Girls and Corpses
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| Girls and Corpses | |
|---|---|
| Editor | Robert Rhine |
| Categories | Horror/Humor |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publisher | Robert Steven Rhine |
| First issue | October 2002 |
| Company | Rhine Entertainment |
| Country | USA |
| Website | girlsandcorpses.com |
Girls and Corpses is a comedy/horror magazine founded in 2002 by fiction writer and author Robert Steven Rhine who also goes by the pseudonyms "Corpsy" and "The Grin Creeper".
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[edit] Origins
The print magazine is published quarterly and features photographs of women posing with corpses, along with celebrity interviews, comedic articles, advertising spoofs and comic artwork. Rhine describes the magazine as "Maxim meets Dawn of The Dead" and "the first comedy magazine about death." R.S. Rhine created Girls and Corpses to fill the void left by childhood favorites MAD Magazine and National Lampoon. Rhine also wanted to hold reader’s attention without nudity that he feels is plentiful enough in the universe.
Girls and Corpses Magazine is sold on newsstands in the U.S. and Canada via Ingram Distributers and is available for purchase on the website and worldwide through Diamond Comics Distributors, also through Last Gasp Comics in San Francisco.
Rhine is the author of the books: My Brain Escapes Me, the graphic novel Satan’s 3-Ring Circus of Hell and the comic books Selected Readings From Satan’s Powder Room, Chicken Soup For Satan and Satan Gone Wild.
The idea for Girls and Corpses bubbled to Rhine’s brain at San Diego Comic-Con where he exhibited and would feature corpses at the booth, supplied by Kevin Klemm of The Ed Gein Collection.
Rhine explains, "Girls would constantly come up to the booth and want to be photographed with the corpses and I got to thinking – 'What’s up with girls and corpses?'"
"Today we offer an alternative to fans of horror stalwarts Fangoria and Rue Morgue, by serving some guffaws with our gore."
[edit] Print Medium
From 2003-2006 R.S. Rhine, the magazine's Founder/Publisher and Deaditor-In-Chief, published fifteen successful online issues, garnering millions of visitors each month. In 2007, Girls and Corpses became a print magazine, distributed by Ingram (on newsstands in the U.S. and Canada) and also Diamond Distributers.
The first printed issue featured actress Sheri Moon Zombie on the cover with Rob Zombie’s corpse. The second print issue cover features Danielle Harris. Tom Green’s (head) was featured on a platter on the cover of the first Thanksgiving internet issue. The third print issue features Sid Haig and Scout Taylor-Comptonand the fourth issue introduced Mistress Malice, the winner of Miss Horrorfest '07.
The magazine has branched into Girls and Corpses TV and the Girls and Corpses yearly calendar.
The magazine’s motto is: "So many corpses… so little time."
Note: In January 2007, Girls and Corpses Rhine brought in a co-publisher, Stephan Miller. In April 2008, Miller was tragically killed by a grizzly bear while filming a commercial. Miller had trained the bear, Rocky, from a cub and he had numerous credits as an animal trainer with his cousin Randi Miller of Predators In Action.
[edit] Artistic Contributors
Artistic contributors to the magazine include: Jim Smith, D.W. Frydendall, Frank Forte, Mitch O’ Connell, Jason Daquino, Nenad Gucunja, Kit Lively, Brian Orwolski, Eric Pigors, Dick Starr, Steve Vincent, Doug Mac, Big Tasty, Taizan, Anthony Rugggario, Lyndal Ferguson, and Peter Mihaichuk.
[edit] Mentions in the press
Girls and Corpses has been featured in the magazines: Maxim, Stuff, FHM, Blonde, Virus, Penthouse, Bizarre, Fangoria, Rue Morgue, Total Guitar and others. R.S. Rhine has been a guest on Maxim Radio and on Playboy Radio amongst others. Rhine was a guest speaker at the 2006 Regional gathering of Mensa.
[edit] Awards and Recognition
Rhine has had fiction published in over 100 magazines and published anthologies. In 2005, R.S. Rhine won the World Horror Con dark fiction contest for his story "Propeller Boy". He is also included in the Bram Stoker Award winning anthology Dark Delicacies – Original Tales of Terror and The Macabre alongside Clive Barker and Ray Bradbury with his story "The Seer".
In 2007 Girls and Corpses Magazine won Honorable Mention at the New York Book Festival.
