Mad Cave Studios has revealed Filthy Lambs!, a new horror series that will reteam writer and letterer Pallie Paul Allor, artist Chris Evenhuis, and colorist Sjan Weijers. Debuting in time for Halloween this fall, the comic follows the Grimaldis, a wealthy family who maintains their fortune with a demonic contract. “The Grimaldis hold a contract with Their Lord Below for ten more years of prodigious wealth and glory. But old contracts can sour. Monsters can misbehave. And a filthy little lamb can still have teeth.”
Allor quips, “Writing Filthy Lambs, I wondered if the woman in the basement could hear the children laughing. I knew she could smell the candles burning and feel the rope digging into her wrists. But could she hear the children? The birds screeching in the conservatory? Could she hear the family matriarch telling her children that the family is blessed? The family is not blessed. The family is haunted, not by ghosts, but by a contract forged in hell. They’re haunted by every warm and comfortable night they’ve spent in a house splattered by decades of blood.”
Evenhuis adds, “This night’s unholy ceremony will not be for the faint of heart. We’re skipping dinner… Or are we? Get ready to squirm, jump, run, scream, burst out laughing (only to soon regret having laughed; what is wrong with you?) A hefty dose of Hammer Horror, a pinch of giallo, a touch of David Lynch, [and] Clue. Yes, our latest gothic horror offering, Filthy Lambs!, is a book very close to my heart. Also because I, too, have ferocious creatures stalking the hallways of our ancient family manor.”
Weijers also says, “Filthy Lambs blends the old classic horror-vibe with monstrous family drama… If you like Dracula, Suspiria, fountains of blood and the slashing of old rich evil elites, this is your book.” The trio previously worked together on the 2017 AfterShock series Monstro Mechanica, and in pairs on books like 2019’s relaunch of G.I. Joe, and 2025’s Mad Cave release Red Vector.
Issue #1 will be released on October 21, with cover A by Evenhuis, a cover B by Meghan Hetrick, and covers C and D (a foil variant) by Caitlin Yarsky. You can check those out below in the meantime. Issue #2 (of 3) of Allor’s first Mad Cave title, Blüdwire, will be released in the interim on August 5. It will mark one of the first books by Allor to bear the name Pallie, which they recently took to better reflect their nature as a non-binary person.
