Joseph Schmalke

Joseph Schmalke is the Co-Publisher of Black Caravan and a comics creator, writer, and illustrator residing in Westbrook, Maine.

Joe is the artist and writer on several comic book titles including: THE INFERNAL PACT, CHERRY BLACKBIRD, PHANTOM STARKILLER (with Peter Goral), WE DON’T KILL SPIDERS, THE ELECTRIC BLACK (With Rich Woodall), and MURDER HOBO (With Jason Lynch).

You can find his work featured on variant covers for Image comics, Boom! studios, Vault comics, Mad Cave, Source Point Press and Scout comics. You will also find his artwork on Exclusive Marvel and FYE t-shirts, and Super 7 card art. Joseph also contributed to A Sound of Thunder’s IT WAS METAL graphic novel anthology and their upcoming album cover THE KRIMSON KULT.

CEX Titles

Seven Years In Darkness #1 – Red Foil Variant

Features a Bill Sienkiewicz cover and a gorgeous red foil logo!

Seven Years in Darkness #1

72 children enroll, but only SEVEN will graduate alive...

Seven Years in Darkness #1 – Groundbreaking Comics C2E2 Variant

Limited to 250 Copies, this is a continuation of Groundbreaking Comics' line of tarot card variants that started with the self-published issue 1. This is a new Tarot card image with the slightly updated issue 1. This book will be a C2E2 exclusive but Groundbreaking Comics is selling a small amount of them through their website as preorders.

Seven Years in Darkness #1 – Second Printing

SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS CONJURES UP A SECOND PRINTING!

Seven Years in Darkness #1 – The One Stop Shop Variant

Seven Years in Darkness #1 – The One Stop Shop Virgin Variant

Seven Years in Darkness #1 – Third Printing

SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS CONJURES UP A THIRD PRINTING!

Seven Years In Darkness #2

Malena’s backstory is revealed!

Seven Years in Darkness #2 – Second Printing

Seven Years in Darkness #3

Someone is sabotaging the other students, but who?

Seven Years In Darkness #4

Year One conclusion!

Seven Years in Darkness: The Shamir Worm

Locals scheme to overthrow the school of Black Magic while plans to unleash The Shamir Worm unfurl.

Seven Years in Darkness Year One Ashcan

Collect the preview edition that started it all!

Seven Years in Darkness: Year Two #1

Welcome to Year Two at the Academy of Black Magic.

Seven Years In Darkness Year Two #1 – Red Foil Variant

In honor of the launch of SYID: YEAR TWO #1, we are releasing 50 copies of this variant! Look at the cover if you dare! But beware, it might just put a spell on you!