Gruesome, spindly figures gather outside a house, then spirit away a dreaming youth, bed and all. The stage is set for 32 skin-crawling poems imagining various children s nightmares, all with sequential illustrations by Danish horror master Mortensen. His eerie visions fade to black at the edges, like a dreamer unable to shift their focus, and inspire delicious terror all by themselves.
Similarly, the short poems each evoke a distinct sense of dread for the sleeping imagination to expand upon; together, the words and pictures conjure a nightmarish world tinged with pitch black humor. The sequences splay across double-page spreads, evoking Edward Gorey gone grand scale, and grand guignol.
For those of a nervous disposition, read in bright sunlight. For those in search of a nervous disposition, take two before bed.
| Format |
Inbunden |
| Omfång |
104 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Fantagraphics |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2024-10-01 |
| ISBN |
9781683969235 |
