Empire Comics Lab

09/02/2026

ATTENTION HORROR FANS! The Kickstarter for Cemetery Plots #4 is up and running right now! Please, click the link and check the campaign out, and more importantly: PLEASE SUPPORT IT!

Cemetery Plots #4 went into production during the Covid lockdowns, and due to circumstances beyond the control of Empire Comics Lab, we were not able to release this issue! But now this legendary lost issue's time has come!

This issue features stories by Dan Johnson, Brian K Morris, Joey Martinez, Andy Shaggy Korty, Rich Stahnke and Steve Casper (the co-creator of the book's host, D.O. Mann)!

Besides ordering Issue #4, you can also obtain Issues #1-3 through this campaign as well! That is right! If you missed out on the first three issues, you can get those too!

So, click the link below and place your order today!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/u-knighted/cemetery-plots-issue-4?fbclid=IwY2xjawP3NPdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFFcHdqeWZCbWNLVFNoaHF3c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqN7ASzqILsC4pl8HGIhGzBQRgL87GBlRDu4jWzjLZLVrtmCIRXgE3avQZAY_aem_he-SLwsEEO-wkXd8hXme9A

A classic horror comic similar to the old EC comics horror style.

04/02/2026

I am very excited to announce that Cemetery Plots #4 is coming soon! That is right, the legendary unpublished fourth issue of Cemetery Plots will be available soon, thanks to a collaboration between Empire Comics Lab and Route 8 Studios!

This issue features all-new stories by Dan Johnson, Joey Martinez, Andy Shaggy Korty, Brian K Morris, Rich Stahnke and Steve Casper! And it sports an all-new cover by Daniel Gorman!

This was an issue that was put together during Covid, but due to circumstances beyond the original Empire Comics Lab crew, we were unable to get it out. But like all good monsters, Cemetery Plots has risen from the dead!

The Kickstarter goes live this Thursday! Click the link below to get notifications when it begins and find out how you can get your own copy of this all-new, all-scary issue and some cool swag for supporting the cause!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/u-knighted/cemetery-plots-issue-4?fbclid=IwY2xjawPvlbNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwbDBzc1VQODRkQThjUzJEc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHoJyqej7J2NsgNu8ZHy9r_EX0P5-j2D0ornsmuiv4RNGAYrN-rs_7szE_51j_aem_myNznFDnkEF9qG0wq4g-kQ

A classic horror comic similar to the old EC comics horror style.

27/01/2025

Who's creating some comics? Plug 'em!
-Bill

06/12/2024

How many of you see this post?
-Bill

24/10/2024

You have my permission to tell me to get a move on and make comics and quit talking about it.
-Bill Nichols

22/09/2024

For those who need to hear this (and I know a few):
I know you have hopes and dreams, some achievable, some maybe not. You have regrets of what was and of what might have been, the path not taken. Regrets of words spoken and unspoken. Lives touched and lives lost, reconnections no longer connected.

The past is the past. It can shape you but it does not have to define you. It does not have to limit who you are and what your dreams may be. Will there be challenges? Yes. Will there be struggles? Definitely. But it is how you face them that can change your world.

And there will be joy.

Live your best life, the best one you can.

Start today. You have a present. You have a future. Start today.

-Bill Nichols

30/12/2023

I'm not waiting for a new year to start to tell you that I hope things get better for you in whatever ways you need most. Some things we can change on our own, so make the most of what chances you get.

Be well.

-Bill Nichols

22/09/2023

Here I am over there

27/02/2022

Creators from Empire Comics Lab will be featured in Elsewhere Volume Three from Unlikely Heroes Studio! The Kickstarter for this project in in its final days and now is when we need the help of our fans!

The stretch goal of $9,000 is SOOOOO close! As always, even if you don't back this yourself, help some brothers out and share this link. :D

If you love comics or know someone who loves comics, this is the book you need to buy!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uhstudios/elsewhere-volume-3?ref=project_facebook&fbclid=IwAR01RZHWNLYr96lZ0U5Uc0H7mU6P0LIjBHF44xfXyhfNZB0TAGnj-gdvLfQ

Elsewhere is a lovingly curated anthology of short pieces by independent creators from all over the world.