![]() ![]() Two cases of supernatural possession (“His Face All Red” and “My Friend Janna”) follow. In the next, a bride discovers that “A Lady’s Hands Are Cold”-as are the other pieces (seen in close, icky detail) of her husband’s dismembered but not entirely dead former wife. In “Our Neighbor’s House,” a trio of sisters are taken one by one by a never-seen smiling man. ![]() Making expert use of silent sequences, sudden close-ups and other cinematic techniques to crank up the terror, the author opens and closes in a dimly lit bedroom (much like yours), bookending the five primary stories. ![]() Well-placed lines of terse, hand-lettered commentary and dialogue reinforce narrative connections but are also as much visual elements as are the impenetrable shadows, grim figures, and stark, crimson highlights in Carroll’s inky pictures. A print and Web comics artist offers five creep-out chillers (four new) with folk-tale motifs and thoroughly disquieting art. ![]()
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