San Diego, CA, May 26, 2004—IDW Publishing debuts Steve Niles’s Meeednight Pulps with Secret Skull, an eruption of ghouls, girls, guns and goons. A mysterious killer is on the loose in the city, but this killer only kills bad guys—or those about to be bad.

Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, Remains) and talented newcomer Chuck BB deliver the new horror pulp, bringing all the fun and action of the classic pulp adventures to a modern audience.

“I’ve been wanting to do something really pulpy and fun,” says Niles. “When I saw Chuck’s art I knew I’d found the right man for the job. This is going to be really fun!”

Chuck BB added, “I think Steve and I find common ground with our passionate love of skulls. But this comic has a lot more to boast than simply skinned human craniums. It’s a real story, with characters that I think Steve made easy to relate to. Personally, I’m just psyched to be making comics with Steve Niles, and drawing skulls to boot.”

Secret Skull #1, on sale in September 2004, is a 32-page, full color comic book with a retail price of $3.99.

IDW PUBLISHING is a division of Idea + Design Works, LLC, a revolutionary creative service company with a wide range of clients including The Upper Deck Company, Electronic Arts, Ultima Online, WizKids, Cartoon Network, Sony Online Entertainment, Nickelodeon, and many more. IDW Publishing focuses on a small number of high-quality titles. Among them are CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith’s 30 Days of Night and its sequels, Dark Days and Return to Barrow; Ashley Wood’s Lore; CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations; Beau Smith’s Wynonna Earp; and Steve Niles’ Wake The Dead. Columbia Pictures has optioned the movie rights to 30 Days of Night, with Sam Raimi attached to produce. Konami is producing a video game based on CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations. Dimension Films has optioned the movie rights to Wake The Dead and Hyde.