![]() |
Thanks James! And hey, keep your work up - the only way to build a profile and get better is to keep plugging away. That's definitely a lesson I've learned doing Split Lip. Just having lots of practice really does make a big difference.
Sam |
After a 6-week break to get schedules in order, the new Split Lip story began its serialization today.
“On the Plateau” is a Lovecraft-in-the-Old-West story written by me (Sam Costello) and drawn by Kyle Harabedian. The first two pages are posted right now. The next two will be coming next Sunday. You can read On The Plateau by clicking on the link in my sig. Sam |
The next two pages of “On the Plateau,” the new Split Lip story, are live at Split Lip. We dive deeper into this Lovecraftian cowboy story in this installment. It was written by me (Sam Costello) and drawn by Kyle Harabedian.
Click the link in my sig to read it. Sam |
The third installment of “On the Plateau,” written by Sam Costello (me) and drawn by Kyle Harabedian, is online at Split Lip now. It ends on something of a cliffhanger, but you’ll have to wait until this Sunday to find out what happens.
Click the link in my sig to read the story. Sam |
The conclusion of “On the Plateau,” written by me (Sam Costello) and drawn by Kyle Harabedian, is now live at Split Lip. Our main character comes to the end of his journey to find his lost brother, but won’t be happy with what he finds.
Sam |
The first installment of the new Split Lip story, “Se Perdre,” is now online. It was written by Sam Costello (me) and drawn by John Bivens, who did the earlier Split Lip story “Fitcher’s Bird.”
“Se Perdre” is the story of an engaged couple who is visiting post-France circa 1948. They’re expecting a long, happy life together, but the husband is distant. Is he experience post-traumatic stress or is something else going on? Click the link in my sig to read it. Sam |
The next installment of Se Perdre, the new Split Lip story, is now online. In this installment, strangeness enters the lives of George and Helen and the story really begins to kick into gear. It was written by me and drawn by John Bivens. Click the link in my sig to read it.
Sam |
The third installment of “Se Perdre,” the new Split Lip story, is now live at the Split Lip site. In this installment, the action really gets going and Helen, our engaged lover, falls deeper into strangeness. It’s written by me and drawn by John Bivens.
Click the link in my sig to read it. Sam |
The 4th installment of Se Perdre, the new Split Lip story, is now live at the Splt Lip site. In it, Helen’s world goes spinning off the rails unexpectedly and without any seeming precipitating event.
The story was written by me and drawn by John Bivens. Click the link in my sig to read it. Sam |
The 5th installment of Se Perdre, the new Split Lip story, is live at the Split Lip site. In this installment, the penultimate one, Helen seeks help from the Paris police and things begin to look promising in her search for her missing husband. It was written by Sam Costello and drawn by John Bivens.
Click the link in my sig to read the story. Sam |
The conclusion of Se Perdre, the new Split Lip story, is now live at the Split Lip site. In it, Helen receives the final word about her husband George. It was written by me and drawn by John Bivens. Next Sunday, a new story, “Straw Men,” with art by Gary Crutchley begins serialization.
Link is in my sig. Sam |
The new Split Lip story, “Straw Men,” has begun serialization on the website. It is written by me and drawn by Gary Crutchley. It’s the story of a down-on-his-luck farmer who, after a gruesome crime, unleashes an inhuman vengeance on the world.
Sam |
The second installment of “Straw Men” is now live at Split Lip. In this installment, we meet our main characters, struggling farmer Hollis, his wife Ruby, and the fertilizer salesman. The story was written by me and drawn by Gary Crutchley.
Link to the site is in my sig. Sam |
The third installment of “Straw Men” is live at Split Lip. In this segment, the events that spark a much greater, and stranger, event get underway. The story was written by me and drawn by Gary Crutchley.
Read it at the link in my sig. Sam |
The fourth installment of “Straw Men” is now online. In this installment, a moment of impulsive violence sows the seeds for the world being changed forever. Straw Men was written by me and drawn by Gary Crutchley.
Sam |
The next installment of “Straw Men” has been posted at Split Lip. In this installment, the violence of the last section builds towards the climax. Straw Men was written by me and drawn by Gary Crutchley.
