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At Providence's private asylum in 1928, a perilous inmate slips away, baffling authorities and sparking an unsettling investigation. The key to unraveling the case lies with his last visitor: Dr. Marinus Bicknell Willett, a physician entangled in the unfolding web. With a blend of historical inquiry, grave‑robbing and bone‑chilling revelations, the graphic narrative adapts Lovecraft’s foreboding story into a tense detective thriller. The tale weaves Rhode Island’s eerie atmosphere into a horror-spiced mystery, exploring themes of mental illness, medical ethics, and the supernatural, all rendered in stark, atmospheric comic panels.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Fiction
Authors: I. N. J. Culbard
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