Tapping the Vein (comics)

Tapping the Vein is a comic series of Clive Barker's short stories from The Books of Blood published by Eclipse Comics between 1989 and 1992.

Tapping the Vein #1 (1989). Cover art by John Bolton.

Issues

IssueTitleThe Books
of Blood

Volume
Adapted byArt by
1 Human Remains3 P. Craig Russell P. Craig Russell
Pig Blood Blues1 Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke Scott Hampton
2 Skins of the Fathers2 Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke Klaus Janson
In the Hills, the Cities1 Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke John Bolton
3 The Midnight Meat Train1 Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke Denys Cowan and Michael Davis
Scape-Goats3 Bo Hampton Bo Hampton
4 Hell's Event2 Fred Burke Steven Johnson, Alan Okamoto and Jim Pearson
The Madonna5 Fred Burke Stan Woch, Mark Farmer and Fred Von Tobel
5 How Spoilers Bleed6 Steve Niles and Fred Burke Hector Gomez
Down, Satan4 Steve Niles Tim Conrad

Eclipse Books would continue to adapt various Clive Barker short stories in the early 1990s after the Tapping the Vein series came to an end. These include the following:

Dread

  • Dread (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 2)
    • Adapted by Fred Burke
    • Art by Dan Brerton
  • Down, Satan (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 4)
    • Adapted by Steve Niles
    • Art by Tim Conrad

(A single volume featuring just Dread was also published)

Son of Celluloid

  • Son of Celluloid (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 3)
    • Adapted by Steve Niles
    • Art by Les Edwards

The Life of Death

  • The Life of Death (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 6)
    • Adapted by Fred Burke
    • Art by Stewart Stanyard
  • New Murders on the Rue Morgue (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 2)
    • Adapted by Steve Niles
    • Art by Hector Gomez

Revelations

  • Revelations (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 4)
    • Adapted by Steve Niles
    • Art by Lionel Talaro
  • Babel's Children (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 5)
    • Adapted by Steve Niles
    • Art by Hector Gomez

(A single volume featuring just Revelations was also published)

The Yattering and Jack

  • The Yattering and Jack (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 1)
    • Adapted by Steve Niles
    • Art by John Bolton
  • How Spoilers Bleed (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 6)
    • Adapted by Steve Niles and Fred Burke
    • Art by Hector Gomez

(A single volume featuring just The Yattering and Jack was also published)

Rawhead Rex

  • Rawhead Rex (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 3)
    • Adapted by Steve Niles
    • Art by Les Edwards
  • Twilight at the Towers (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 6)
    • Adapted by Steve Niles
    • Art by Hector Gomez

Advertised, but never published was an adaption of The Age of Desire by P. Craig Russell and Tim Bradstreet, from The Books of Blood Volume 4. A revised version of that adaptation will soon be published by Desperado Comics.

Publication

As of 2010, Tapping the Vein was made available digitally exclusively through Devil's Due Digital

See also

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