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Haunt of Horror: Edgar Allan Poe #1 Kindle & comiXology

by Richard Corben (Author, Cover Art, Artist), Rich Margopoulos (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
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Three wicked spins on the classic poems of Edgar Allan Poe hauntingly rendered in black and white-- along with the full texts of Poe's poems for comparison. This issue: "The Conqueror Worm," "The Sleeper," and "The Raven."
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    Haunt Of Horror: Edgar Allan Poe
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    35 pages
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    English
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  6. Publication date
    May 17, 2006
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    66858 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00ZO97YKQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MAX (May 17, 2006)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 17, 2006
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 66858 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Not enabled
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 35 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 27 ratings

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DAW
5.0 out of 5 stars Great art (of course
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2017
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A bit of a different take on POE. Great art (of course!) and Poe's original stories along with the adaptations.
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Merkche
5.0 out of 5 stars Great comic book
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2011
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It has been a delightfull experience to read this comic book. The ilustrations are creepy but well achieved, and the storys are just as I rembember from the original books.
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D. Lotempio
3.0 out of 5 stars "The Conqueror Worm" becomes a post-apoclyptic moral less reminiscent of Poe and more like a piece from Chaucer's Canterbury Tal
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2015
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Artist and writer Richard Corben adapts several short stories and poems by Edgar Allan Poe in unorthodox ways. "The Conqueror Worm" becomes a post-apoclyptic moral less reminiscent of Poe and more like a piece from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales...if Chaucer wrote about carnivorous super worms. Not every adaptation goes off into sci-fi but all of them are wildly divergent in tone and setting from the original text. None of them are complacent or simply adequate. And Corben's penchant for the grotesque will polarize readers further. I didn't think Corben's adaptations were entirely successful but they did allow me to re-examine Poe's original works.
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James Kent
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2014
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great book, great artwork, came in fast. some stories loosely adapted, but still entertaining.
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Strych N.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2016
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Awesome!!
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Tom Knapp
2.0 out of 5 stars A Poe reinterpretation
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2007
Messing with the classics is dicey business. Sure, a lot of good stuff has come from taking the greats and adding news twists and ideas, but obviously any new versions are going to be judged against the originals and, to stand up, they'll have to offer something worthwhile.

Edgar Allan Poe's Haunt of Horror is, unfortunately, a failed attempt at reinventing the classic works of Poe. Rich Margopoulos handles the scripting, and I can't say I enjoyed his interpretations very much.

His prose version of "The Raven," for instance, takes the story in an entirely new direction than Poe had intended and adds a little more violence to the climax, but it sullies the memory of sainted Lenore. "The Tell-Tale Heart" abbreviates the original and adds a twist that, while ironic, cheapens the original effect of the narrator's madness. "The Conqueror Worm" now involves aliens.

Fortunately, these versions all have the original poem or short story included, so you can compare and decide for yourself.

Of course, artist Richard Corben is actually the star of this book, so fans of his artwork should rush to get it. I have never been a fan, however, so his black-and-white illustrations here did nothing to enhance my enjoyment -- even as "Izrafel" becomes a gang war and "Eulalie" becomes a mail-order romance.

Corben and Margopoulos have their fans, and more power to them. But even combined, they're no Poe.

by Tom Knapp, Rambles.(net) editor
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MiaMarie
3.0 out of 5 stars eh.....
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2014
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I'm a huge edgar Allan Poe fan. I've been a collector of anything Poe for a long time. The book was well illustratedand I really enjoyed the original poems after each rendition. However, my favorite poem has always been The Raven and I was highly disappointed in the rendition. It made no sense at all, was too short to get the full affect and I think in the end, butchered the original. It just seemed the author didn't do The Raven justice.
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mike nike
5.0 out of 5 stars Product received in excellent shape
Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2019
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No surprises, professional service.
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Cliente Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Capolavoro dei fumetti
Reviewed in Italy on January 28, 2016
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Opera unica tra i fumetti underground americani. Il maestro Richard Corben conferma ancora una volta il suo genio e la sua particolare predisposizione a trasporre i classici letterari horror in storie a fumetti di valore assoluto. Il tratto grafico di Corben resta anche in questo caso inconfondibile.
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