Horror
Stories that make me afraid and anxious.
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I swear I heard TV Guide’s Damian Holbrook utter the word “atonement” during The Following panel he moderated at this year’s New York Comic Con. I have to swear because the mention was so brief and the notion never really picked up. Kevin Bacon did sort of say something about the personal consequences his character,…
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The Shunned House by H.P. Lovecraft My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was infatuated with HP Lovecraft for a brief period in my life but mostly because of the drawings he inspired by HR Giger. I had a collection of Lovecraft’s stories that I bought at Tower Books (many, many years ago) but can’t…
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Batman: Arkham Asylum – A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison My rating: 4 of 5 stars I associate Dave McKean’s artwork with chaos and motion and the surreal and the absurd which makes him a perfect choice to illustrate a book called Batman Arkham Asylum. I don’t think it is an accident…
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The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really like Dave McKean’s artwork. I like the motley collage and subtle chaos of angular ink drawn faces mixed with magazine cutouts and snapshots. The storytelling is excellent too. The Tragedy of Mr. Punch is a…
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WARNING! Possible SPOILERS! The Soul Eater anime put out by Funimation was my introduction to the work of Atsushi Ohkumbo. I was immediately drawn to the idea of weapons being human and able to transform at will from their human form to their weaponized form. For example, the main character, Soul, is a tough talking…
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The Meteors playing “My Daddy is a Vampire” to clips of Christopher Lee (my favorite Dracula). WARNING: SPOILERS! The fifth volume of Scott Snyder’s American Vampire comic book series reminds you that time has been passing with each successive volume. It’s easy to forget because vampires are immortal, so they are drawn the same page…
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American Vampire, Vol. 4 by Scott Snyder My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t remember the previous volumes well enough so I have to ask is Volume 4 the first time the vampires in American Vampire have a little “color” to them? The book begins with an American Indian vampire and concludes with an…
Vincent Young 