John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory

John Kenn Mortensen

Book cover for John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory
Book cover for John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory

John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory

John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory

John Kenn Mortensen

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Description

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.

Critical Reviews

Hauntingly reminiscent of the musicality of innocent children's nursery rhymes, Mortensen's dark collection of poems and accompanying nightmarish illustrations is a gothic treat for horror lovers. Nightmare Factory is well worth picking up this Halloween.--Lydia Turner "Broken Frontier"

Publishing Information

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Pub date: 2024-10-01
Length: 100 pages

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