STEVE NILES (W) and BEN TEMPLESMITH (A) On sale April 28* SC* 170pg* FC The creative team behind 30 Days of Night* Wizard magazine's "breakout hit of 2002*" launch a new series of occult detective stories featuring the monstrously hard-boiled Cal McDonald. A pill-popping alcoholic reprobate* Cal is the only line of defense between Los Angeles and a growing horde of zombies* vampires* and werewolves. The best-selling comics series is collected in this massive graphic novel* including the hard-to-find short from last Halloween's Drawing on Your Nightmares special issue* and a new cover by Templesmith. o Steve Niles is the writer of the hit comic 30 Days of Night and the Cal McDonald horror/noir novels* Savage Membrane and Guns* Drugs and Monsters. o MGM has picked up the film rights to Steve Niles' and Ben Teplesmith's comic book miniseries Criminal Macabre through Dark Horse Entertainment!