
John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory
by John Kenn Mortensen
Title:
John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory
Author:
John Kenn Mortensen
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
104 pages, 104 Illustrations
Publisher:
Fantagraphics
ISBN-13:
9781683969235
EAN:
9781683969235
Publication Date:
01/10/2024
Classifications:
Graphic Novels, Comic Books, Manga, Cartoons
Weight (g):
690
Dimensions (mm):
191 x 267 x 16
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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.












