Tapping the Vein is a comic series of Clive Barker ‘s short stories from The Books of Blood published by Eclipse Comics between 1989 and 1992.
Issues
| outcome | title | The Books of Blood Volume |
Adapted by | Art by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Human Remains | 3 | P. Craig Russell | P. Craig Russell |
| Pig Blood Blues | 1 | Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke | Scott Hampton | |
| 2 | Skins of the Fathers | 2 | Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke | Klaus Janson |
| In the Hills, the Cities | 1 | Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke | John Bolton | |
| 3 | The Midnight Meat Train | 1 | Chuck Wagner and Fred Burke | Denys Cowan and Michael Davis |
| Scape-Goats | 3 | Bo Hampton | Bo Hampton | |
| 4 | Hell’s Event | 2 | Fred Burke | Steven Johnson, Alan Okamoto and Jim Pearson |
| The Madonna | 5 | Fred Burke | Stan Woch , Mark Farmer and Fred Von Tobel | |
| 5 | How Spoilers Bleed | 6 | Steve Niles and Fred Burke | Hector Gomez |
| Down, Satan | 4 | Steve Niles | Tim Conrad |
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)
Her of Celluloid
- His 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 Morgue Street (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
- How Spoilers Bleed (originally published in The Books of Blood Volume 6 )
- Adapted by Steve Niles and Fred Burke
- Art by Hector Gomez
(A single volume featuring just The Yattering and Jack was also published)
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, goal never published Was an adaptation of The Age of Desire by P. Craig Russell and Tim Bradstreet, from The Books of Blood Volume 4 . A revised version of this adaptation will be published by Desperado Comics.
Publication
As of 2010, Tapping the Vein was made available digitally by Devil’s Due Digital