CLAYPOOL COMICS FOR APRIL

DEADBEATS #65

By Richard Howell and Ricardo Villagran, cover by Howell and Lachance.

Plunged into an awful alternate future in which monsters have overtaken Mystic Grove, Kirby Collier allies himself with the grown-up children of his friends -- and his own twins -- to oppose the evil intruders, in "A Dark and Dismal Fate!"

32 pages, black and white, $2.50.

ELVIRA #132

By Strom, Sutton and Anderson.

CGI philistines the Dynamo Duet thrive on altering classic films, so when Elvira opposes their artlessness, they shrink her and put her in a tiny amusement park, in "To Squash an Elvira!" Also, Elvira's runway gala co-host harbors a deadly secret, in "Dread Carpet Treatment!"

32 pages, black and white, $2.50.