Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers
Salem Brownstone falls into a strange and magical world after the death of his father. As he twists the key and slowly creeps into the grand gothic mansion, Salem's life takes a decidedly unusual turn. Aside from the money and house, his father's secret legacy includes an unfinished battle with...
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Salem Brownstone falls into a strange and magical world after the death of his father. As he twists the key and slowly creeps into the grand gothic mansion, Salem's life takes a decidedly unusual turn. Aside from the money and house, his father's secret legacy includes an unfinished battle with creatures from a world beyond ours.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781406320527 (1406320528)
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: Walker & Company
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Urban Fantasy,
Adult Fiction,
Horror,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Comix,
Gothic,
Lovecraftian
If it was possible to divorce the art of this graphic novel from its underlying story, I would be writing a five star review. Nikhil Singh's artwork is stunning - the sort of thing that would be seen by Aubrey Beardsley and Franz Kafka if the two were to share an acid blotter. It truly is gorgeous a...
The blurb lists this book's influences as "intriguing echoes of Tim Burton, Edward Gorey, H. P. Lovecraft, and Aubrey Beardsley," to which I'd add Neil Gaiman and Darren Shan. Unfortunately it doesn't come close to being as good as any of them at their best, or even mediocre-est. It was some what in...
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