled horrors. And their basement “game cave” transforms into a literal dungeon, laden with bloodthirsty monsters and terrifying death traps. Now, the kids are forced to play Creatures & Corridors for their very lives, as a devilish Gamemaster judges their every move.
Check out a preview from the book, as well as Ha’s cover art, below.
“Creatures & Corridors brings together all the things I love, and all the worlds I’ve been working in thus far, to create something that is both a loving homage and an all-new spin on what happens when games go wrong,” said Auman. “For those of us who remember the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and ‘90s, there was an undeniable allure to these things we were meant to avoid, and this is the ultimate exploration of those imagined dangers.”
“At The LAB, we’re always looking to spotlight great stories and invite readers into human moments in unhinged world,” said editor-in-chief Dagen Walker. “The world Brandon built grabbed us right away—not just the scope of it, but the care in the details and the look and feel.
“Roleplaying and tabletop games are having a real resurgence now, which is amazing to see. But for some of us, that stuff lived a little more in the shadows growing up. In my own house, D&D was actually banned during the ‘Satanic Panic,’ so there’s something especially satisfying about revisiting those ideas now—openly, creatively, and without apology,” Walker continued. “It feels like reclaiming something. We think readers will connect with the themes, but also with the fully lived-in world Brandon, Andrea, and the team have created.”
Creatures & Corridors featuring a limited edition cover by Gene Ha is available now everywhere books are sold, as well as at your local comic book shop. You can also opt for the premiere edition featuring cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz.
