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. 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. I love the idea of Krampus returning to reclaim Christmas, which is probably why it’s the premise of my novel.'Terrific. “In addition to his child minding, I enjoy his long history that extends far back to pagan times, long before Saint Nicholas came along and stole the holiday season from him. “Hard not to love a figure that revels in putting naughty children in a sack and beating the snot out of them,” Brom told A Little Lost.

If it doesn’t? You’ll probably still love it.” ( Every Day Shall Be Tuesday) If that sounds like it’s up your alley, you’ll love it. It’s dark fantasy and southern gothic set in meth-ravaged West Virginia…all set against a pagan, Norse mythology.

Brom’s Krampus is a different sort of story. REVIEW: “Krampus is all the rage these days, most recently being featured in a horror flick. 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. Gone) works his dark sorcery from the shadows. Norrell) in the realm of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, as Clive Barker ( Mr. Krampus the Yule Lord is Gregory Maguire ( Wicked) meets Susanna Clarke ( Jonathan Strange & Mr. 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. So what does this innovative fantasist do for an encore? He tinkers darkly with the beloved mythology of Santa Claus. It hooked me and I couldn’t put it down.”-Mike Mignola, creator of HellboyĪcclaimed 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.

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