"The Return of the Sorcerer"
10 pgs. Appeared first time [COLOR] in DenSaga #3 (1993).
Story: Clark Ashton Smith. Adapt/Color/Art: Richard Corben (printed sign © 1993 Richard Corben). Lettering: printed (Corben).
Spain [SPA]: as "El regreso del hechicero" in Top cómics #6.
Style: Computer colors on black line. Genre: Horror. Time Span: Present day. Nudity: None.
Keywords: Haunted house. Necronomicon. Brother. Sorcerer. Envy. Revenge.
Story Origin: Clark Ashton Smith short story, "The Return of the Sorcerer".
Synopsis: Unenployed guy gets work as translator from Arabic. Old guy wants him to translate verses of Nerconomicon; his brother was mighty sorcerer.
Comment: Brilliant color artwork. Corben uses a lot of computer extras on this piece of art (and they works just brilliantly). Story of Clark Ashton Smith is brilliant likewise.
Special: You can find almost a replica of opening pict of this story from Creepy way back twenty years ago, as an opening pict of the story of "The Low Spark of High Heeled Noise!" (1973).
Copyright © 1997 Heart-Attack-Series, Ink!,
Created: Sept. 7, 1997. Modified: July 4, 2019.