Exclusive Preview: Neil Gaiman & Mark Buckingham Reunite in Likely Stories

While it has the undeniable benefit of working with great source material, Dark Horse Comics’ Neil Gaiman Library can still boast of not yet producing a single dud. From Colleen Doran’s twisted-storybook take on Troll Bridge to Rafael Albuquerque’s expertly shadowy rendition of A Study in Emerald, every one of Dark Horse’s Gaiman adaptations has captured the indelible essence of its source material while adding whole new visual dimensions. Likely Stories, out October 3rd, looks to continue that pedigree, as longtime Gaiman collaborator and Fables artist Mark Buckingham adapts a set of loosely connected short stories (previously made into a live-action streaming anthology) into an unsettling trip through Gaiman’s trademark darkly fantastical imagination. Ahead of the hardcover’s publication next week, Paste has an exclusive first look at Buckingham’s interior art below. Be sure to pick up Likely Stories in your most-liked store on October 3rd.

Likely Stories Cover Art by Mark Buckingham

Likely Stories
Writers: Neil Gaiman & Mark Buckingham
Artist: Mark Buckingham
These dark and imaginative tales feature an odd and subtly linked world of bizarre venereal diseases, a creepy old woman who feasts on raw meat, a man obsessed with a skin model from a magazine, and a story within a story about ghosts.

From Hugo, Eisner, Newbery, Harvey, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula award-winning author Neil Gaiman and his longtime, Eisner award-winning collaborator Mark Buckingham (Fables) comes a graphic novel not to be missed!

Likely Stories Interior Art by Mark Buckingham

Likely Stories Interior Art by Mark Buckingham

Likely Stories Interior Art by Mark Buckingham

Likely Stories Interior Art by Mark Buckingham

Likely Stories Interior Art by Mark Buckingham