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Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery

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as artist. The two would pair up again for a one-shot comic titled "Love Me Tenderloin" in 2004. Cal's adventures have continued in other mini-series such as "Last Train to Deadsville" and "Supernatural Freak Machine", both with artist
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Final Night: The 30 Days Of Night Crossover 1-4, The Eyes Of Frankenstein 1-4, The Iron Spirit, Call Me Monster, When Freaks Collide, No Peace For Dead Men, Die! Die! My Darling, They Fight By Night
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Universal Pictures signed a deal to produce a Criminal Macabre movie with Kyle Ward scripting. It was set for release in 2010.
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does not want to compromise or "water down" Cal McDonald, making it tough to find a studio that will finance the film as is.
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Two Red Eyes 1-4, My Demon Baby 1-4, Cell Block 666 1-4, Feat of Clay, The Creepy Tree, The Trouble With Brains, Hairball
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Issues 1-5, Letter From B.S., Love Me Tenderloin, Last Train to Deadville 1-4, Supernatural Freak Machine 1-5
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A Cal McDonald film is said to be on the way, however due to the nature of the character,
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During the release of some of the comic book series there was another novel released in
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Cal McDonald's first story, entitled "Big-Head", was released in 1990 as part of the
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the comic stories) until this point. It was released on December 26 of
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Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the
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Following the novels, Cal made his return to comic book form in the
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collects the entire catalogue of Cal McDonald short stories (
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would portray Cal on the issue's covers, stylized by artist
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Supernatural Freak Machine 1-5 (Criminal Macabre 11-15)
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Cal's subsequent appearances were in two 2002 novels,
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Last Train To Deadsville 1-4 (Criminal Macabre 7-10)
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Criminal Macabre: The Complete Cal McDonald Stories
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Index


trade paperback
Ben Templesmith
First appearance
1990
Steve Niles
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Image Comics
comics anthology
Dark Horse Presents
limited series
one-shot
Horror
1990
Steve Niles
Jim Whiting
Ben Templesmith
Kelley Jones
Kyle Hotz
Nick Stakal
Collected editions
ISBN
1-56971-935-7
ISBN
1-5930-7107-8
comic book
antihero
1990
Steve Niles

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