Sam |
The first installment of the new Split Lip story, Ingress and Egress, has been posted at the Split Lip site. The story is about three guys living in a dirty basement apartment in Boston and the dangers of arguing over things that aren’t yours. The story was written by me and drawn by Jason Ho.
Click the link in my sig to read it. Sam |
The next installment of “Ingress and Egress” is now live at Split Lip. As previously, this one was written by me Sam Costello and drawn by Jason Ho.
Sam |
The third installment of “Ingress and Egress” further ratchets up the tension between the roommates in the dirty, disgusting Boston apartment, setting the stage for the violent climax. It was written by Sam Costello and drawn by Jason Ho.
Sam |
The fourth installment on “Ingress and Egress” is now live at Split Lip. I this installment, we’re just one step away from the horror at the heart of the story – it all comes out next week. As always, this story was written by me and drawn by Jason Ho.
Sam |
The full story of “Ingress and Egress” is now live at Split Lip. Discover what horror is lurking in the apartment – even in the people living in the apartment – and what effect it has on the residents. As usual, the story was written by me and drawn by Jason Ho.
And watch for October’s special 2-year anniversary celebration. Not only will we have a contest (details coming late in September), well be featuring four stories in the month, rather than just one. You’re going to like them! Sam |
We’re celebrating our two-year anniversary at Split Lip this month. We’re doing that with one new story a week and a contest in which you’ll get free comics if you win.
The first new story, “Bad Radio,” tells the tale of a friendship struck up over ham radio in the 1970s and the dangers inherent in not knowing who’s on the other end of your microphone. It was written by me and drawn by Nelson Evergreen, who drew the earlier Split Lip story “The Tree of Remembrance.” The new story, and contest details, are at http://www.webcomicsnation.com/splitlip Sam |
The second Split Lip story for this month is now live at the site. “Mujer,” written by Sam Costello and drawn by Sami Makkonen, is the story of the murders of young women and Juarez, Mexico, and a superstition that could change them.
The blog contest is still running, too, and you can still enter to win free comics. Details at the site. Sam |
The new Split Lip story, “Long Live the King,” is now live at the site. It’s about a group of miner’s trapped underground as part of a human experiment in 1890s Britain and its unexpectedly monstrous results. It was written by me and drawn by Gary Crutchley (who drew the earlier Split Lip story “Straw Men”).
The fourth and final Split Lip two-year anniversary comic, Panopticon, wil go live next Sunday. Sam |
The new Split Lip story, “Panopticon,” is now live at the site. It was written by me and drawn by Joel Vollmer. It’s the story of a man who, on a trip to the supermarket, realizes that his guilty secret may not be so secret anymore.
It’s the fourth and final story in the Split Lip 2-year anniversary celebration. Click on the link in my sig to read it. Sam |
The new Split Lip story has begun serialization this week. The story, “Ashes to Ashes,” is about a corrupt undertaker and the religious vengeance visited upon him after an important religious event. It was written by me and drawn by Anthony Peruzzo.
Click the link in my sig to read it. Sam |
The third installment of “Ashes to Ashes” is now live at Split Lip. In it, Davis, our villain, thinks he’s going to be caught by the police, but is saved by an unexpected religious event. It was written by me and drawn by Anthony Peruzzo.
Sam |
The 4th installment of “Ashes to Ashes” is now live at Split Lip. In this installment, the Rapture has happened and the world immeasurably changed. But how has this affected Moss, our main character and villain? Ashes to Ashes was written by me and drawn by Anthony Peruzzo.
Sam |
The 5th and penultimate installment of “Ashes to Ashes” is live at Split Lip. As always, it was written by me and drawn by Anthony Peruzzo.
Also, for a limited time at the site, I’m selling rare Australian editions of the Split Lip trade paperback. Just $15 for 100 pages of comics – shipping included! Sam |
The conclusion of “Ashes to Ashes” is now up at Split Lip; all 22 pages of the story of a corrupt undertaker and a religious apocalypse are now available for free. The story was written by me and drawn by Anthony Peruzzo.
