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Something is Killing the Children
Cover to Something Is Killing the Children #1 by Werther Dell'Edera (art) & Giovanna Niro (colors)
Publication information
Publisher	Boom! Studios
Schedule	Monthly
No. of issues	41 (as of November 6th, 2024)
Main character(s)	Erica Slaughter
Creative team
Created by	James Tynion IV (writer) Werther Dell'Edera (artist)
Written by	James Tynion IV
Artist(s)	Werther Dell'Edera Giovanna Niro (covers only)
Colorist(s)	Miquel Muerto
Editor(s)	Eric Harburn Gwen Waller (assistant)

Something is Killing the Children is an ongoing comic book series created by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera, published monthly by Boom! Studios beginning in September 2019.

Publication history

Something is Killing the Children was announced as a five-issue limited series by BOOM! Studios in June 2019. In August 2019, ahead of the release of its first issue, it was announced that the series had been promoted to ongoing due to "overwhelming early support from retailers and fans". In June 2020, the series was nominated for Best New Series at the 2020 Eisner Awards, which was Tynion's first nomination.

Plot summary

Series synopsis from BOOM! Studios:

"When the children of Archer's Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories—impossible stories of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to see what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it MUST be done."

Spinoff titles

Enter the House of Slaughter is a one-shot released as a part of Free Comic Book Day 2021. It functioned as an introduction to the series House of Slaughter, which explores the secret Order of St. George that forged Erica Slaughter into a monster hunter.

Book of Slaughter is a one-shot exploring the White Mask Maxine Slaughter. It was published December 28, 2022, and it is the first of the Books of Slaughter series. The second one-shot in the series, Book of Butcher, was published December 27, 2023 and explored Maxine's journey from white to black mask. A third and final one-shot, Book of Cutter, is yet to come out.

The short story, "A Monster Hunter Walks into a Bar," is currently being serialzed in the horror anthology Hello Darkness in issues #1 to #6. The first part came out July 24, 2024.

Awards and nominations

Reception and sales

Collected editions

Adaptation

In 2021, a TV series adaptation was announced to be in development for Netflix with the same name. In February 2023 it was announced that Dark and 1899 creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese had been hired to develop the adaptation after Mike Flanagan had departed due to creative differences.

Notes

1. ^ The sale numbers are the sum of two different cover versions of the comic.

References

1. ^ "SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN". BOOM! Studios. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
2. "BOOM! Announces New James Tynion IV Series Something Is Killing The Children with Artist Werther Dell'Edera". comicbook.com. June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
3. "Something is Killing the Children is Now an Ongoing Series". previewsworld.com. August 20, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
4. ^ "2020 Eisner Awards Nominations". San Diego Comic-Con. 2 June 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
5. "James Tynion IV on Twitter: "This is my first nomination ever at the Eisners. Some really nice news on a rough week."". Twitter. June 4, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
6. "FCBD 2021 ENTER THE SLAUGHTER". Free Comic Book Day. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
7. "House of Slaughter". BOOM! Studios. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
8. "Something Is Killing The Children Spinoff Series House of Slaughter Revealed (Exclusive)". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
9. "BOOK OF SLAUGHTER #1 Announcement". BOOM! Studios. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
10. "Books of Slaughter Vol. 1". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
11. "BOOK OF BUTCHER #1 First Look". BOOM! Studios. 2023-11-22. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
12. "Books of Slaughter (Book of Cutter)". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
13. "HELLO DARKNESS #1 First Look". BOOM! Studios. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
14. "Harvey Awards Reveal 2020 Nominees". Harvey Awards. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
15. "2021 Eisner Award Winners Announced at Comic-Con". Comic Book Resources. 24 July 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
16. ^ "2022 Eisner Award Winners Include Multiple Wins for James Tynion IV, Barry Windsor-Smith". ComicBook.com. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
17. "The 2022 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot – The Bram Stoker Awards". Retrieved 2023-11-25.
18. ^ "2022 Ringo Awards – Ringo Awards". Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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26. "September 2020 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops". Comichron. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
27. "October 2020 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops". Comichron. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
28. "September 2021 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops". Comichron. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
29. "March 2022 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops". Comichron. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
30. "April 2022 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops". Comichron. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
31. Announced upcoming release date.
32. "'Doctor Sleep' Filmmakers Tackling Hot Comic 'Something is Killing the Children' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
33. "Mike Flanagan No Longer Involved in Something Is Killing the Children Netflix Series". 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
34. Wiseman, Andreas (2023-02-23). "Netflix Re-Ups Overall Deal With 'Dark' Creators, Duo Board James Tynion Comic Series 'Something Is Killing The Children' With Boom! Studios". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-02-23.

• 2019 comics debuts
• Boom! Studios titles
• Dystopian comics
• Horror comics
• Mystery comics
• Works about missing people