John Kenn Mortensen's Nightmare Factory

For horror fans of all ages, a spine-tinglingly creepy and darkly comedic picture book. Fantagraphics’ third release in English from Danish cult illustrator John Kenn Mortensen.

His eerie visions fade to black at the edges, like a dreamer unable to shift their focus, and inspire delicious terror all by themselves. Similarly, the short poems each evoke a distinct sense of dread for the sleeping imagination to expand upon; together, the words and pictures conjure a nightmarish world tinged with pitch black humor. The sequences splay across double-page spreads, evoking Edward Gorey gone grand scale, and grand guignol.

For those of a nervous disposition, read in bright sunlight. For those in search of a nervous disposition, take two before bed.