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House Of Mystery, Vol. 2: Love Stories For Dead People (2009)

by Matthew Sturges(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1401222765 (ISBN13: 9781401222765)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Vertigo

series

House of Mystery

review 1: Sturges has taken an interesting approach to the traditional horror anthology comic. In the classic House of Mystery comics, the house was merely a convenient framing device for the various stories. As with all anthologies, the quality was spotty--some stories good and memorable, others best forgotten. With no continuing stories, it can be difficult to build a reader base--it's not as if anyone will lose track of things if they skip buying the comic for a month or two after all. After the title's cancelation, the framing sequence was expanded upon by Alan Moore and, later, Neil Gaiman. So how to satisfy fans of the original series, while also pleasing fans of the House itself? So now we have a continuing storyline, with a short, often unrelated, anthology-style story... more in each issue. Very neatly handled! I'm liking this series.
review 2: This is still a great, fun read! Well, I think it's mostly because it's exactly my kind of story; a lot of unexplained mysteries that actually seem that they will get an answer at some point, slowly getting to know the characters, strange twists and turns at all times without them being completely random, and lovely short stories working as pleasant and interesting intermissions for the main plot.If those things aren't for you, this is probably not the story for you either. There's also more than a bit of blood, gore and sex in this, so if that's not you're thing either I'd give it a pass. less

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