On Wednesday, June 10th, Dark Horse Comics is releasing MONSTERS IN LOVE A Pride Anthology #1 – an 80-page one-shot for less than 10 bucks!

This super-sized special also includes a framing story by the creative team from The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos!

Take a look at the preview, then pick up your copy on New Comic Book Day at your LCS or online retailers!

Here’s a look at the covers, storyline, and preview pages for this week’s
new release from Dark Horse Comics on New Comic Book Day…

MONSTERS IN LOVE A Pride Anthology #1 (one-shot)

Intro & Outro Story
by Tate Brombal, Isaac Goodhart & Miquel Muerto

Bite Me
by James Tynion IV & Noah Dao

The Bargain
by Lee Ostertag

Attachment
by Kenny Wroten

Every Witch Way
by Jadzia Axelrod & Bailie Rosenlund

Love in Starshine
by Vita Ayala & Claudua Aguirre

Growing Apart
by Josh Trujillo & Ed Luce

Blood Sister
by Lilah Sturges & Vash Taylor

Dreamy Situationship
by Jacoby Salcedo

How to Date Your Dragon
by Zoe Tunnell & Tench

Of a Feather
by Sina Grace

All Stories Lettered
by Aditya Bidikar

Covers & Cover Artists:
V Gagnon (Cover A)

Bradley Clayton (Cover B)
Rian Sygh (Cover C)

Genres: Horror · LGBTQ
Format: FC, 80 pages; One-Shot
Age range: 16+

SRP: $9.99

Publication Date: June 10, 2026

We need love and monster now more than ever!!!

Beloved anthology Monsters In Love turns romance comics on their ogre-sized head with 10 swoon-worthy stories by fan-favorite LGBTQIA+ creators, including James Tynion IV, Jadzia Axelrod, Vita Ayala, Zoe Tunnell, Sina Grace, Josh Trujillo, Claudia Aguirre, Tench, and many others, just in time for Pride Month.


About Dark Horse Comics:

Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics is an excellent example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and transform a company with humble beginnings into an industry giant.

Over the years, Dark Horse has published the work of creative legends such as Yoshitaka Amano, Margaret Atwood, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Will Eisner, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Faith Erin Hicks, Kazuo Koike, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Kentaro Miura, Moebius, Chuck Palahniuk, Wendy Pini, Richard Pini, and Gerard Way. In addition, Dark Horse has a long tradition of establishing exciting new creative talent throughout all of its divisions.

The company has also set the industry standard for quality licensed comics, graphic novels, collectibles, and art books, including Stranger Things, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Dragon Age, James Cameron’s Avatar, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect, StarCraft, The Witcher, and Halo. Today, Dark Horse Comics is one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers.


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