Scream Inn – hardcover + free print

Scream Inn was one of the highlights in Shiver & Shake. The strip represented horror comedy at its very best and was illustrated by Brian Walker who joined IPC Magazines following a successful stint at DC Thomson where he illustrated I.Spy in Sparky.

Bob Paynter, the Editor, gave the artist a general formula: there had to be an Innkeeper and a family of ghosts in an old inn setting. Each week somebody had to try and stay in the haunted bedroom for a prize of a million pounds, and each week they got chucked out. Scripted by Brian Walker’s friend and fellow-cartoonist Cliff Brown, Scream Inn was a reader participation feature where readers were encouraged to send in their story ideas and receive a cash prize of £1 along with the honour of seeing their name in print.

This 196-page harcover edition collects every episode of Scream Inn in Shiver & Shake weeklies from 10th March 1973 till 5th October 1974, Shiver & Shake Christmas Holiday Special 1973, Shiver & Shake Holiday Specials 1975 and 1979 as well as Shiver & Shake Annuals 1974, 1976 and 1977. The book includes a foreword by Irmantas Povilaika (the publisher) and an afterword by Mo Walker (the artist‘s widow), both illustrated with photos from the family archive.

The first printing of this limited hardcover edition consists of 150 numbered copies and features a free colour pin-up.