Horror Fans Rejoice - Richard Corben's Dark Fantasy Masterpieces Are Back
Legendary horror creator Richard Corben's Murky World and Den are receiving deluxe hardcover reprint courtesy of Dark Horse Comics. Richard Corben, who sadly passed away in December 2020, was one of the most distinctive and visionary fantasy, science fiction, and horror artists of his time. Corben was beloved by comics fans the world over for his work on titles such as Ghost Rider (with Daniel Way), The Punisher: The End (with Garth Ennis), Hellblazer (with Brian Azzarello,) and on Mike Mignola's Hellboy. Corben was also an accomplished painter, known for, among other works, the famous album cover for Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell, and both covers and interiors for dozens of anthology publications such as Heavy Metal, Eerie, Creepy and 1984.
But Corben was also responsible for a vast number of unique, creator-owned horror comics, many of which have attained a legendary status among fans. From the beginning of his career, Corben was a renegade, his works often receiving criticism for being overly sensual or frightening and his independent works have always reflected this rebellious sensibility. His infamous early work Bloodstar, which combined a Robert E. Howard-penned fantasy tale with Corben's highly-detailed and action-packed drawings, was one of the first comics to be called a graphic novel.
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It was within the pages of Heavy Metal that many readers were first introduced to Corben, where his story Den: Neverwhere was serialized in twelve parts. In fact, Den: Neverwhere (which first appeared, self-published, in 1973)was the first feature in the first issue of the legendarily-controversial anthology title in 1977 — later becoming the basis for a
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