Girls and Corpses

Infobox_Magazine
title = Girls and Corpses


editor = Robert Rhine
publisher = Robert Steven Rhine
frequency = Quarterly
category = Horror/Humor
company = Rhine Entertainment
firstdate = October 2002
country = USA
website = [http://www.girlsandcorpses.com/ girlsandcorpses.com] |

"Girls and Corpses" is a comedy/horror magazine founded in 2002 by award winning fiction writer and author Robert Steven Rhine who also goes by the pseudonyms "Corpsy" and "The Grin Creeper".

Origins

The print magazine is published quarterly and features photographs of beautiful women posing with rotting corpses. The magazine also contains celebrity and band interviews, comedic articles, advertising spoofs and comic artwork. Rhine describes the magazine as "Maxim" meets "Dawn of The Dead" and "the first comedy magazine about death." He created "Girls and Corpses" to fill the void left by childhood favorites "MAD Magazine" and "National Lampoon".

Girls and Corpses Magazine is sold on newsstands in the U.S. and Canada via Ingram Distributors and is available for purchase on the website and worldwide through Diamond Comics Distributors, also through Last Gasp Comics in San Francisco.

Rhine is the author of the books: "My Brain Escapes Me", the graphic novel "Satan’s 3-Ring Circus of Hell" and the comic books "Selected Readings From Satan’s Powder Room", "Chicken Soup For Satan" and "Satan Gone Wild".

Rhine explains, "We offer an alternative to fans of horror stalwarts Fangoria and Rue Morgue, by serving some guffaws with our gore."

Girls and Corpses website: http://girlsandcorpses.com/

Print Medium

From 2003-2006 R.S. Rhine, the magazine's Founder/Publisher and Deaditor-In-Chief, published fifteen successful online issues, garnering millions of visitors each month. In 2007, Girls and Corpses became a print magazine, distributed by Ingram (on newsstands in the U.S. and Canada) and also Diamond Distributers.

The first printed issue featured actress Sheri Moon Zombie on the cover with Rob Zombie’s corpse. The second print issue cover features Danielle Harris. Tom Green’s (head) was featured on a platter on the cover of the first Thanksgiving internet issue. The third print issue features Sid Haig and Scout Taylor-Comptonand the fourth issue introduced Mistress Malice, the winner of Miss Horrorfest '07.

The magazine has branched into "Girls and Corpses TV" and the "Girls and Corpses" yearly calendar.

The magazine’s motto is: "So many corpses… so little time."

Artistic Contributors

Artistic contributors to the magazine include: Jim Smith, D.W. Frydendall, Frank Forte, Mitch O’ Connell, Jason Daquino, Nenad Gucunja, Kit Lively, Brian Orwolski, Eric Pigors, Dick Starr, Steve Vincent, Doug Mac, Big Tasty, Taizan, Anthony Rugggario, Lyndal Ferguson, and Peter Mihaichuk.

Mentions in the press

"Girls and Corpses" has been featured in the magazines: "Maxim", "Stuff", "FHM", "Blonde", "Virus", "Penthouse", "Bizarre", "Fangoria", "Rue Morgue", "Total Guitar" and others. R.S. Rhine has been a guest on Maxim Radio and on Playboy Radio amongst others. Rhine was a guest speaker at the 2006 Regional gathering of Mensa.

Awards and Recognition

Rhine has had fiction published in over 100 magazines and published anthologies. In 2005, R.S. Rhine won the World Horror Con dark fiction contest for his story "Propeller Boy". He is also included in the Bram Stoker Award winning anthology "Dark Delicacies – Original Tales of Terror and The Macabre" alongside Clive Barker and Ray Bradbury with his story "The Seer".

In 2007 Girls and Corpses Magazine won Honorable Mention at the New York Book Festival.

External links

* [http://girlsandcorpses.com// Girls and Corpses Magazine]
* [http://www.robertrhine.com// Robert Rhine Online]
* [http://www.girlsandcorpsestv.com// Girls and Corpses Television]
* [http://www.edgeincollection.com// Ed Gein Collection]