Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Madness (2004)
Edgar Allen Poe, Gris Grimly
Gris Grimly’s dark and brazen visual style (with just a hint of youthful simplicity) is an insanely perfect match for Poe’s usual fare of ghastly grim short-stories. Filled with gritty lines, eccentric character designs, and exceedingly authentic word interpretations, you can’t help but be drawn into this delightfully dark collection. Woven by two gentleman who, despite the decades of cultural dissimilarity, are both masters of such a homologous craft. Poe, with his intricate and devilish use of descriptive metaphors and quander-ous parrallels; Grimly, with his cadaverous choices in typefaces and color schemes. A quasi-collaborative effort that is near harrowing enough to have you sleeping with the lights on.