Interviews 2026

Boom! Studios / Hellraiser

Quote from Boom! Studios Press Release, February 2026

"I’m delighted to be partnering with BOOM! once again to create comics and graphic novels that will introduce both wild new projects, in addition to creating radical new visions of the kind of dark mythologies I’ve always been known for. There are a lot of doors waiting to be opened, and worlds of weird fantasy and horror waiting on the other side."

Clive Barker Returns To Horror And Dark Fantasy With New Anthology Book Series 'Library Of The Dead'

Quote from Clive Barker Ink / Ensata Press Press Release, 18 August 2026, reported at variety.com, dreadcentral.com and others

"I'm profoundly excited by all that Library of the Dead offers, and the freedom that I now have to present it to you with Kickstarter. It's going to be a blast for us all, my friends!"

Library Of The Dead

A note from Clive Barker, Kickstarter launch page for Library of the Dead, 18 August 2026

"My Dear Friends,
"As you know, for many years, I've been on a journey to bring you stories told through artwork, gaming, film, and, of course, my writing. Now, after a period of ill health, I am celebrating my full recovery and excited to be generating new work, including a project that I can now share with you here on Kickstarter.
"Library of the Dead is a series of three books containing my return to short horror fiction, a format I embraced in my original Books of Blood. Rest assured, the writing in Library of the Dead is every bit as intense and shocking as those stories."

Clive Barker Opens The Book On His 'Library Of The Dead'

By Kevin Hoover, Rue Morgue online at rue-morgue.com, 4 September 2026

"I want to make sure that the material that I’ve written has a flavour which presses the limits and, while not directly pushing anything political, remains a reflection of many life experiences. The material I wrote in the original Books of Blood was notable for the amount of sexuality and the extremes it pushed. I had two editors who were both women. The publisher of the first books, Sphere, was very conservative. They forbade me from publishing certain stories, so I withdrew the books. Remember, these were my first books. I was not going to be censored even if this was the first and last opportunity that I ever received. A week went by without response, and they eventually came back and said they wanted two sentences from In the Hills, the Cities removed. Again, I said no. Either publish it as I wrote it or I would find someone else. Now, I didn’t have anyone else, but they eventually relented without saying they were relenting. And it was never spoken of again.
"For Library of the Dead, these issues no longer exist. I address the specific things that concern me, but I don’t think there’s purpose in being too overt in your intentions. Instead, I focus on the work and stories that move me. All my stories are very important to me and stories can push me in ways that connect with readers in certain ways. All have elements of this, but some are more overt than others. There’s a lot of unused and unexploited opportunity to write about and I want to be able to explore feelings without being tacky or overexploitative."