Jonathan Case’s “Dear Creature” to Receive Hardcover From Dark Horse

Award winner Jonathan Case’s beautiful art collected in new edition FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR—Rising from a brine of drive-in pulp and gentle poetry, award winner Jonathan Case’s Dear Creature is the love story you never imagined! Dark Horse will produce a hardcover edition of the rising star’s debut graphic novel, first published by Tor Books in 2011. Deep beneath the waves, a creature named Grue defies his nature, no longer wanting to eat lusty beachgoers, no matter how their hormones call to him. Grue discovers love after finding Shakespeare’s plays in cola bottles. When his first attempt at companionship in the world above ends . . . poorly, Grue searches for the person who cast the plays into the sea. What he finds is love in the arms of Giulietta―but with his wicked past catching up to him, Grue must decide if becoming a new man means ignoring the monster he was. Dear Creature (978-1-50670-095-3) is in stores September 28, 2016.  Preorder your copy today at your local comic shop  or through these fine retailers: Amazon Barnes and Noble IndieBound Praise for Jonathan Case’s Dear Creature: “Marvelously entertaining . . . A funny, bizarre, unexpected pleasure that gives a creature from the depths heart and soul.”—Kirkus Reviews “Exuberantly weird . . . Startlingly assured for a debut effort.”—Publishers Weekly “Pretty much perfect.”—ComicsAlliance Also available from Jonathan Case: The New Deal HC | 978-1-61655-731-7 | MAY150017 | $16.99 Green River Killer: A True Detective Story TPB | 978-1-61655-812-3 | JUN150088 | $19.99 The Creep HC | 978-1-61655-061-5 | DEC120084 | $19.99 ### About Jonathan Case Jonathan Case spent his formative years on a boat in Mexico, where he had nary to do but hole up in a cabin and draw, read and plot his escape from paradise. He made it out eventually, traveling to the American south to study performing arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. He is a member of Portland's own Periscope Studio, the largest collective of comics artists and writers in the United States. Case's work can also be found in the Eisner Award-winning anthology Comic Book Tattoo, Green River Killer, and The New Deal. About Dark Horse Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers.