Creatures & Corridors is Stranger Things meets Jumanji by way of the ‘80s Satanic Panic.
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LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2026 – After his recent feature-length directorial debut,
Sleepwalker – starring Hayden Panettiere, Justin Chatwin and Beverly D’Angelo – writer
and producer Brandon Auman, best known for his time as showrunner on Critical Role’s
Legends of Vox Machina series, is bringing his love of fantasy and horror to The LAB Press
with an original graphic novel, Creatures & Corridors, which is now available through comic
shops and online retailers worldwide.
To read more about the story behind Creatures & Corridors, go to Section 2;
Or, for more information on Brandon Auman and his work, go to Section 4.
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It’s the summer of 1992, and five high school students have come together to play Creatures
& Corridors, a rare role-playing game that was banned years earlier for being “too Satanic”.
As the kids delve into this forbidden fantasy game, they unwittingly unleash a curse that
warps all reality around them. Upstairs, orcs storm the living room and kill their parents;
while their front yard turns into a moat filled with tentacled horrors; and their basement
“game cave” transforms into a literal dungeon, complete with bloodthirsty monsters and
terrifying death traps. Now, the kids are forced to play Creatures & Corridors for their very
lives, as a devilish Gamemaster judges their every move.
To learn more about where you can find Creatures & Corridors, go to Section 7;
Or, for a quote from creator Brandon Auman about the book, go to Section 3.
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“Creatures & Corridors brings together all the things I love, and all the worlds I’ve been
working in thus far, to create something that is both a loving homage and an all-new spin on
what happens when games go wrong,” explains writer and creator, Brandon Auman. “For
those of us who remember the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and ‘90s, there was an undeniable
allure to these things we were meant to avoid, and this is the ultimate exploration of those
imagined dangers.”
To find out more about Brandon and his other work, go to Section 4;
Or, to learn more about the rest of the creative team, go to Section 5
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Brandon Auman is a Saturn Award-winning, four-time Emmy-nominated writer, director,
showrunner and producer. His latest film, Sleepwalker, which was based on his short film of
the same name, came out on January 9, 2026. Prior to that, he was known as the lead writer
and showrunner of Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina, an adult animated series for
Amazon Prime, as well as being a head writer and executive producer at both Lucasfilm and
Marvel Studios. Brandon is also an illustrator and painter, and a collector of old books,
vintage toys and artwork. He is already writing his next novel, a fantasy/horror epic.
To learn more about the rest of the creative team, go to Section 5;
Or, to read a quote from the book’s editor, Dagen Walker, go to Section 6.
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Andrea Mutti is a comic book artist who started his career illustrating superhero comics in
his native country, Italy. After obtaining his degree in geometry, Andrea attended the
Comics School in Brescia, led by Ruben Sosa. He began his career illustrating the superhero
comic DNAction for Xenia Edizioni. He has since worked on a wide range of detective titles
for various French publishers. He has also worked with Marvel, DC, Vertigo, Dark Horse, Top
Cow, IDW, BOOM! Studios, Adaptive, Dynamite, Stela, Titan, and Vault. Andrea is joined on
Creatures & Corridors by veteran letterer Jared K. Fletcher and editor Dagen Walker.
To read a quote from the book’s editor, Dagen Walker, go to Section 6;
Or, to learn more about where you can find Creatures & Corridors, go to Section 7.
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“At The LAB, we’re always looking to spotlight great stories and invite readers into human
moments in unhinged world,” says Editor-in-Chief, Dagen Walker. “The world Brandon built
grabbed us right away — not just the scope of it, but the care in the details and the look and
feel. Roleplaying and tabletop games are having a real resurgence now, which is amazing to
see. But for some of us, that stuff lived a little more in the shadows growing up. In my own
house, D&D was actually banned during the ‘Satanic Panic,’ so there’s something especially
satisfying about revisiting those ideas now — openly, creatively, and without apology. It
feels like reclaiming something. We think readers will connect with the themes, but also
with the fully lived-in world Brandon, Andrea, and the team have created.”
To find out more about publisher, The LAB Press, go to Section 8;
Or, to read more about the story behind Creatures & Corridors, go to Section 2.
Creatures & Corridors is now available in comic shops and from online retailers in two
editions – the Premiere hardcover featuring cover art by Bill Sienkiewicz which retails at
$49.99, and the Limited Edition hardcover featuring cover art by Gene Ha which retails at
$74.99. For those who don’t have a local comic shop or preferred online retailer, the book
can also be found on Amazon and Amazon UK.
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The LAB Press is a publisher of fearless storytelling, styles, perspectives, and creators. Our
dedication is to the art of the printed graphic novel and ensuring even audacious visions are
realized. For voices yet to be heard and established voices looking to take new risks, we
provide space where experimentation is rampant, delicate ideas are guarded and
untethered stories can grow, along with the backing needed to get these stories into the
hands of fans who will carry them out into the world.
You can find out more at
thelabpress.com.
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