Shadows on the Wall: An Online Dark Shadows Fanzine

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Announcing DAYTIME GOTHIC ISSUE 2!

Stuart Manning is a freaking genius.

I mean, did you see the first issue of Daytime Gothic? You should've, and there's no excuse; the second issue is coming soon, and, as the first did as well, it features a short story written by yours truly.

Here's the copy from Stuart:

THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. RELEASE DATE: JULY 22

Daytime Gothic is a full-colour charity magazine celebrating 60 years of TV's spookiest soap, Dark Shadows, with 160 pages of features, interviews, rartwork, fiction and humour, illustrated with rare and previously unseen photographs from the archives of Dan Curtis Productions. Highlights include…

Lara and Kathryn: a wide-ranging interview by Kathryn Leigh Scott, conducted shortly before Lara's death in 2023, with special photography by James Storm and Valerie Pronio Storm
Rare photos from Jonathan Frid’s 1968 publicity tour
Oscar-winning screenwriter John Logan reveals everything he learned from watching Dark Shadows
The story of how a unique Dark Shadows behind the scenes film was discovered in the archives of the BBC
Unpublished interview extracts with actor Mitchell Ryan
Series creator Dan Curtis celebrated with a look at his unproduced biographical screenplay and an unpublished interview with the man himself from 1968
Mark B. Perry tackles the thorny question… was Dark Shadows truly camp?
How Art Wallace’s 1953 teleplay The House built the foundations for Dark Shadows
Dr. Julia Hoffman: the making of a Dark Shadows icon
Chris Pennock remembered by friend and collaborator Ansel Faraj
Podcaster Penny Dreadful on dream Dark Shadows merchandise
The chaotic backstage saga of Dark Shadows’ short-lived Canadian rival Strange Paradise
A closing letter from David Selby… and much more!

Proceeds from Daytime Gothic will benefit Peace4Kids, in memory of Lara Parker. Edited by Stuart Manning. Format: 160 pages; full colour, 16.5 x 24 cm, perfect-bound

And the link!

1968: Run, Vicki, Run!

Chris Jennings: Hubba Hubba

Dark Shadows Comic Strip Season 15: A Seance Was Held ...

Saturday, June 27, 2026

Happy 60th, Dark Shadows!

Dark Shadows, serving Gothic ghoulishness for sixty years! Happy anniversary to my favorite show!

The first of the Dark Shadows comic strips since I started running them back in 2014!

My very favorite from all of the photo shoots: this sums the entire show up perfectly, and includes ...

... the divoon Mrs. Cassandra Collins, Angelique after the devil painted her hair.

I've nursed a fairly long-standing (like, 30 years exactly) crush on Don Briscoe and his tortured, queer-coded (hey, who wasn't on this show?) alter ego, Chris Jennings the oft-shirtless werewolf; but I've nursed an even longer crush on ...

...hotsie-totsie Joel Crothers, who spent his own fair share of time sans shirt ...

Observe.

Sorry. What were we talking about?

Oh, right! Dark Shadows! Hey, you celebrate your way, I'll celebrate mine. Hey, here's some of my hand-drawn fan art from a billion years ago ...

...and some faux-Paperback Library covers for books that never existed that have dazed and confused many a fan for the last fourteen years since this blog came into existence ...