Updates

Here's an interview I did over at the Working Title podcast, hosted by J.P. Cane. You can listen to it by clicking here. In episode 24 of Working Title podcast, I speak with storyteller Clay McLeod Chapman, who will be one of the speakers at this year’s James River Writers conference in October. We...

It's time. The Pumpkin Pie Show: ONE-ON-ONES is coming to New York City. For six weeks, starting in September, I will be performing to one audience member at a time. From our press release: "For 20 years, Chapman’s rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show has delved deep into the deprave...

The fine folks at Newsarama revealed the amazing full three-part connecting cover for my TYPHOID FEVER crossover. The art is by R.B. Silva and it truly is a beautiful thing to behold. I'm writing all three issues that will have Typhoid Mary going up against Spider-Man in issue #1, out in October, Th...

The fine folks at Transmundane Press interviewed me for their upcoming TRANSCENDENT anthology, featuring my story 'coatroom.' You can read the Q/A here. Pick up your copy of this awesome collection, on shelves this November!

At San Diego Comic Con this last weekend, Marvel Comics announced the release of IRON FIST: PHANTOM LIMB... written by none other than yours truly and art by Guillermo Sanna. Lettered by Lee Loughridge. And check out the cover by Khoi Pham! To read the Newsarama announcement, click here. Paste Magaz...

Marvel just announced a new 3-part event series called TYPHOID FEVER! Guess who's writing it? I'm tackling one of the best, bad-assed baddies around: My queen Typhoid Mary! Here's what my editor Devin Lewis had to say: "Typhoid Mary has one of the most dangerous powersets in the Marvel Universe – a...

Just got word that BIRTHDAY BOY, a new short horror comic artist Jey Levang and myself put together, will be included in the annual IF Anthology! Thanks to the fine folks at Alterna Comics for including our creepy little tale in their annual collection. Can't wait! The anthology hits shelves this...

The Pumpkin Pie Show rose from the dead for a special run at this year's Overlook Film Festival. We brought new and old tales and our one-on-ones to New Orleans... and some lovely folks wrote nice things about it. Here's what they said: "Another major staple thus far of the fest has been The Pumpki...

Whoa! I just found out Comic Book Resources listed our Spider-Man redux #2 on their "16 Darkest Versions of Spider-Man" list. Me and Elia Bonetti created the second darkest Spider-Man ever in the whole wide world for our Edge of Spiderverse issue! Here's what they had to say... "In the 2014 minise...

Thanks to Horror Talk for having me on as their guest for this week's Funny Book Splatter! You can listen to the interview by clicking here.

All grotesque things must come to an end. With our fifth and final issue of Lazaretto, we would like to say thanks to all the fine critics who were kind and considerate enough to review our mini-epic. Here's what folks had to say: "As Chapman continues emotionally beating the hell out of you with t...

The fine gentlemen at SpectreVision did a deep dive into their filmography in the latest episode of The Core, including our film The Boy. You can hear Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh Waller discuss genre as drama here, exclusively on Shudder.

With 2017 (finally) behind us, we took a glance in the rear-view mirror and spotted Lazaretto cropping up on a few Top 10 lists. Not only... Members of our creative team either won or were nominated for their kick-assery. Check it: VILLAIN MEDIA'S TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS LIST OF 2017: #4: LAZARETTO: "W...

Just in time for Christmas, Issue #4 of LAZARETTO hits the shelves... Here's what the critics have been saying: "Chapman is really starting to tighten the screws... Jey Levang gradually dials up the decay... The imagery makes you want to reach for the nearest bottle of hand sanitizer, then strip na...

I got sick and totally barfed all over The Pop Break during this interview about LAZARETTO... or did I? You'll just have to read and find out for yourself, won't you? Check out the interview here.

The raves keep coming! Lazretto #3 is our best reviewed issue yet. Here's what folks are saying... "Lazaretto is an unnerving and heart-breaking experience that plays upon the tropes of the quarantine stories and its endearing characters to craft a truly absorbing tale. It’s existentially terrifyin...

Wanna see something really scary? Check out this interview with me and Timothy Haskell ("This Is Real") on Theatre Talk. "Writer/performer Clay McLeod Chapman, creator of The Pumpkin Pie Show and producer/director Timothy Haskell, creator of Psycho Clan productions Nightmare New York Haunted House a...

Helen Shaw at Time Out New York gave us a lovely send-off for the Pumpkin Pie Show: "A sound rips out from the downtown theater scene, a scream of fear and denial and shock. But is there something else in it? Can you make out—a name? That name is Clay McLeod Chapman, and every storytelling junkie i...

Check out this interview I did for Lazaretto #3 at Comicon... It comes with a super-sweet sneak peak at Jey Levang's ooey-gooey artwork! The new issue comes out next week, on 11/1, so get ready to get icky! Read the interview here. "‘Society Is One Sneeze Away From Collapse’ – Clay McLeod Chapman O...

Like a bad cold that won't go away, the positive reviews for LAZARETTO keep dribbling in. Here's what folks have to say about issue #2... "Chapman uses dark humor to poke at college tropes like class hierarchy, pseudo authority figures, drug culture and libertine sexual attitudes, all of which comb...

Just in time for the release of LAZARETTO #2, the fine folks at ComicBook.com have done an interview with yours truly... I dare you to try and count how many times I say "kind of" in here. Go on. I dare you. Read the interview here: "My God, I Can't Believe What We've Done: 5 Questions About Lazare...

The reviews are in for issue #1 of Lazaretto and by all accounts it's the grossest, craziest, freaky-deakiest thing you'll ever read. But don't take my word for it! Check out what these folks had to say... "A masterclass in pacing and characterization... capable of shocking the reader out of their ...

In celebration of tomorrow's release of issue number one, here's a great interview at Broken Frontier with me and Jey Levang, yucking up all things LAZARETTO! You can read the interview at the Broken Frontier site here.