Art by Ben Templesmith ( 30 Days of Night, Fell, Hatter M). Of the four stories, I thought this one was the weakest, because it was kind of slow-moving, but the Lovecraftian payoff at the end was nice :) Basically, what starts out as an anthropologist’s curiosity for a town’s local traditions, becomes something much darker involving cults, sacrifice and metamorphosis. Art by Colleen Doran ( The Sandman, The Book of Lost Souls). Written by Stuart Moore-novelist/comic book writer ( Firestorm, Michael Chabon Presents: The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist). Returning to the topic at hand, “ The Nightmare Factory” is the third release from the Fox Atomic Comics / HarperCollins partnership that began in July 2006, and features adaptations of four stories from award-winning horror writer Thomas Ligotti: In short, I believe the graphic novel is only going to grow in popularity, not counting the already successful Manga properties out there, and I think you’ll be seeing a lot more graphic novels produced in the years to come, especially as more publishers & creators get into the game… For instance, you have HarperCollins publishing the graphic novel that I’ll be reviewing shortly, Hachette Book Group USA who recently launched their graphic novel/manga imprint Yen Press and have a graphic novel called “ Shooting War” that is coming out in November, and Del Rey whose upcoming graphic novels include original stories based on Terry Brooks’ Shannara series and Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas.
So why start reviewing them now? I may be mistaken, but it seems like more and more book publishers are starting to accept the graphic novel as a legitimate form of literature. To me, it’s basically a comic book wrapped up in better packaging. So what is a graphic novel? Basically, it’s a format that uses a combination of writing & artwork to tell a story, or in more general terms, it’s a comic book, but longer and usually self-contained, although short-story anthologies and collections of previously published issues of a comic book series also apply. Up to this point, I haven’t actually reviewed any comic books, but when I recently received a graphic novel from HarperCollins, I decided to make an exception. If you’ve been following Fantasy Book Critic for a little while, then you might know that I am a fan and supporter of comic books.
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