What scares you? Serial killers? Vampires? Earthquakes? Extreme sports? The dentist? Horror-comics legend Richard Corben (Creepy, Eerie) and longtime collaborator Rich Margopoulos leave no gravestone unturned as they offer up wicked spins on the classic poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Each adaptation is hauntingly rendered in black and white with gray tones as only Corben can do it - along with the full text of Poe's poem for comparison. Collects Haunt of Horror #1-3 and extras.
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A Poe reinterpretation,
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This review is from: Haunt of Horror: Edgar Allan Poe (Hardcover)
Messing with the classics is dicey business. Sure, a lot of good stuff has come from taking the greats and adding news twists and ideas, but obviously any new versions are going to be judged against the originals and, to stand up, they'll have to offer something worthwhile.
Edgar Allan Poe's Haunt of Horror is, unfortunately, a failed attempt at reinventing the classic works of Poe. Rich Margopoulos handles the scripting, and I can't say I enjoyed his interpretations very much. His prose version of "The Raven," for instance, takes the story in an entirely new direction than Poe had intended and adds a little more violence to the climax, but it sullies the memory of sainted Lenore. "The Tell-Tale Heart" abbreviates the original and adds a twist that, while ironic, cheapens the original effect of the narrator's madness. "The Conqueror Worm" now involves aliens. Fortunately, these versions all have the original poem or short story included, so you can compare and decide for yourself. Of course, artist Richard Corben is actually the star of this book, so fans of his artwork should rush to get it. I have never been a fan, however, so his black-and-white illustrations here did nothing to enhance my enjoyment -- even as "Izrafel" becomes a gang war and "Eulalie" becomes a mail-order romance. Corben and Margopoulos have their fans, and more power to them. But even combined, they're no Poe. by Tom Knapp, Rambles.(net) editor
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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The Grand Master,
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This review is from: Haunt of Horror: Edgar Allan Poe (Hardcover)
Richard Corben is in my humble opinion, the greatest comic artist of all time. I have been a fan since the late seventies, when he was doing airbrush work that is still unparalelled in the comic field. Viewing one of Mr Corbens' airbrushed comics compared to some other comics, is like finding a michaelangelo amoung a pile of scribbled doodles. No offense to other artists, I just think that Corben is something of an anomaly. The work in this book is some of his black and white pen drawings. What he can do with a sharpie is amazing.He can be rather intense in his depiction of graphic horror, definately not for the faint of heart, or young children. Thank you richard, for many years of amazing art.
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It has been a delightfull experience to read this comic book. The ilustrations are creepy but well achieved, and the storys are just as I rembember from the original books.
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