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arxchiell's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
ldickol's review against another edition
2.0
Odd, more useful if you've read the short stories and poems by Poe. Did not love the artwork.
mboyette252's review against another edition
4.0
The only reason this book received a 4/5 is because some of the stories chosen do not transfer well into visual media. The art matches the tone of the book and kept me fully engaged the entire time.
angelikareadsavariciously's review against another edition
1.0
Not a fan. I definitely prefer to read Poe on his own.
magnetgrrl's review against another edition
1.0
I have owned this a long while, and somehow during The Great Book (and later Comic) reorg of '23, I realized I hadn't read it. Or I had read it, but it was so much like popcorn I forgot literally all of it? Also, I never marked it as read on GR or any other tracking site/spreadsheet I use, so, I re-read it just now.
It's... OK. And maybe that's being generous. I appreciate that it's taking actual Poe stories and adapting them. But, it feels like second-rate EC Horror comics. (There's even a totally added-in little crypt keeper.) I got really tired of the illustration style about one short in (so, three-to-five pages), and after three more shorts, I really wanted to see this as more of an anthology and less of a one-guy adapting Poe's stuff comic.
I think Richard Corben's style doesn't really work for this - which is weird, because if it doesn't work for this - I mean - what DOES it work for? Maybe I just don't like his art that much. It's kind of lazily illustrative, not really working in the language of "comics" - and on top of that, nothing special composition-wise or creatively in terms of color, figure, design - anything, at all. Monsters are fairly derivative. Everything is fairly derivative. He doesn't even have a good grasp on actual anatomy so everyone looks grotesque but it also seems unintentional. Everyone looks the EXACT SAME amount of uncannily ugly, no matter what expression they are making - joy, laughter, romance, fear, hunger, homicidal mania, etc. - it's all the same. It could be a dark take on humanity but that's giving him way too much credit. Like, I kinda get now why he only gets hired to draw horror, but... I don't think it's on purpose. :( I think he's just used what he's got and this is as far as it can get him. The anatomy and expressive issues wouldn't matter if there were larger things going on (see above re: "language of comics") or if he were also the writer, but... neither is the case. He's literally just illustrating others' stories, in the most illustrative way, and just not very well.
My recommendation would be to either read Poe's stuff in the original, or just read the amazing EC Horror comics many of which are absolute rip-offs of these EXACT STORIES but somehow, more dynamic, more exciting, and just better. ::shrug::
PS I *love* stuff like this, so for me to give this 1 star is pretty harsh, but... should give this review all the more weight.
It's... OK. And maybe that's being generous. I appreciate that it's taking actual Poe stories and adapting them. But, it feels like second-rate EC Horror comics. (There's even a totally added-in little crypt keeper.) I got really tired of the illustration style about one short in (so, three-to-five pages), and after three more shorts, I really wanted to see this as more of an anthology and less of a one-guy adapting Poe's stuff comic.
I think Richard Corben's style doesn't really work for this - which is weird, because if it doesn't work for this - I mean - what DOES it work for? Maybe I just don't like his art that much. It's kind of lazily illustrative, not really working in the language of "comics" - and on top of that, nothing special composition-wise or creatively in terms of color, figure, design - anything, at all. Monsters are fairly derivative. Everything is fairly derivative. He doesn't even have a good grasp on actual anatomy so everyone looks grotesque but it also seems unintentional. Everyone looks the EXACT SAME amount of uncannily ugly, no matter what expression they are making - joy, laughter, romance, fear, hunger, homicidal mania, etc. - it's all the same. It could be a dark take on humanity but that's giving him way too much credit. Like, I kinda get now why he only gets hired to draw horror, but... I don't think it's on purpose. :( I think he's just used what he's got and this is as far as it can get him. The anatomy and expressive issues wouldn't matter if there were larger things going on (see above re: "language of comics") or if he were also the writer, but... neither is the case. He's literally just illustrating others' stories, in the most illustrative way, and just not very well.
My recommendation would be to either read Poe's stuff in the original, or just read the amazing EC Horror comics many of which are absolute rip-offs of these EXACT STORIES but somehow, more dynamic, more exciting, and just better. ::shrug::
PS I *love* stuff like this, so for me to give this 1 star is pretty harsh, but... should give this review all the more weight.
billybookmark's review against another edition
4.0
all corben's characters look like they're wearing joke teeth
r0ttenapple's review against another edition
3.0
I was very exited to read this, but I must say, having finished it, I am disappointed. I absolutely adore Edgar Alan Poe and his short stories but I don’t think Corben’s interpretation of said stories did them justice. In what regards the art, at times I loved it and found it perfectly captured the grotesqueness and morbidity of Poe’s mind, but other times it seemed to be 3D-ish and honestly it just looked rather goofy. Overall, not very good but not bad. Very entertaining at most.
rocio_voncina's review against another edition
4.0
Titulo: Los espiritus de los muertos de Edgar Allan Poe
Autor: Richard Corben, Bet Corben
Año publicado: 2014
Motivo de lectura: -
Lectura / Relectura: Lectura
Fisico / Electronico: Electronico
Mi edicion: -
Idioma: Español
Puntuacion: 4/5
Que belleza absoluta es leer a Edgar Allan Poe. Y para disfrutar de esta novela grafica al 1000%, fui releyendo cada poema/historia corta antes de leer cada historia de esta novela grafica. Releer a Poe es una experiencia fascinante, es redescubrir detalles, encontrar nuevos significados entre lineas.
