Edgar
Allen Poe's The Conqueror Worm #1
(Dark Horse)
Story &
Art : Richard Corben
(Reviewed
by Anirudh Singh)
Ah, what
an intriguing concept. Turn one of Poe's acclaimed poems into a one
shot comic book. Edgar Allan Poe lies in that rare literary
hallowed ground where a writer/poet always yearns to tread but fears
immensely to do so. For to do so would be to walk in the shadows of
giants. Not everyone is ok with that. It invites comparison and
critique from the highest circles and rounds of amateur barbs as
piercing as they are uninvited. However you have to realize that most
of this criticism is with good cause. You don't just touch a Poe poem
and be done with it. You best be prepared to bleed a part of your
soul into that work and make it shine real good. Cause if you don't.
Then one of these nights you might just meet the master himself. And
then you will bleed.
