Tapping the Vein (comic)

"Tapping the Vein" is a comic series of Clive Barker's short stories from the "The Books of Blood" published by Eclipse Comics between 1989 and 1992.

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Related comics

Eclipse Books would continue to adapt various Clive Barker short stories in the early 1990s after the "Tapping the Vein" series came to an end. These include the following.

Dread

*"Dread" (originally published in "The Books of Blood Volume 2")
**Adapted by Fred Burke
**Art by Dan Brerton
*"Down, Satan" (originally published in "The Books of Blood Volume 4")
**Adapted by Steve Niles
**Art by Tim Conrad(A single volume featuring just Dread was also published)

on of Celluloid

*"Son of Celluloid" (originally published in "The Books of Blood Volume 3")
**Adapted by Steve Niles
**Art by Les Edwards

The Life of Death

*"The Life of Death" (originally published in "The Books of Blood Volume 6")
**Adapted by Fred Burke
**Art by Stewart Stanyard
*"New Murders on the Rue Morgue" (originally published in "The Books of Blood Volume 2")
**Adapted by Steve Niles
**Art by Hector Gomez

Revelations

*"Revelations" (originally published in "The Books of Blood Volume 4")
**Adapted by Steve Niles
**Art by Lionel Talaro
*"Babel's Children" (originally published in "The Books of Blood Volume 5")
**Adapted by Steve Niles
**Art by Hector Gomez(A single volume featuring just Revelations was also published)

The Yattering and Jack

*"The Yattering and Jack" (originally published in "The Books of Blood Volume 1")
**Adapted by Steve Niles
**Art by John Bolton

Rawhead Rex

*"Rawhead Rex" (originally published in "The Books of Blood Volume 3")
**Adapted by Steve Niles
**Art by Les Edwards
*"Twilight at the Towers" (originally published in "The Books of Blood Volume 6")
**Adapted by Steve Niles
**Art by Hector Gomez

Advertised, but never published was an adaption of "The Age of Desire" by P. Craig Russell and Tim Bradstreet, from "The Books of Blood Volume 4". A revised version of that adaptation will soon be published by Desperado Comics.

ee also

*List of comics based on fiction