The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of SHADOWS ON THE GRAVE #1 from Dark Horse Comics. Richard Corben writes, draws and letters.
A couple of kids run into trouble at a traveling carnival. A
married couple just want to get away for a week, but a storm blows them way off
course. A battered woman finally gets her revenge, but it doesn’t work out the
way she expected. A young hero seeks his destiny, and quickly discovers that
maybe he’s the problem rather than the solution.
This is the first issue of Corben’s new horror collection
series. The Denaeus story (the young hero) will continue, but the rest are
standalone short stories. And they each capture a different idea of fear and
horror, in the way that Corben has been capturing so well over the years. His
art is as expressive and captivating as ever, and he performs wonders with
shading and ink (I’m a sucker for a well-drawn B&W book).
Whether he shows us kids learning terrible lessons about
fear and pain, or the horrible things that can become “normal life” over time,
Corben’s ability to express these powerful emotions in his art is quite
remarkable. This is a great jumping-on point for his work in general.a
~Mike ( @MikeyGeek )
