Description

House on the Borderland                                                       Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket
Introduction by: Alan Moore
Original Written by: William Hope Hodgson
Adapted by: Simon Revelstroke
Artist: Richard Corben
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Letterer: Clem Robins
Editors: Jennifer Lee, Axel Alonso, Karen Berger & Jenette Karn
Wrap-a-Round Cover by: Richard Corben & Lee Loughridge

Based on the 1908 novel by William Hope Hodgson, it involves the discovery of a discarded diary by two youths on the run from some troublesome locals. Upon reading the tome they unfold a story of the house that once dwelled in that very spot, the macabre… House on the Borderland. Beginning and ending with the two boys reading of the discovered book, the main narrative follows the author of the diary, Byron Gault as he spends a lifetime battling the evils that threaten to overrun the house.

William Hope Hodgson’s visionary 1908 novel The House on the Borderland proves fertile ground for legendary underground comix artist Richard Corben. And Simon Revelstroke’s adaptation leaves you haunted and pondering the intricacies of this story long after you have put it down. The borderland, it seems, is a place where the walls between this dimension and others meet and what tries to come through from that other place is as horrifying as it is unexpected.

As an added bonus, there is a foreword/introduction by Alan Moore who delves into the life of William Hope Hodgson and the novel itself in greater detail. Awesome!!

Story/Spoilers
Two young backpackers discover a decaying manuscript among the ancient ruins of a manor house in the remote Irish countryside. They read aloud from the moldy tome, invoking the horrible story of William Hope Hodgson’s fictional narrator, Byron Gault, who tells a harrowing tale of inexplicable evil and violent struggle against terrors. In the winding cellar corridors of the decrepit house, Gault, his sister and their dog fight off savage attacks by cloven-hoofed half-humans erupting from the depths of the mansion’s foundations. Or do they? William Hope Hodgson’s hair-raising story brings into question the very sanity and reliability of the narrator himself. It’s the haunting tale of an accursed mansion teetering metaphorically between hallucinatory human visions and the dark bottomless pit of the human subconscious.

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First Printing
Publisher: DC Comics / Vertigo
Publication Date: 2000
Format: FC, 96 pages, HC, 10.5″ x 7″
ISBN-10: 1563895455
ISBN-13: 9781563895456

Collectible Entertainment note: Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket is New & Unread.  Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Richard Corben collector and/or enthusiast.  Very Highly Recommended.

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