Girls and Corpses

Girls and Corpses is a comedy/horror magazine founded in 2002 by writer and author Robert Steven Rhine who also goes by the pseudonyms Corpsy and The Grin Creeper. He 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.
Origins
The print magazine is published quarterly and features photographs of beautiful women posing with rotting corpses. The magazine also contains celebrity and band 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." He created Girls and Corpses to fill the void left by childhood favorites MAD Magazine and National Lampoon.
Rhine explains, "We offer an alternative to fans of horror stalwarts Fangoria and Rue Morgue, by serving some guffaws with our gore." The magazine’s motto is: "So many corpses… so little time."
From 2003-2006, 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. It is sold on newsstands in the U.S. and Canada via Ingram Distributors and is available for purchase on the website and worldwide through Diamond Comics Distributors, as well as through Last Gasp Comics in San Francisco.
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-Compton and 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.
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.
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. 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.
Awards and recognition
In 2007 Girls and Corpses Magazine won Honorable Mention at the New York Book Festival.

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