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"Dagon"
7 pgs. Appeared first time
in
Haunt of Horror: Lovecraft #1 (2008).
Story: H.P. Lovecraft. Adapt/Art: Richard Corben
(no signature). Lettering printed (Jeff Eckleberry).
No known foreign print.
Style: Greytones. Genre: Horror. Time Span: Present
time. Nudity: None.
Keywords: Sea Accident. Surviving. Lifeboat. Hallucination.
Altar. Sacrifice. Monster.
Story Origin: H.P. Lovecraft short story, "Dagon".
Dagon: Dagon was a Philistine sea God mentioned in the Bible.
Read more from The
Catholic Encyclopedia. And from the Bible (1
Samuel 5:1-7).
Synopsis: A marine researcher gets into the sea and will be rescued
by lifeboat more than once, ends up to the altar and hospital.
Comment: Delirious story is well captured. He used pencil greytones.
Monsters and altar well done as usual. The window has an important role
in this story, because the plot is about seeing and watching. And weather
to believe or not what you are witnessing.
Extra: Mr. Corben made around year 2000 an animation, "Dagon",
from the same poem.
Copyright © 2008 Heart-Attack-Series, Ink!,
Created: June 17, 2008. Modified:
August 1, 2008
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