Customer Reviews

Edgar Allan Poe: "The Fall of the House of Usher" and Other Tales of Terror

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This is a fantastic comic book and Corben manages to convey the dramatic essence of Poe's original story. It is a very "Corbenian" work though: from the magical, almost impossible purple and violet colors of the landscapes in the original panels to the huge breasts of Ms Usher in the last panels. It is very 1980s and allows us to see a Corben that is stuck into his airbrush techniques, a Corben that is far too busy to continue producing Symbads, Mutant Worlds and Den's and who is looking for shortcuts. Corben being Corben, it works. A great album with a few nice extra stories from his underground period.

Corben lovers, purchase this book now, because this is one of the few Corben books thats still available at affordable price, printed on high quality paper. It collects Corben's adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's legendary horror short stories/poems, including "The Oval Portrait", "The Raven" apart from the main titles story "Fall of the house of Ushers". Dont miss this book, since apart from this collection, its only "Werewolf" and "Best of Creepy and Errie" which is available at regular price online. And if you guys dont know, the quality of "Best of Creepy and Errie" leaves much to be desired, print quality is horrible, but thats another story. Very rare surviving Richard Corben gem.

I purchased this for our school library but had to return it because of some naked illustrations. I wish someone else had put that in their review before I ordered it.