DARKNESS TP (16 Dec Release)

Sabu is a cool and handsome rock-n-roller. Chicks dig him¸ but he’s obsessed with Mari¸ his pretty neighbor. But Mari loves someone else¸ which Sabu cannot bear to even think about—nor can his evil doppelganger. Who is that? Is it just my shadow? Or is it another me¸ lurking there¸ peering and plotting¸ in THE DARKNESS?! An imaginative and unsettling adaptation of Edogawa Ranpo’s classic story THE STALKER IN THE ATTIC¸ Koga Shinichi’s THE DARKNESS shows one of horror manga’s pioneers applying his astonishing artistry and palpitating pacing to comics for a more mature audience. Reinforced by three other horrifying stories from the early 1970s¸ including the criminally cruel HUNGRY GHOST¸ THE DARKNESS is the tenth volume of Smudge¸ a line of vintage horror¸ occult¸ and dark fantasy manga curated and translated by award-winning historian Ryan Holmberg and published by Living the Line. With an essay about Koga by artist and publisher Sean Michael Robinson.