My New Comic Book Obsession: Vampiress Carmilla

Saturday, May 28, 2022

My New Comic Book Obsession: Vampiress Carmilla

I made a wonderful discovery in the magazine section of my local Books-A-Million today. As my eyes danced over a fine selection of horror and sci-fi themed publications I suddenly felt like I had time traveled back to the 1970s. Right in front of me was a copy of Vampiress Carmilla Magazine that was an obvious homage to the classic Vampirella mags that I used to riffle through back when Smokey chased The Bandit. This was a tribute to the great magazines that were published by Warren that included the legendary titles Creepy, Eerie, Famous Monsters of Filmland and the afore mentioned Vampirella from cover to cover. I had to buy the three issues on the shelf (number 8, 9 and the 2023 Annual) and upon returning home I began a search for the issues published prior.

I also began to search for information about the publisher of Vampiress Carmilla, Warrant Publications which is another homage to Warren. I was actually surprised that there isn't much info out there. I was able to learn that Warrant Publications is owned by Rich Sala and that the publishing company that owns the rights to both the Creepy and Eerie brand names took him to court a couple of years back. I didn't find out any more information on that lawsuit, but I can only speculate that the publisher lost that one since Creeps (based on Creepy) is no longer being published but was he was obviously allowed to publish other titles that are inspired by those classic Warren magazines.

Some fans may view these publications as blatant rip-offs but I treasure them as a really amazing homage to the style of horror comic magazines that delighted fans decades ago. This comic book geek will be buying the future issues of Vampiress Carmilla for sure!

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