Customer Reviews

Werewolf

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This is one of my favorite Corben books. The stories are very enjoyable, all dealing with werewolves (go figure). The art on the majority of the stories is excellent, but one or two don't compare with the rest. The highlight, "Roda and the Wolf", is a beautifully-illustrated story which retells the Little Red Riding Hood tale, but all in a made-up language which works very well, nonetheless. Plus, it's a sturdy hardcover with glossy color covers and no jacket. The cover image is a great piece of work.

Corben. Back when names like Frazetta, Adams, Wrightson, Smith and Kirby ruled supreme aboveground. Corben was a name to be reckon with underground with his stories in SLOW DEATH and his self-published (I believe) FANTAGOR. Then Jim Warren was smart enough to let Corben strut his stuff on the black-and-white pages of CREEPY and EERIE before his HEAVY METAL breakthrough of DEN. I'm proud to say that I've been a fan of Corben since his early "Gore" days and I was overjoyed to discover that Del Rey was re-releasing some of Corben's collected works. I'm giving this volume only 4 Stars just because it is simply not his best work (and I'm not that certain about the level of reproduction, but I might be extrapicky) but even Corben's B-plus work is worth spending your hard-earned bread on. Can't wait until Del rey re-releases some of his Poe adaptations.