SCOTT SNYDER PRESENTS: THE CLOAKROOM ISSUE 4 includes 54 pages of twisted storytelling, designed to shock and enthrall! This anthology was curated by Jerry Carita (Comic Book Men, Cicada Samurai) and Veronica Howell (The CloakRoom issues 1-3), and published with the approval and oversight of SCOTT SNYDER. Each story was written by a student of Scott Snyder’s writing workshop, operated through his Our Best Jackett Substack. Available now on Kickstarter, this new collection is a showcase of spine-chilling originality from the brightest rising voices in comics.
SCOTT SNYDER PRESENTS: THE CLOAKROOM #4 includes five new short stories to add to the already 400 pages of completed works in issues 1-3. Creator/Writers include Casey Van Heel (Blue Juice Comics), Nate Schacter, Jon Auerbach, Ken Janssens, and Griffey Sarmiento. Each story delves deep into a different genre, with unique twists guaranteed.
Like all previous issues, #4 has art from incredible talents. Megan Huang, Konstantin Pak, Nicoló Arcuti, Dmitrijus Čechovas, and Maxeem provide the interior art, while Pablo Verdugo, Matt Salisbury, and Arcuti (again) provided the cover art.
“Of all the projects we do at Thorny Comics, The CloakRoom is nearest to my heart,” said series editor and publisher, Jerry Carita. “The creators are often new to comics work, and this project gives them a chance to get published, often for the first time in their careers. It’s incredibly rewarding work, and Veronica and I are excited to keep it going.”
The team behind The Only Way Out is Through:
Casey Van Heel is a writer of comedy and comic books—creator of Knights of the 5th Dimension (Blue Juice Comics), PALOOKA, and THE CIVIL FOUR (Person of Merit Comics). Husband, Father, mower of lawns, and aspiring Warlock*
*Two Stars: Would not recommend. Wielding a vast cache of forbidden knowledge is hard, AND despatching the random nosey glory-bound Barbarian, I find less than ideal.
https://www.personofmeritcomics.com/
https://www.instagram.com/personofmerit
Maxeem is the creator and music director of self-published multimedia adult web series Lor’Avvu, and sometimes scribbling squire to Casey Van Heel’s scripts and to partner Lisa Penney’s pop art projects. Daydreamer, dishwasher, dabbler and aspiring Cool Magic Guy*
*Four Stars: Try with confidence. At worst be overwhelmed by your own shadows, at best regain long lost powers, and at the very least rattle yourself!
The team behind The Monsters We Make:
Nate Schachter is a twenty-one-year-old writer, editor, and nerd hailing from New York. Nate is a Writers of the Future and Negative Space finalist whose past and upcoming comic credits include Cthulhu Invades Fairy Tales, Voodoo Nations, Holiday Spirits, Bump in the Night, New Year, New Stories 2025, and The Storyboard Zine. Nate releases his own independent work under his publishing banner, The Narrative Shack–which can be followed on Substack for newsletters, project updates, and more.
Instagram, Bluesky, and Threads: @nateschachter
Substack: https://narrativeshack.substack.com
Nicolò Arcuti is a 33-year-old Italian comic book penciller, inker, and concept artist born in Perugia, Italy—drawing comics since he could hold a pencil in his hand. Nicolò is a Comics and Concept Art graduate from NID, and since has been collaborating with writers and publishers all over the globe to bring numerous stories to life.
Instagram: @nicoarcu.art
https://nicoarcuti.crevado.com
The team behind Secret Sauce:
Jon Auerbach‘s love of fantasy began at the tender age of six, when his parents bought him the classic 1977 animated version of The Hobbit. Jon hopes to pass on his stories to the next generation, including his kids, who have their own copy of The Hobbit that they lovingly call “the Bilbo book.” He is the writer of the fantasy adventure comic Blood of Atlantis and the author of the urban fantasy NYC Questing Guild series.
X: @jaauerbach
Instagram: @jaauerbach_author
Website: jonauerbach.com
Megan Huang is a comic book artist, and illustrator, born and raised in Canada. She has worked on titles such as Superman, Star Trek, Star Wars, Aggretsuko, Rick and Morty, My Little Pony, All Time Low’s: Young Renegades and more! Her recent work includes The Scale Trade (Magma Comix), Ghosted (2000 A.D.), and Teen Titans Go (DC Comics).
X: @meganhuang5
Bluesky: meganhuang.bsky.social
Instagram: @meganhuang5
Toben Racicot is a writer and letterer. He’s worked on a variety of indie comics like Beastlands, Sidequest, Discordia, and The Amazing Adventures of Bart Bartson. He studies Role-Playing Games and Collaborative Worldbuilding at the University of Waterloo. He dreamt of being an aerospace engineer before failing high school Physics.
The team behind The Hunted:
Griffey Sarmiento (Writer) Based out of the Pacific Northwest, Griffey is an engineer by day and a comic writer by night. All of Griffey’s current titles are available on his GlobalComix creator page: GriffsterComics.
Griffey Sarmiento | Linktree Twitter , BlueSky, Instagram
Dmitrijus Čechovas (Artist) is a Lithuanian comic book artist residing in Glasgow, Scotland.
Instagram , Twitter
Pedro Estouco‘s (Colorist) previous work includes Lady Satanus – Looks that Kill for Coffin Comics, senior editing on Shaka Zulu: The Founder King of the Zulu Nation from the African Kings and Queens collection, as well as coloring Rogue Agents #1 and #2 by Jason Todd and Aaron Williams, and Hypknot by Adam Barnhardt. Pedro has also worked on colors for covers and variant covers for titles such as Vampiro: Rockabilly Apocalypse, Mysterious, and Tinieblas.
Pedro Estouco – Comic Colorist Instagram
Rob Jones is primarily a letterer and sometimes writer of comics. He has lettered for companies such as Image Comics, Dark Horse, Mad Cave, Humanoids, Heavy Metal, Penguin Publishing, Harper Collins, Scholastic and for many other small press and indie titles. Rob can be found shouting nonsense on social media @RobJonesWrites or dipping his toes in the local duck pond.
Rob Jones Letters – UK based letterer of comics. Bluesky , Instagram
The team behind Better Angels:
Ken Janssens is a produced feature film screenwriter (“The Return” starring Richard Harmon), a published novelist (“The Sisters Arcana” by Pros Se Press), and a published comic book writer (“Hindsight” by Heavy Metal Magazine’s Virus Comics; “Caleb Elsewhere” by WagaComix). He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
In 2015 Ralf Singh (@SinghRalf) decided to drop out of university to pursue his greatest passion: drawing comics. Since then he has published comics for numerous publishers in Germany, the USA and Italy. Among them his very own comic Zinnober that sold up to 8,000 copies world-wide. Today, Ralf is an accomplished author, colorist, and letterer with international experience in numerous genres. In Germany his comics are published by his own label Dead Diver.
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