The Raven and Other Poems #1

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• 6.5

  Comic Book Bin - Tao Mori

  Dec 27, 2010

  The artwork in this piece is done by Gahan Wilson, which has both its good and bad points. The elements that I do like is the authors work of shading so that all colours appear darker. The yellow knight for instance is drawn with dark shading in his armour so that the yellow is not as vibrant as it would be if there no shading at all. The drawings themselves look simplistic, though. The features of the characters are like cartoon drawings, instead of the haunting realism that one would expect to accompany Poes work. The character in the first poem The Raven has large eyes, a small chin, a gigantic forehead and then the grow is rather large too, with gigantic claws. At the same time the largeness of the raven is more haunting especially as it grows bigger from one picture to the next. There are more detailed drawings in The City in the Sea, where Wilson really captures the skeletons and their tombs, and these drawings are considerably more realistic looking than his earlier images. The Read Full Review