It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad?
In stories and poems written well over a century ago, Edgar Allan Poe established himself as the original American master of gothic horror. Now, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe’s dark genius into the graphic novel format for Poe fans new and old.
2017, Candlewick Press, 120 pp., full color – ORDER A SIGNED COPY
paperback $14.00 ISBN 978-0763695095
hardcover $22.00 ISBN 978-0763681128
Samples:
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“Hinds’s vivid, haunting mixed-media illustrations pair perfectly with Poe’s unfailingly bleak and terrible tales. Red and black tones are thrown about with controlled force, fully realizing the gothic influences of Poe’s writing. Particularly sinister is the artwork that accompanies “The Masque of the Red Death;” the specter that wordlessly passes among the partygoers is terrifying.” –SLJ starred review
” Brilliant and terrifying” – The Wall Street Journal
“Rife with tension and dread” – Publisher’s Weekly
Medium – Each story/poem is done in a different medium, as follows:
Cover: ink, watercolor
Titles: ink, acrylic
Masque: ink, acrylic
Cask: digital drawing, ink, acrylic
Annabel Lee: acrylic on wood
Pit: Pencil and white charcoal on toned paper, digital color
Heart: Pastel and color pencil on toned paper
Bells: pencil, acrylic
Raven: Charcoal