The confluence of cinema and comic books is a frequently raised subject, but now veteran motion-picture storyboard artist Pete Von Sholly bridges the gap once again! Morbid Volume 2, the sequel to last year’s groundbreaking publication, blurs the line between these two mediums even further. Von Sholly takes the time-honored European fumetti method to its next level with custom-sculpted models, costumed actors, and computer-generated special effects! The stories themselves run the gamut from tongue-in-cheek lampoons of classic sci-fi movies to gut-wrenching horror in the Lovecraft tradition. The future of graphic storytelling may well be in Pete Von Sholly's Morbid!“In Morbid 2 there are, of course, a couple of my beloved ’fifties drive-in movie takeoffs but there are also some science fiction, ghost, and just plain monster stories which move into territory beyond what I had in the first book,” commented Morbid creator Pete Von Sholly. “There is still plenty of humor; it is ‘morbid with a wink’ after all, and I’m trying in a subtle way to build a body of work with some recurring characters and cross-references sprinkled in so that the more you read, the more the connections will be evident. I’m having a blast and I hope you’ll come along for the ride!
Von ShollyÂ’s experience working on countless sci-fi and horror genre films (The Mask, Darkman, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Mars Attacks, etc.), as well as his experience as a Disney animation artist and conceptual designer, come together to unveil an inventive leap in visual storytelling.