{"id":699,"date":"2007-07-20T19:59:12","date_gmt":"2007-07-20T19:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=699"},"modified":"2007-07-20T20:00:11","modified_gmt":"2007-07-20T20:00:11","slug":"dark-horse-book-of-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2007\/07\/20\/dark-horse-book-of-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Horse Book of the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dark\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

By Various (Dark Horse Books)
\nISBN: 1-59307-281-0<\/p>\n

The mystery compilation from the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Book of\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em> series features tales of Zombies and living dead men produced by a decidedly superior collection of creators. Kelly Jones covers familiar territory in his mountain man tale of ‘The Hungry Ghosts’<\/em> and Mike Mignola provides a wonderful new Hellboy short, ‘The Ghoul’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

‘Old Garfield’s Heart’<\/em> is a Robert E Howard prose vignette illustrated by Gary Gianni, followed by ‘The Ditch’<\/em> from David Crouse and Todd Herman. Bob Fingerman and Roger Langridge lighten the mood if not the tone with ‘Death Boy’<\/em>, Eric (The Goon<\/strong>) Powell provides the uncharacteristically sombre and oppressive ‘Wallace Expedition’ <\/em>and the quirky ‘Queen of Darkness’<\/em> comes courtesy of Pat McEown.<\/p>\n

Jamie S Rich and Guy Davis concoct a haunting tale of feudal Japan in ‘Kago No Tori’ <\/em>whilst Editor Scott Allie and artists Paul Lee and Brian Horton’s Devil’s Footprint series is represented by ‘The Magicians’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The unquestioned star of this volume is saved for last as Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson steal the show with the superb ‘Let Sleeping Dogs Lie’<\/em>, a chilling and beautiful tale of household pets that has horror aplenty, yet remembers that sadness can be just as crushing as terror.<\/p>\n

As anthologies go, horror and mystery are always a safe bet and should serve as a vehicle for pulling resistant readers into our world of comics. When they can be this diverse and still maintain a high level of quality throughout they should be mandatory for any proselytizing fan.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a9 2005 respective copyright holders. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00c2\u00a0 By Various (Dark Horse Books) ISBN: 1-59307-281-0 The mystery compilation from the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Book of\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d series features tales of Zombies and living dead men produced by a decidedly superior collection of creators. Kelly Jones covers familiar territory in his mountain man tale of ‘The Hungry Ghosts’ and Mike Mignola provides a wonderful new Hellboy short, … <\/p>\n

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