Gideon Falls

• Schedule — Monthly • Format — Ongoing • Genre — Horror • Publisher — Image Comics • Date — March 2018 – December 2020 • Issues — 27 • Creators — Jeff Lemire Andrea Sorrentino • Writers — Jeff Lemire • Artists — Andrea Sorrentino • Colorists — Dave Stewart • Letterers — Steve Wands • Editors — Will Dennis • Tpb — 1. The Black Barn • Isbn — 9781534308527 • Tpb2 — 2. Original Sins • Isbn2 — 9781534310674 • Tpb3 — 3. Stations of the Cross • Isbn3 — 9781534313446 • Tpb4 — 4. The Pentoculus • Isbn4 — 9781534315136 • Tpb5 — 5. Wicked Worlds • Isbn5 — 9781534317222 • Tpb6 — 6. The End • Isbn6 — 9781534318670

The lives of a reclusive young man obsessed with a conspiracy in the city's trash, and a washed-up Catholic priest arriving in a small town full of dark secrets, become intertwined around the mysterious legend of The Black Barn, an otherworldly building that is alleged to have appeared in both the city and the small town, throughout history, bringing death and madness in its wake.

Gideon Falls was first announced in October 2017, in advance of New York Comic Con. Lemire set out to create an intelligent horror story, not one driven by gore, but by exploring the nature of evil. Sorrentino described the central character, Norton Sinclair, as inheriting the worst from himself and Lemire - nihilism from Sorrentino and obsession from Lemire. Norton is based on a character Lemire created in 1996 for a short film during film school in Toronto. The Black Barn from the series was somewhat inspired by the Black Lodge from Twin Peaks, though Lemire assured readers that he was going somewhere very different with the concept. The story came from two separate stories that weren't working on their own, but finally clicked when Lemire put them together. The series concluded at issue #27 in December 2020 with an 80-page issue.

• Issue — Title — Release date — Trade Paperback Collection — Hardcover Collection • #1 — The Speed of Pain — March 7, 2018 — Gideon Falls – Volume 1: The Black Barn October 17, 2018 — Gideon Falls Book I: The Legend of the Black Barn August 18, 2021 • #2 — All the Little Sinners Say Hallelujah! — April 11, 2018 • #3 — The Faller of Trees — May 16, 2018 • #4 — Twin Shadows — June 20, 2018 • #5 — We Are All Just Soft Instruments — July 18, 2018 • #6 — The Faller of Trees — August 15, 2018 • #7 — The Sum of Its Parts — October 17, 2018 — Gideon Falls – Volume 2: Original Sins April 17, 2019 • #8 — Killer Smile — November 14, 2018 • #9 — The Transfiguration — December 19, 2018 • #10 — The Hypostatic Union — January 16, 2019 • #11 — Did I Find You or Did You Find Me? — February 13, 2019 • #12 — The Laughing Man, Part One — April 17, 2019 — Gideon Falls – Volume 3: Stations of the Cross October 9, 2019 • #13 — He Said I Was Special — May 15, 2019 • #14 — The Village Near the Centre — June 19, 2019 • #15 — The Misplaced Man — July 17, 2019 • #16 — All Those Little Scars — August 14, 2019 • #17 — Forever and Ever — October 16, 2019 — Gideon Falls – Volume 4: The Pentoculus June 17, 2020 (with printing error) July 22, 2020 (corrected version) — Gideon Falls Book II: The Eater of All Things November 19, 2022 • #18 — All of His Kingdoms — November 13, 2019 • #19 — Alone in the Dark — December 11, 2019 • #20 — Drink the Dark Water — January 8, 2020 • #21 — The Eater of All Things — February 5, 2020 • #22 — What's That Flying with the Crows? — June 17, 2020 — Gideon Falls – Volume 5: Wicked Worlds November 25, 2020 • #23 — Neon Bible — July 15, 2020 • #24 — All the Best Cowgirls Have Daddy Issues — August 19, 2020 • #25 — Are You Feeling Sinister? — September 23, 2020 • #26 — It's Time to Play — October 21, 2020 • #27 — The End — December 23, 2020 — Gideon Falls – Volume 6: The End April 14, 2021

Gideon Falls was picked up for a television series by Hivemind Productions in June 2018. Lemire and Sorrentino will serve as executive producers alongside Jason Brown, Sean Daniel, Kathy Lingg, and Dinesh Shamdasani. In October 2019, James Wan, along with his Atomic Monster partner Michael Clear, has joined as executive producer. Lemire has assured readers that despite television development, the comic will remain his primary focus.