The Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe: Vol. 2

1848: Edgar Allan Poe has lost everyone he ever loved and now he is losing his mind. Haunted by his wife's ghost and his literary failures, the poet tumbles into a fantastical world of mythological gods and monsters created by his genius...and his madness!The second book in The Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe trilogy finds our brave warriors in the underworld. There is war in the land of Terra Somnium! The myriad armies of the Nightmare King are hell-bent on destroying Poe, Irving, Terence Crab, Bloodclaw Raven, and anyone else who stands in their way.Will they survive this treacherous realm? Praise for THE IMAGINARY VOYAGES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE"The Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe continues to combine vivid fantasy imagery and storytelling with Edgar Allan Poe's biography and literature. Fast paced, suspenseful, irreverent and sneakily illuminating, this comic epic will change how you think about Poe's life and legacy."-Matthew Pearl, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Dante Club, The Poe Shadow, and The Technologists "With The Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe, Dwight L. MacPherson and Luis Czerniawski take us on an odyssey of epic proportions. Gods! Ghosts! Flying goats! A crab violinist! A Cyclops! And a Nightmare King who must be defeated at all costs. 'Without imagination, one cannot truly dream, ' we're told, and this story unfolds like a dream, a wild, mind bending graphic work that is home to the most expansive, imagined world I've seen since Jeff Smith's Bone. I read both volumes in one breathless sitting. I anxiously await the third."- David James Poissant, author of Lake Life and The Heaven of Animals"Twisted and ominous, yet rich and charming. MacPherson has crafted a complex and enchanting story that blends the macabre and mythological into a strange dream land that is worthy of the great poet and author, Edgar Allan Poe."- American McGee, Creator and Designer of American McGee's Alice, Alice: Madness Returns, and Grimm"A beautiful and bizarre adventure into wonder, quirky, lovely and fascinating!" - Kurt Busiek, Multiple Eisner Award-winning creator of Astro City, writer of Marvels"A thrilling adventure with beautiful art. More, please!"- Roderick Gordon, Author of the New York Times Bestselling Tunnels series