Sam Ashurst

Happy (official) release day to @floatingworldcomics and @tony.m.clarke - our band is on a world tour! You can find Hanna & The Hells Vs The Beatles on shelves in your local comic book store, or you can ask them to order it in - anywhere in the world! Very overwhelmed by this milestone, I hope people like the book. Thanks to everyone who’s supported us along the way!

🎧 Made for headphones 🎧 Here's a new song, called ARRIVAL, written when waiting for someone to come home from the hospital. I normally create music for imaginary horror movies, but this feels like the most personal thing I've done - this is what my brain sounded like on that day. Gear: Sonicware Liven Evoke Zero: AI Available on: the VHS Deathscene Bandcamp (for free)

Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust. When all-woman punk band Hanna and The Hells set out to perform the perfect gig, Satan himself couldn't stand in their way - even if the Hells’ ambitions include heisting a gently weeping guitar from... The Beatles! It's anarchy in the UK as Hanna, Razor, Trash, and Fetish come together to twist and shout the Fab Four into submission - with John, Paul, George and Ringo needing more than love to make it out alive! God save 'em! Writer Sam Ashurst is a cartoonist, screenwriter and filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon. Artist Tony M Clarke is a ‘70s punk rocker turned ‘80s psychotronic store owner based in London, England. HANNA AND THE HELLS VS. THE BEATLES (W) Sam Ashurst (A/CA) Tony M Clarke 32 pages, $6 In store Feb. 11, 2026 Lunar code 1125FW0722 ISBN 9781963314212

It’s been a year since I wrangled a rubber snake in a condemned house to much acclaim from my director @charliesteeds (‘your puppetry was demented’) There’s exciting news on this one incoming - I can’t wait to share it!

🚨 EXCITING NEWS 🚨 ALLEN IS UNLEASHED 🚨 Thanks to underground comix heroes TRASH TREASURY my new book ALLEN has landed at @floatingworldcomics at the @shoplloydcenter ! You can follow the adventures of a horrible little weirdo as he travels all the way to planet earth in the hope of making just one single simple solitary pal. Will he succeed? Find out by picking up ALLEN today! (or tomorrow, whenever really)

Yesterday was spent comic-book shopping with some of my favorite artists Give these great creators a little follow: @joshuahallsimmons @noiserover @pat.keck @bazookajason_monsterkid5000

Not only did THE LOST BOYS sell out tonight, but COFFIN MOON did too! Congratulations to @rossonkeith , a truly lovely human, who deserves all the success that’s coming to him. The hardback’s out tomorrow, if you love horror, and the idea of a Vietnam vet taking on biker vampires in ‘70s Portland sounds cool to you, welcome to your new favourite book!

We’re sure glad we found ourselves on Lost Lake for the last day of summer - not pictured, @black_vvideo rowing from one end to the other

It’s been an action-packed couple of days: 1) The whole family went to see Escape From New York on the big screen for @black_vvideo ’s birthday 2) There’s a free Mortal Kombat II machine inside @cinemagictheater so D and I played until the movie started 3) Then we escaped from an escape room 4) Played more vidya games 5) Then today I went to see Superman with @joshuahallsimmons , @pat.keck and @nelliemckesson 6) Then we went to see James Gunn’s new movie

🚨New mini-comic alert 🚨 inspired by real events, I bring you TORTURE SCHOOL

This book’s so great I wanna review it for free! SYNOPSIS: Set (mostly) in 1970s Portland, Coffin Moon follows barkeep Duane Minor, a Vietnam vet struggling with PTSD nightmares. Those nightmares bleed into his days when a gang of bikers force their way into his establishment, led by a hulking vampire named John Varley. Worse, Duane has an adopted teenage niece to care for, and Varley’s more brutal than your average bloodsucker… RELEASE DATE: September 9, 2025 (but you can pre-order now) RATING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ REVIEW: This one will pull your heart from your chest, play your arteries like a harp, then tear out your throat too, just for the fun of it. What I’m saying is: Coffin Moon is good. Really, really good. Amazing, in fact. It’s Stephen King at his best good. It has Uncle Stevie’s sense of place, his emotional intelligence, and - most of all - his villainous brilliance at immersing his readers in simple, straightforward, abject terror. Example: There’s a sequence in here, in a Children’s Museum, that feels like one of those ‘70s paperback covers come to life. You know the ones. The scary ones. There’s another moment, where a very minor character, a one-scene character, is handed one of the best metaphors in the book, on a dirty bathroom floor. Utterly meaningless in the grand scheme of the plot, beautiful for no reason. You will live with these characters, you will love them, you will scream at them to make different choices. You’ll experience a profound sense of sadness when you reach the back cover, and you’ll press your hand against it, because that’s what you do when you want to remember something. I give Coffin Moon a universe of stars. [five, if you’re being pedantic]