Halloween Week continues with yet another guest blog from one of the industry's most notable creators of horror comics. This time around, it's "30 Days of Night" co-creator Steve Niles, whose series "Criminal Macabre," "Freaks of the Heartland" and "Wake the Dead" (among others) are also currently in development as feature films. His sequel to "30 Days of Night," "Dark Days" is also currently in production.

I imagine for a lot of folks out there Halloween is a fun time, but not one of the bigger times of year. In my house, Halloween is right up there with all major holidays. I’d even go as far as to say I spend more in October than I do in December.

It’s the truth. I have a problem. My name is Steve Niles and I’m a horror addict. I’m also one lucky monster-kid. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Read more...

The fact that "30 Days of Night" wasn't a smashing success at the box office isn't necessarily an indicator that a sequel film is off limits—on the contrary, a follow-up to the comic book adaptation is about to go into production.

Any day now, "30 Days of Night: Dark Days" will start shooting in Vancouver with director Ben Ketai at the helm.

"30 Days of Night" creator Steve Niles attended Baltimore Comic-Con this past weekend and spoke with Comics Continuum about the upcoming movie, saying that they have one priority in mind right now: casting the film's lead. Read more...

Despite its lackluster box-office performance, "30 Days of Night" is getting a sequel. The vampire horror franchise created by Steve Niles will live on in the form of "30 Days of Night: Dark Days," which follows the journey of Stella Oleson as she seeks vengeance upon the vampires who ravaged her hometown and killed her husband.

Niles went into detail on the project during an interview with Shock Till You Drop, revealing that the vampires in "Dark Days" will be much closer to the villains he envisioned in the comics—namely, the vampires will speak.

"I have them doing what I originally wanted which is speaking all languages," Niles told the site of the sequel's vampire menace. Read more...

Kanye West was the talk of Twitter last night at the VMAs for his un-prompted interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech, and some of comics' biggest names were among those sounding off. If you're interested in a quick rundown of what Mark Waid, Brian Michael Bendis and several others posted. Look no further than the Twitter Report.

And even if you're not, you can still read on to find out which writer is scheduling his week around the release of "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2," what happened after Phil Hester announced he was open to reading other people's scripts and which new projects Steve Niles is excited about.

It's all in the Twitter Report for September 14, 2009. Read more...

Disney's acquisition of Marvel Entertainment turns 1 day old today, and the Twitter Report feed has jubilant humor from Rick Remender and Brian Michael Bendis, celebratory fact-sharing from C.B. Cebulski and a dash of skepticism from Image Comics co-founder Erik Larsen, who wonders if Marvel artists will still be allowed to sketch their heroes at conventions.

Elsewhere, "Spawn" creator Todd McFarlane shared some more new artwork via his Twitter account.

Check out a link to that below, along with all manner of creator commentary and a shocking moment of self-awareness from Dan Slott. It's in the Twitter Report for September 1, 2009. Read more...

Steve Niles has had plenty of experience bringing his comic books to Hollywood, from "30 Days of Night" to the developing "City of Dust." Now, Niles can add another notch in his cinematic belt, and it's considerably more "Macabre" than the others.

Variety reports that the Niles-created "Criminal Macabre" has been acquired by Universal Pictures. The Dark Horse comic-turned-movie will be produced by Dark Horse president Mike Richardson alongside Neal Moritz and his Original Film banner. Kyle Ward will write the script.

For the uninitiated, "Criminal Macabre" focuses on Cal McDonald, a paranormal detective that is himself tainted goods—he's a filthy-mouthed, drug-abusing and generally unpleasant man, but is nonetheless a professional when it comes to taking out ghouls, ghosts and other supernatural atrocities. Read more...

Cal McDonald is a mess of a man... and that's the way fans like him. Created by renowned horror scribe Steve Niles, the drug-infused anti-hero's publishing history is as varied as his nearly 20 years of "Criminal Macabre" adventures with Dark Horse Comics.

Between several comic book series, novels, and online content, McDonald has killed a monster in almost every medium. Now with the possibility of a film adaptation on the way, the paranormal detective could be poised for a jump from self-imposed obscurity to mainstream monster hunting. Read more...

Steve Niles might like writing savage, crafty vampires like those that invade Alaska in his "30 Days of Night" comics, but that doesn't mean that he lacks a soft spot for the the classier, romantic bloodsuckers in Stephenie Meyers' "Twilight" books. Quite to the contrary, the horror writer behind "Wake the Dead" and "Freaks of the Heartland" has nothing but the utmost respect for his colleagues who take a softer approach to their vampire stories.

"It’s just a different way of looking at things," Niles told MTV News. "Everybody assumes that from watching '30 Days of Night' that I hate Anne Rice and the whole notion of romantic vampires, but it’s actually just the opposite." Read more...

Last year, Radical Publishing announced a financing plan to speed many of their comic books to feature films. "30 Days of Night" creator Steve Niles' "City of Dust" was on on that list, and as the writer explains, not only are the gears still in motion to produce a screenplay, but Niles' comics might also produce a spin-off series of novels, too.

"I don’t know if you’re aware of the '30 Days of Night' novels we did for Pocket Books, but we’ve done three novels and had tremendous success with them -- so I suggested doing the same thing for Phillip Khrome and 'City of Dust,'" Niles told MTV News. Read more...

"30 Days of Night" creator Steve Niles has a healthy lineup of Hollywood options on the table this year, from "Pineapple Express" director David Gordon Green ready to adapt his miniseries "Freaks of the Heartland" to a "30 Days" sequel possibly going direct-to-DVD soon. His modern-day Frankenstein story "Wake the Dead," however, is facing some snags as its character designers find themselves occupied with the "Hobbit" films.

"That one’s kind of at a standstill for now," Niles told MTV News of the effects of WETA's extended "Hobbit" commitment. "We just didn’t manage to get it set up as much as I had hoped." Read more...