Tapping the Vein (comic)

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

Issues

Issue

Title

The Books of Blood Volume

Adapted by

Art by

1

Human Remains

3

P. Craig Russell

P. Craig Russell

Pig Blood Blues

1

Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke

Scott Hampton

2

Skins of the Fathers

2

Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke

Klaus Janson

In the Hills, The Cities

1

Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke

John Bolton

3

The Midnight Meat Train

1

Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke

Denys Cowan and Michael Davis

Scape-Goats

3

Bo Hampton

Bo Hampton

4

Hell's Event

2

Fred Burke

Steven Johnson, Alan Okamoto and Jim Pearson

The Madonna

5

Fred Burke

Stan Woch, Mark Farmer and Fred Von Tobel

5

How Spoilers Bleed

6

Steve Niles and Fred Burke

Hector Gomez

Down, Satan

4

Steve Niles

Tim Conrad

Eclipse Books would continue to adapt various Clive Barker short stories in the early 1990's 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

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, from The Books of Blood Volume 4.

See also

  • List of comics based on fiction