Also, we’ve still got some limited edition Australian Split Lip TPBs for sale for $15 each. Check out the site (link in my sig) to read both the story and learn more about the trades for sale. Sam |
Split Lip, the work called “the predominant original horror comic work on the Internet” by The Horror Blog, is now available in print in the United States for the first time.
Split Lip Volume 1, a 158-page trade paperback collecting 11 horror comics, is available now at http://www.splitlipcomic.com/slc-store.html Split Lip debuted in Oct. 2006 and has published 24 stories – over 275 pages of free comics – at www.webcomicsnation.com/splitlip. Each story is written by Sam Costello and drawn by artists from all over the world, including Sami Makkonen (Blue, Deadworld: Slaughterhouse), John Bivens (Comic Book Tattoo), and Jason Ho (Agnes Quill). Split Lip Volume 1 features the work of Makkonen, Bivens, and nine other cartoonists from the U.S., UK, Latin America, and Europe. Convention Appearances Series creators and writer Sam Costello will be promoting and selling Split Lip Volume 1 at conventions in the U.S. in 2009. Visit him at: - The Maine Comics Arts Festival in Portland, Maine, May 17 - SPX in Bethesda, Maryland, Sept. 26-27. Other convention appearances will be announced as they are confirmed. |
After a short hiatus, Split Lip – the leading online horror comics anthology – is back with the first of 7 new stories.
The new story, “The Cousin of Death,” was written by me (Sam Costello) and draw by Gary Crutchley. It’s the story of a sleepwalker who discovers a whole new world through his sleepwalking. The first 8 pages of this 17 page story are live now at http://www.webcomicsnation.com/splitlip/ The rest of the story will be posted over the next three Sundays. Check back for future stories by Sami Makkonen and Anthony Peruzzo, among others. Hope you enjoy these stories, Sam |
Three more pages of “The Cousin of Death” are up at Split Lip today – as always, written by me, and drawn by Gary Crutchely. In this installment, which brings us to 11 of the 17 pages, the threat of sleepwalking becomes all too real for the protagonist. Three more pages go up next Sunday.
Link’s in the sig. Enjoy! Sam |
Three new pages of The Cousin of Death, by me and Gary Crutchley, are up at Split Lip today. This takes us to the climax of the story, but there’s still a three-page coda set for next Sunday. Hope you’re enjoying the story.
Sam |
All 17 pages of The Cousin of Death are now live at Split Lip. The story, written by Sam Costello (me) and drawn by Gary Crutchley, chronicles a construction worker’s struggles with sleepwalking and the strange things he encounters when asleep.
The link to the story is in my sig. A new story will start next Sunday. I haven’t decided which it will be yet, but both that I’m choosing from are great – we can’t lose either way. Sam |
Termites in Your Smile, new Split Lip story, written by Sam Costello (me) and drawn by Douglas Draper Jr. This one is the story of a too-slick grad student and the women he’s two-timing. But, who is really getting the better of whom?
The first three pages are up at now (link in my sig) and I’ll be posting three more each Sunday for the next seven weeks until the story ends right around Halloween. Which will be good, given the ending of this one, which is, let’s say, intense. Enjoy! Sam |
The second installment of Termites in Your Smile is now live at Split Lip. It’s written by Sam Costello (me) and drawn by Douglas Draper Jr. In this installment, we get a closer look at Rafe, the smooth ladies man who’s two-timing a pair of college girls.
The link is in my sig. Hope you like it. Sam |
The third installment of “Termites In Your Smile,” is up at Split Lip today. It’s written by Sam Costello (me) and drawn by Douglas Draper Jr. In this episode, we get a sense of why Rafe, our main character, is kind of a dick.
The link to read it is in my sig. Sam |
Three more pages of Termites in Your Smile are live at Split Lip today. In this installment, we learn what Rafe thinks of Ruth, his other girlfriend, and we start getting to know her. The story was written by Sam Costello (me) and drawn by Douglas Draper Jr.
The next update will be next Sunday. To read the new pages, click the link in my sig. Sam |
In the three new pages of Termites in Your Smile at Split Lip this week, we learn just what it is that makes our main character – Rafe – such a bad guy. As usual, the story is written by me (Sam Costello) and drawn by Douglas Draper Jr. The link to read it is in my sig.
Sam |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:40 PM. |