R.L. Stine’s THE GRAVEYARD BOOK Gets a Sequel at BOOM! Studios
‘The Breakfast Club’ in a graveyard
The next chapter of legendary horror author R.L. Stine and acclaimed illustrator Carola Borelli’s coming-of-age teen thriller is here in THE GRAVEYARD CLUB: FRESH BLOOD!
The members of the Graveyard Club attempt to move on from the disturbing events of last semester but the strange disappearances of Parker and Rhonda’s fathers is too big of a mystery to ignore. A return to the scene of the crime may be just what they need to discover the terrifying truth of that night…but can they survive their investigation long enough to uncover the lurking darkness within?
“Darker and darker,” said author and series creator R.L. Stine. “The town has so many dark secrets to reveal, I wondered if any of my teen characters would survive! I love mixing normal teen life with the supernatural. I hope readers will be drawn into the dark mysteries and surprises.”
“Returning to Graves End was a bit like coming home,” said series artist Carola Borelli. “I enjoyed the whole trip, accompanying Parker and his friends in this new adventure full of mystery and suspense. Explaining what this second volume is, is impossible, you could only read it and live it, like the members of the Graveyard Club”
THE GRAVEYARD CLUB: FRESH BLOOD #1 will be available in comic shops April 16, 2025 and in bookstores April 15, 2025. It is available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop and bookstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play.
About R.L. Stine:
R.L. Stine is one of the best-selling children’s authors in history. Goosebumps, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, has more than 400 million books in print in 32 languages. An all-new New York Times bestselling Goosebumps series, House of Shivers, debuted in September 2023, with two more books to be published in 2024.
The Goosebumps series made R.L. Stine a worldwide publishing celebrity (and Jeopardy answer). His other popular children’s book series include Fear Street, (recently revived as a feature film trilogy), The Garbage Pail Kids, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room, and Rotten School. Other titles include: It’s The First Day of School Forever, A Midsummer Night’s Scream, Young Scrooge, Stinetinglers, and three picture books, with Marc Brown—The Little Shop of Monsters, Mary McScary, and Why Did the Monster Cross the Road (2023).
The Goosebumps TV series was the number-one children’s show in America for three years. The episodes can still be seen on Netflix. R.L.’s anthology TV series, R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour, won the Emmy Award three years in a row as Best Children’s Show. His newest Disney+ TV series are a new live-action Goosebumps series, executive produced by Scholastic Entertainment and Just Beyond, based on his graphic novels for BOOM! Studios. Two Goosebumps feature films starring Jack Black as R.L. Stine were released in 2015 and 2018. The first film became the #1 film in America. A trilogy of Fear Street movies released in 2021 all reached #1 on Netflix.
RL. Stine lives in New York City with his wife Jane, an editor and publisher. You can connect with him on Twitter @RL_Stine, as well as on Instagram and Facebook. For more information, visit rlstine.com.
About Carola Borelli:
Carola Borelli is a comic book artist who lives in Rome. After completing her studies she worked first as an assistant for IDW and then as an artist for various independent publishers. Over the years she has worked with publishers such as Image Comics, Archie Comics, Marvel Comics and now BOOM! Studios.
THE GRAVEYARD CLUB: FRESH BLOOD is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; bestselling horror anthology Hello Darkness; Grim by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano; Stuff of Nightmares by R.L. Stine and A.L. Kaplan; A Vicious Circle by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo; Ghostlore by Cullen Bunn and Leomacs; Rare Flavours by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; Underheist by David and Maria Lapham; Animal Pound by Tom King and Peter Gross; Minor Arcana by Jeff Lemire; Vicarious by Ryan Parrott and Eleonora Carlini; and The Creeping Below by Brian Azzarello and Vanesa Del Rey. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Corrino from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Simone Ragazzoni; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers by Melissa Flores and Simona Di Gianfelice; and The Expanse: Dragon Tooth by Andy Diggle, Rubine, and Francesco Pisa.
