This Tuesday, May 13th, Dark Horse Comics is set to release a trade paperback for SMALL TOWN SPIRITS!
From the team behind original graphic novel Hotel REM comes a new all-ages tale full of magic, mischief, and the supernatural in Small Town Spirits. Written by Zack Keller (Hotel REM, Cuphead Volumes 1-3) with art by Gabriele Bagnoli (Hotel REM), colors by Valerio Alloro, and letters by Frank Cvetkovic, Small Town Spirits explores the origin of Halloween just in time for the holiday.
Here’s a look at the cover, storyline, and preview pages for this week’s
new release from Dark Horse Comics on New Comic Book Day…
SMALL TOWN SPIRITS GN
Written by Zack Keller
Art by Gabriele Bagnoli
Colors by Valerio Alloro
Letters by Frank Cvetkovic
Covers & Cover Artists:
Gabriele Bagnoli (Cover A)
Genre: Humor, Fantasy
Format: FC, 88 pages; TPB; 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″
Age range: 10+
SRP: $19.99
Publication Date: May 13, 2025
There is a town in Ireland where people still do Halloween the old-fashioned way:
an annual sporting competition to honor the Spirits.Every year, the perfect, prestigious O’Dell family makes an absolute mockery of the lovable but laughable Flanagan family at The Spirit Games, dashing their dreams of winning. But this year, teenage troublemaker Pad Flanagan plans to change everything: he tricks the Spirit of an ancient Celtic hero into training his family for the big event…accidentally opening a supernatural floodgate of mischief, magic and monsters that threatens to destroy his town.
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