When the opportunity arises from the darkness of his prison, he will have had all the time in the world to have thought through his plans to resurface into the world of the living and return a favour to the one he now vows to be his eternal enemy: Santa Claus. How does one even survive such a torment without walking away with a stinging sense of humiliation, defeat, and fury? For the Yule Lord, the answer lay in revenge. And for it to be done by erasing your existence for centuries can be traumatic on one’s consciousness, especially if you once reigned and embraced a life full of purpose. Once again featuring Brom's chillingly beautiful artwork throughout, Krampus the Yule Lord is a feast of wonder straight from the kitchen of Sweeney Todd.To be stripped away of your whole raison d’être can be quite a nihilistic experience. Gone) works his dark sorcery from the shadows. Norrell) in the realm of Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth, as Clive Barker ( Mr. Krampus the Yule Lord is Gregory Maguire ( Wicked) meets Susanna Clarke ( Jonathan Strange & Mr. Set in Appalachia, Krampus the Yule Lord is a twisted fairytale about a failed West Virginia songwriter who gets ensnared on Christmas Eve in an eternal war between a not-so-saintly Saint Nick and his dark enemy Krampus, aka Black Peter, an ancient trickster demon. So what does this innovative fantasist do for an encore? He tinkers darkly with the beloved mythology of Santa Claus. Here's hoping that he will continue to share his dark and often beautiful dreams with us for many years to come." -Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of EragonĪcclaimed author and artist Brom raised eyebrows and pulse rates with The Child Thief, his grim, brilliantly audacious, gorgeously illustrated reimagining of the Peter Pan legend. "Brom is that rare breed: a person who is skilled in more than one area of artistic expression. It hooked me and I couldn't put it down."
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