Updates

Artist Jey Levang and myself discussed how to survive the recent outbreak of the canine flu over at the Big Comic Page. You can read all about it right here. Safety first, kiddies! Pick up your copy of LAZARETTO #1 on September 6th.

The fine folks at Marvel Comics made a claymation promo for the Edge of #Venomverse comic I wrote and I'm so stoked. We've been clay-mated! Check out the video here.

The AV Club is all about our upcoming issue of Edge of Venomverse #5. You can check out an exclusive preview here. "Chapman has... crafted a story that works to Stokoe’s strengths, giving him the opportunity to make the horror as creepy as possible so that there’s an intense contrast with the funda...

I opened my heart up to the fine folks at Westfield Comics about our upcoming comic Lazaretto and things got pretty ooey-gooey. You can read the interview here. Lazaretto #1 is on shelves this September!

Know any Norwegian? Then you should read this interview where awe-inspiring inker Jey Levang discusses our upcoming BOOM! Studios comic LAZARETTO! Read the interview here at Empirix.

So... Time to spill the beans. I've been working on a brand new limited comic series over at BOOM! Studios called LAZARETTO. Guys. It's sick. Literally and figuratively. I just did an interview over at Newsarama to announce the release of issue #1 out this September. Read it here. I'm so psyched fo...

Just did a lovely interview with the fine folks at Daily Dead about NothingUntoward, The Tribe Trilogy, The Pumpkin Pie Show, The Boy and Edge of Venomverse, along with some other spookyoooooky stuff! Read the interview here.

Just had lunch? Want to lose it? Well, you can read my short story "buffet of the damned" online for free right now! The fine folks at the Daily Dead have posted a lovely sample of my new short story collection NOTHING UNTOWARD... so hop to it! You'll never look at cruise ships the same way again. E...

A surprising number of reviews popped up from our performance of the Pumpkin Pie Show at the Overlook Film Festival. Here are a few choice quotes from some pretty (dis)reputable publications: "Chapman is doing something that feels new and present and his particular brand of alchemy both needs and d...

The Pumpkin Pie Show was fortunate enough to have been invited to perform at the first annual Overlook Film Festival in Oregon this last weekend. The fine folks at Birth.Movies.Death just so happened to attend, and we were super surprised to find this lovely little write up about our show: "Chapman...

Today the Overlook Film Festival announce it amazing lineup, including The Pumpkin Pie Show... Entertainment Weekly took notice and wrote a little something-something about the fest and mentioned yours truly. You can read all about it here. See you at the Timberline! Things are gonna get spooooooooo...

Richmond Magazine was kind enough to ask me a couple questions before next week's ransacking of my hometown. You can read the interview here. See you at Chop Suey Books and then at the Pumpkin Pie Show! Thanks to Harry Kolatz for the lovely chat.

At long last, I am over the moon to announce my second collection of short stories, NOTHING UNTOWARD, is finally on the shelves. This book picks up where my first collection, REST AREA, left off... with 40 new tales for your reading (dis)pleasure! I'll be celebrating its arrival into this world with...

I wrote a heartwarming story titled "the fireplace" and it's popped up online at Hello Horror. I think you should read it before social services swoops in and takes my children away from me. You can read it for FREE here. But don't say I didn't warn you.

The Evil One anthology is now available for pre-order! 36 stories, 432 pages, inspired by one awesome album. It's got my oogly-boogly story B-SIDE in it. Go to Makeout Creek Books to order your very own copy now!

As we close in on our closing weekend for this year's Pumpkin Pie Show: STUMP SPEECHES, I'd like to take this opportunity to look back at all the ink that has been spilled over our latest... "“The Pumpkin Pie Show: Stump Speeches,” the delightfully perverse, political-themed installment of the annu...

The New York Times came to check out this year's Pumpkin Pie Show: STUMP SPEECHES and had this to say: “There is no shortage of comedians weighing in on the current election, but it often seems like the tools of satire are insufficient to comment on this absurd and exhausting campaign. Perhaps we n...

I had the immense honor of collaborating with comics legend Richard Isanove (The Dark Tower, Wolverine: Origin) for our American Vampire story... Here's a little taste. On shelves October 12th!

We're painting the White House red. Blood red. The Pumpkin Pie Show: STUMP SPEECHES opens Oct 20th. Only 9 shoooows! Featuring performances by Clay McLeod Chapman, Hanna Cheek, Susan Ferrara, Abe Goldfarb, Katie Hartman, Brian Silliman and Kristen Vaughan. For more info about the show click here. Fo...

I had a wonderful time on the Dear Book Nerd podcast over at Book Riot. The always awesome Rita Meade and I got to answer a few questions and discuss all-things Dosteovsky... You can listen to the interview here: Dear Book Nerd Episode #62: More Bookish Problems. Thanks so much, Book Nerd!

The amazingly generous and keenly critical folks at Fangoria Magazine have just given SELF STORAGE the thumbs up. Four out of four skulls to be exact, calling it "a cult classic comic." You should read the whole review here, but just know they said and we-quote: "Imagine if THE WALKING DEAD was dir...