Description
"Terrific. A wild ride....I loved it. It hooked me and I couldn't put it down."
--Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy
Brom is that rare breed: a person who is skilled in more than one area of artistic expression. Here's hoping that he will continue to share his dark and often beautiful dreams with us for many years to come. --Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon
Acclaimed author and artist Brom raised eyebrows and pulse rates with The Child Thief, his grim, brilliantly audacious, gorgeously illustrated reimagining of the Peter Pan legend. So what does this innovative fantasist do for an encore? He tinkers darkly with the beloved mythology of Santa Claus.
Set in Appalachia, Krampus the Yule Lord is a twisted fairytale about a failed West Virginia songwriter who gets ensnared on Christmas Eve in an eternal war between a not-so-saintly Saint Nick and his dark enemy Krampus, aka Black Peter, an ancient trickster demon. Krampus the Yule Lord is Gregory Maguire (Wicked) meets Susanna Clarke (Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell) in the realm of Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, as Clive Barker (Mr. B. Gone) works his dark sorcery from the shadows. Once again featuring Brom's chillingly beautiful artwork throughout, Krampus the Yule Lord is a feast of wonder straight from the kitchen of Sweeney Todd.
Author: Brom
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Published: 10/27/2015
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.10w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9780062095664
ISBN10: 0062095668
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary
- Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
- Fiction | Horror | General