John Kenn Mortensen’s Nightmare Factory Hardcover Book

John Kenn Mortensen’s Nightmare Factory Hardcover Book

For horror fans of all ages, a spine-tinglingly creepy and darkly comedic picture book. Fantagraphics’ third release in English from Danish cult illustrator John Kenn Mortensen.

Gruesome, spindly figures gather outside a house, then spirit away a dreaming youth, bed and all. The stage is set for 32 skin-crawling poems imagining various children’s nightmares, all with sequential illustrations by Danish horror master Mortensen.

His eerie visions fade to black at the edges, like a dreamer unable to shift their focus, and inspire delicious terror all by themselves. Similarly, the short poems each evoke a distinct sense of dread for the sleeping imagination to expand upon; together, the words and pictures conjure a nightmarish world tinged with pitch black humor. The sequences splay across double-page spreads, evoking Edward Gorey gone grand scale, and grand guignol.

For those of a nervous disposition, read in bright sunlight. For those in search of a nervous disposition, take two before bed.

ISBN-13: 978-1683969235

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books

Dimensions: 26.92 x 1.52 x 19.3 cm

Cover: Hardback

Pages: 100

Colour: Full Colour

Writer/Artist: John Kenn Mortensen

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Manufacturer Fantagraphics Books Brand Fantagraphics Pennies 100 Preorder No