{"product_id":"edgar-allan-poe-a-tale-of-mystery-and-intervention-isbn-9781806182169","title":"Edgar Allan Poe: A Tale of Mystery and Intervention","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Aurora Award–winning creator Norm Konyu comes a graphic novel that dares to make the Master of the Macabre smile.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA darkly playful walk through the mind of Edgar Allan Poe, where humour, dread, and beauty collide this Halloween.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen theatrical producer Thomas Evans meets his old friend Edgar Allan Poe in a gloomy tavern, he has a mission: to pull Poe back from the abyss, if only for one evening. As skulls crowd the table and death-haunted ideas spill forth, Thomas counters Poe’s macabre obsessions with verse, wit, and impossible hope… urging him to imagine a life beyond despair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis graphic novel delights with wondrous art, each sumptuous double-page spread reinterprets a classic Poe tale (\u003ci\u003eThe Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, \u003c\/i\u003eand more) twisting familiar symbols into something both reverent and slyly subversive. The result is a work steeped in dread and humour, rich with atmosphere, shivers, and visual invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book concludes with an insightful postscript in which Aurora-Award winner Norm Konyu unpacks each literary reference and reflects on Poe’s lasting influence on his own work and modern horror. Perfect for Halloween and beyond, Edgar Allan Poe is a love letter to the weird, the macabre, and the stories that refuse to let us go. | \u003cb\u003eNorm Konyu\u003c\/b\u003e has been a professional animator for more years than he cares to remember, working for companies such as the BBC, Dreamworks, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network. In 2024, he won the Aurora Award for the \u003ci\u003eBest Graphic Novel Category \u003c\/i\u003ewith \u003ci\u003eA Call to Cthulhu, \u003c\/i\u003eand is the creator of \u003ci\u003eThe Junction, Downlands, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Space Between the Trees. \u003c\/i\u003eHe was also the Senior Animator on BAFTA and International EMMY award-winning preschool series \u003ci\u003eHey Duggee.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Canadian, Norm currently resides in the UK. \u003ci\u003eThe Junction\u003c\/i\u003e was his first foray into the world of graphic novels since his teenage years. His professional website is https:\/\/mooseboy.co.uk","brand":"Titan Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48759453253861,"sku":"NP9781806182169","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781806182169.jpg?v=1775598610","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/edgar-allan-poe-a-tale-of-mystery-and-intervention-isbn-9781806182169","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}