![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chan's work in designing both The Charon and its eclectic cast of monsters feels like a blend of influences, mixing Lovecraft with Roddenberry. This is a little more insidiously creeping and unnerving than Western horror tropes, which focus on delivering conventional shocks and scares in bursts. Outer Darkness Volume 1: Each Others Throats by John Layman, Paperback Barnes & Noble® Sci-fi and horror collide in this new series from the creator of CHEW Mankind has colonized the galaxy, but during our interstellar travels, weve Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. However, the series is also influenced by East Asian horror cinema, which features supernatural terrors woven deeply within the culture itself. RELATED: A Man Among Ye: Famed Pirates Bonny and Read to Star in Image/Top Cow Comicįor Layman, a lot of inspiration came from the galaxy-at-war themes within Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This is not an idealistic, optimistic vision of the future. Even as bloody action rocks the crew, they appear relatively stoic through most of the personal surprises borne of betrayals and interpersonal drama. None of The Charon's crew are particularly fazed by some of the more monstrous, eldritch horrors with which they cross paths over the course of their journey. While certainly more of a horror/sci-fi book than Chew or, really, any of Layman's previous work, there is an undercurrent of dark humor that runs throughout Outer Darkness. ![]()
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