Las ilustraciones son una belleza, de estilo gotico, con una paleta de colores que es una maravilla. Al final de esta novela hay una galeria de fotos que es una absoluta belleza.
Los espiritus de los muertos: poema tetrico y lugubre. 4/5.
Solo: Solomon junto a su amada Liea, confesando sus temores, debatiendose si su esencia importa o no. Me encanto como interpretaron el poema. 5/5.
La ciudad en el mar: absolutamente brutal y brillante la interpretacion de este poema, una ambientacion terrorifica y karmatica. 5/5.
La durmiente: una historia sobre un hombre sin escrupulos, donde para el las personas no significan nada. Excelente desarrollo y final. 5/5.
La cita: una interpretacion del cuento que realmente me sorprendio. En general la historia es buena, igualmente siento que quedo algun cabo suelto. 3/5.
Berenice: brutal! Sin dudas el cuento mas "gore" que lei hasta ahora de esta coleccion, es realmente magnifico. 5/5.
Morella: la demencia en su punto mas carnal. La figura femenina retratada en el abismo. 4/5.
Sombra: sobre nunca perturbar lo desconocido. Que se oculta entre las sombras? Quizas ese grupo de amigos logre descubrirlo, o no..quien sabe. La atmosfera de la historia es tetrica de principio a fin. 5/5.
La caida de la casa Usher: tremenda historia, el nivel de asco que me dio Roderick por favor! La atmosfera de locura y perversion esta muy bien lograda. 4/5.
Los crimenes de la calle Morgue: brutal, cuando la linea de quien es el verdadero monstruo se fusiona, siendo la naturaleza humana uno de los peores monstruos. 4.5/5.
La mascara de la muerte roja: una gran interpretacion, donde la frivolidad da espacio al horror y lo grotesco. 4/5.
El gusano conquistador: una historia por de mas perturbadora (y asquerosa), la ambientacion es terrorifica desde el primer cuadro. 4/5.
El entierro prematuro: una historia sobre la muerte..o no? 3/5.
El cuervo: Mi favorito sin lugar a dudas. Espeluznante, terrorifico, perfecto. 5/5.
El barril de amontillado: una historia sobre hasta que punto llegaria alguien por una venganza. 3.5/5.
Autor: Richard Corben, Bet Corben
Año publicado: 2014
Motivo de lectura: -
Lectura / Relectura: Lectura
Fisico / Electronico: Electronico
Mi edicion: -
Idioma: Español
Puntuacion: 4/5
Que belleza absoluta es leer a Edgar Allan Poe. Y para disfrutar de esta novela grafica al 1000%, fui releyendo cada poema/historia corta antes de leer cada historia de esta novela grafica. Releer a Poe es una experiencia fascinante, es redescubrir detalles, encontrar nuevos significados entre lineas.
Las ilustraciones son una belleza, de estilo gotico, con una paleta de colores que es una maravilla. Al final de esta novela hay una galeria de fotos que es una absoluta belleza.
Los espiritus de los muertos: poema tetrico y lugubre. 4/5.
Solo: Solomon junto a su amada Liea, confesando sus temores, debatiendose si su esencia importa o no. Me encanto como interpretaron el poema. 5/5.
La ciudad en el mar: absolutamente brutal y brillante la interpretacion de este poema, una ambientacion terrorifica y karmatica. 5/5.
La durmiente: una historia sobre un hombre sin escrupulos, donde para el las personas no significan nada. Excelente desarrollo y final. 5/5.
La cita: una interpretacion del cuento que realmente me sorprendio. En general la historia es buena, igualmente siento que quedo algun cabo suelto. 3/5.
Berenice: brutal! Sin dudas el cuento mas "gore" que lei hasta ahora de esta coleccion, es realmente magnifico. 5/5.
Morella: la demencia en su punto mas carnal. La figura femenina retratada en el abismo. 4/5.
Sombra: sobre nunca perturbar lo desconocido. Que se oculta entre las sombras? Quizas ese grupo de amigos logre descubrirlo, o no..quien sabe. La atmosfera de la historia es tetrica de principio a fin. 5/5.
La caida de la casa Usher: tremenda historia, el nivel de asco que me dio Roderick por favor! La atmosfera de locura y perversion esta muy bien lograda. 4/5.
Los crimenes de la calle Morgue: brutal, cuando la linea de quien es el verdadero monstruo se fusiona, siendo la naturaleza humana uno de los peores monstruos. 4.5/5.
La mascara de la muerte roja: una gran interpretacion, donde la frivolidad da espacio al horror y lo grotesco. 4/5.
El gusano conquistador: una historia por de mas perturbadora (y asquerosa), la ambientacion es terrorifica desde el primer cuadro. 4/5.
El entierro prematuro: una historia sobre la muerte..o no? 3/5.
El cuervo: Mi favorito sin lugar a dudas. Espeluznante, terrorifico, perfecto. 5/5.
El barril de amontillado: una historia sobre hasta que punto llegaria alguien por una venganza. 3.5/5.