The book is available in soft and hardcover and contains an introduction by british comic writer alan moore.

Richard corben house on the borderland. I ll leave the explanations of metaphor and meaning to alan. Account lists account returns orders. William hope hodgson s visionary 1908 novel the house on the borderland proves fertile ground for legendary underground comix artist richard corben. The house on the borderland by richard corben here is a quick description and cover image of book the house on the borderland written by richard corben which was published in.

William hope hodgson s the houser on the borderland was written in 1908. Once again richard corben presents a very fine yet quite forgotten piece of weird fiction. In 2000 dc comics mature reader imprint vertigo published a 96 page color graphic novel adaptation the house on the borderland with story by simon revelstroke and art by richard corben. The house on the borderland poster 1 promotional poster.

It s the haunting tale of an accursed mansion teetering metaphorically between hallucinatory human visions and the dark bottomless pit of the human subconscious. The borderland is seen as a place between waking thought and the night land of the unconscious in this sense corben and revelstroke s idea of the shifting nature of the house at once a gateway an asylum and a state of mind is not without justification. The house on the borderland. Do you want more like this please visit mysteries of dark africa.

Wmars there is a short essay by richard corben of backgrounds of this adaptation in flinch 16 2001. Originally published in 1908 borderland was written by british writer william hope hodgson. Hodgson might not rank with poe or lovecraft in the annals of ooky literature but this tale has been kept too long in the dark. The language is rather old even in the comic adaptation but it seems fear is a cosmic language easily understood especially through art like corben s.

Revelstroke updated hodgson s initial. Anmelden abmelden bearbeiten. Richard corben and simon revelstroke have resurrected a gothic horror classic with the house on the borderland. Impressum datenschutz sitemap.

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