Read Neighbor Clay McLeod Chapman’s Spider-Man Comic & See Him In ‘Pumpkin Pie Show: Seasick,’ Opening October 16

Anna Gustafson -

Neighbor Clay McLeod Chapman has shared some exciting news with us – the author’s story, “I Walked With A Spider,” which re-imagines Spider-Man’s origin tale as if it were a horror movie, hit the streets on October 1 – and it’s already getting rave reviews. “I Walked With A Spider” is part of Marvel’s “Edge of Spider-Verse” mini-series and features artwork by Elia Bonnetti and a cover by Garry Brown.

Image courtesy Clay McLeod Chapman.

“It’s a familiar story. A radioactive spider bites a high school science nerd. Tormented by his classmates at school, disregarded by his family at home – Patton Parnell is already somewhat of a monster. Only now with all the power and none of the responsibility, venture deep into a universe where the story you know becomes as horrific as possible,” comic website Newsarama said of “I Walked With A Spider.”

You can also check out this interview Clay did with Marvel, during which he talks about how he and Elia came up with a world in which Peter Parker (aka Spider-Man) is not always the good guy adhering to a moral compass.

Clay also let us know that this year’s “Pumpkin Pie Show: Seasick” opens in New York City for a three-week blitz on October 16 at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Mark’s Place, between 1st Avenue and Avenue A). The show, which is described as stories (written by Clay) about “an outbreak of norovirus” that “quickly spreads through the passengers and crew onboard a luxury cruise-liner, cutting short this sunny sojourn through the tropics.”

“The foundation of civil society quickly deteriorates as the ship veers far off course and the number of ill passengers rises… leaving one family to fight for their survival onboard this sun-and-blood drenched cruise into madness,” Clay, who also performs in the production, goes on to say on his website.

The show will be performed on Thursday through Saturday nights at 8pm through November 1 at UNDER St. Marks. Tickets are $18 for the general public and $15 for students and seniors. To buy tickets online, you can go here, or call (888) 596-1027.