Yuletide: Curse of the Winter Witch

Have you ever wondered why our brightly colored and joyously cheerful Christmas festivities are held at the peak of winter’s frigid darkness? That is no mere coincidence—and now the truth about the monsters the yuletide holds at bay will finally be revealed in a gleaming gift of epic holiday adventure from creators George Northy (EC’s Shiver SuspenStories) and Rachele Aragno (Leonide the Vampyr)!

Welcome to the small town of Christmas, Pennsylvania—the merriest place on Earth . . . or so they’d like everyone to think. When December rolls around, these folks pull out all the stops for America’s biggest, brightest holiday display . . . but not everyone in Christmas, PA, is so enthusiastic. Teens Jake, Abe, and Wyn are more interested in the dark side of the holiday that their parents like to pretend doesn’t exist . . . the ancient legends of mythic monsters and pagan pandemonium that are deeply tied to the festival’s long-forgotten origins. So when their hobby leads them to an abandoned wing of the local Christmas museum to investigate, they’ll discover an ancient relic that, when activated, will bring a furious procession of yuletide horrors long since banished from our plane—and with it, a darkness that has been waiting centuries for its chance to overtake the world!

In the tradition of The Goonies, Hocus Pocus, and The Nightmare Before Christmas, Yuletide is a haunting holiday tale unleashing a monstrous new kind of seasonal tradition on readers young and old! | George Northy is writer and producer of film, TV and comics best known for writing the cult teen comedy feature G.B.F. and for series like MTV's Faking It, the CW's Charmed and XO Kitty on Netflix. George recently made his comics debut with his story “Curse of the Magi” in EC Comics ShiverSuspenstories #1 from Oni Press. He has sold and written many TV pilots over the years and is currently writing a feature film at a major streamer. In addition to actively developing the film version of YULETIDE, he is currently working on projects across a variety of genres and is excited to next be partnering with Oni Press once again for a supernatural whodunnit comic series slated to be released 2026. George lives in Los Angeles with his husband Andrew and their dog Percy.

Rachele Aragno is an artist best known for her work on Mel The Chosen, Leonide The Vampyre, I Hate Fairyland and Star Wars: The High Republic. Her debut graphic novel, Melvina was originally published in Italy by Bao and later in the US by Random House Graphic as Mel The Chosen. It was named among the best books for young readers by the comics committee of the American Library Association. She collaborated with Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart to create the original character, Leonide The Vampyre, published by Dark Horse Comics, and with Skottie Young at Image Comics for an I Hate Fairyland short story. She is currently working on a new project for Bao.