Four Gathered on Christmas Eve

by Eric Powell, Eric Powell (Illustrator), Mike Mignola (Illustrator), Becky Cloonan (Illustrator), James Harren (Illustrator)

Overview

Four of the top creators in comics gather to continue the Victorian tradition of ghost stories on Christmas Eve.

Four tales of the bizarre and terrifying to keep you company on the cold yule night. A unique approach to the ghost story format where the creators themselves become part of the story in this deluxe edition hard cover designed by the award-winning Phil Balsman.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506740874
Publisher:	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date:	12/19/2023
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	27,756
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

Editorial Reviews

12/01/2023

Four renowned cartoonists come together in this anthology created in the spirit of the Victorian tradition of swapping ghost stories on Christmas Eve. The crew of an experimental airship bound for Mars is plagued by a vengeful, ethereal stowaway in author Powell's (Did You Hear What Ed Gein Done?) and illustrator James Harren's (Ultramega) "Eyes in the Primordial Dark." Becky Cloonan's (Lazarus Planet: Revenge of the Gods) unnervingly sensuous offering "The Kelpie" reveals what befalls a lonely woman when she offers room and board to a mysterious stranger. Mike Mignola (Hellboy in Love) presents a new spin on one of Lewis Carroll's classic creations in his deliriously atmospheric offering, "Night of the Jaberwok." Finally, Powell writes and illustrates a tale of vengeance two centuries in the making in "The Gift of Major Courtenay." As delightful as these four stories are, the greatest pleasure to be found in this anthology may in fact come from the frame story, written and illustrated by Powell, which finds the four creators offering increasingly barbed criticism of one another's work. VERDICT An essential horror anthology from an all-star lineup of creators.

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