Originally published at Fangoria.com on October 23, 2010 Vertigo Comics’ THE GREEN WOMAN is the first graphic novel from best-selling author Peter Straub. With co-writer Michael Easton and artist John Bolton, the GHOST STORY author creates a mesmerizing tale of unrelenting suspense accompanied by eerie illustrations. Readers will discover two types of narratives combined here: […]
Monthly Archives: October 2010
“A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY” (Graphic Novel Review)
Originally published at Fangoria.com on October 23, 2010 Crime novelist Denise Mina’s graphic novel A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY (Vertigo) is a haunting tale of a dysfunctional family, struggling during harsh economic times. Each member gradually turns on the other as bitter secrets and vindictive jealousy creep into their haunted house. In the opening pages, […]
How to Make an “AMERICAN VAMPIRE”
Originally published at Fangoria.com on October 23, 2010 With the hardcover collection of AMERICAN VAMPIRE VOL. 1 now on sale and the second story arc playing out in new issues (issue #9 goes on sale October 27), comic-book writer Scott Snyder spoke with Fango about his collaboration with best-selling novelist Stephen King and artist Rafael […]
“AFTER DARK” (Comic Review)
Originally published at Fangoria.com on October 23, 2010 Radical Comics’ AFTER DARK takes readers to a postapocalyptic future where hideous creatures live in the shadows. Earth lies in a state of neverending darkness, and civilization is just about ready to lose hope. In this grim, bleak setting, sunlight does not exist anymore. The last remaining humans […]
“ESPERANZA” (Book Review)
Originally published at Fangoria.com on October 24, 2010 ESPERANZA (Tor), by Trish J. MacGregor (pictured), is an effective romantic thriller about two ill-fated lovers lost in time. They must find each other in order to save a helpless town from losing a full-scale war against an invasion of ghosts. Tess Livingston is traveling to Ecuador […]
Fango Flashback: “SE7EN”
Originally posted at Fangoria.com on October 10, 2010 With David Fincher’s THE SOCIAL NETWORK now a hit in theaters, the time is right to take a look back at his 1995 serial-killer thriller SE7EN. There have been countless films with similar subject matter in the past two decades, but to this day, SE7EN continues to […]