Completely Doomed

by Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, David Schow

This special collection hearkens back to the best creepy, eerie horror comics of yesteryear, only these feature the added bonus of being adapted from stories by horror literature legends Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, David J. Schow and Paul F. Wilson by comics luminaries like Ashley Wood, Ted McKeever and many more. Completely Doomed features the Eisner-nominated "Blood Son" by Wood and Chris Ryall, and 15 other adapted tales of wretched excess and predestined downfall, all presided over by the macabre madame, Ms. Doomed.

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels

240 pages, Paperback

First published June 6, 2007

About the author

Robert Albert Bloch was a prolific American writer. He was the son of Raphael "Ray" Bloch (1884, Chicago-1952, Chicago), a bank cashier, and his wife Stella Loeb (1880, Attica, Indiana-1944, Milwaukee, WI), a social worker, both of German-Jewish descent.

Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over twenty novels, usually crime fiction, science fiction, and, perhaps most influentially, horror fiction (Psycho). He was one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle; Lovecraft was Bloch's mentor and one of the first to seriously encourage his talent.

He was a contributor to pulp magazines such as Weird Tales in his early career, and was also a prolific screenwriter. He was the recipient of the Hugo Award (for his story "That Hell-Bound Train"), the Bram Stoker Award, and the World Fantasy Award. He served a term as president of the Mystery Writers of America.

Robert Bloch was also a major contributor to science fiction fanzines and fandom in general. In the 1940s, he created the humorous character Lefty Feep in a story for Fantastic Adventures. He also worked for a time in local vaudeville, and tried to break into writing for nationally-known performers. He was a good friend of the science fiction writer Stanley G. Weinbaum. In the 1960's, he wrote 3 stories for Star Trek.

Reviews

[Ryan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really enjoy the art by Ashley Wood and Toby Cypress. But the stories were mostly forgettable. I was halfway through my second reading before I realized that I had read all of these stories before.

[Angel · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of short stories by various horror writers adapted as graphic novels. The quality of tales does vary from good to so-so, which is something that often happens in this kind of anthology. Some tales did have some nice twists at the end. Overall, an entertaining quick read in light horror.

[Damon · Rating 1 out of 5]

At it's best points, this was acceptable. I wasn't really familiar with the source material, but knowing some other works by the original writers, and with some of the art talent involved, this should have been a lot better. Definitely worth missing.

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty much every story in this anthology was great, which is a fairly rare occurrence. The Robert Bloch stories were, by far, the creepiest, particularly when Ashley Wood took on the illustration.