Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In the grand tradition of Edward Gorey and Charles Addams, Richard Sala has crafted a suspenseful, Gothic story involving astrology, murder, ghouls, and outsider art.
Multiple Harvey and Eisner Award nominee Sala weaves a labyrinthine tale of intrigue as an unemployed writer becomes unwittingly ensnared in a complex plot involving a mysterious artist named Emile Jarnac, the shadowy machinations of the Ghoul Appreciation Society Headquarters, and the enigmatic Mr. Ixnay. Sala's idiosyncratic art style adds tension to this darkly comic and gruesome riddle.
Synopsis
by Richard Sala
In The Chuckling Whatsit, Sala weaves the gothic cartooning traditions of Edward Gorey and Charles Addams with a densely constructed, melodramatic murder mystery involving astrology, ghouls, academia and outsider art. Part noir, part horror and part comedy, this labyrinthian tale of intrigue follows an unemployed writer named Broom who becomes unwittingly ensnared in a complex plot involving mysterious outsider artist Emile Jarnac, the shadowy machinations of the Ghoul Appreciation Society Headquarters (GASH), and the enigmatic Mr. Ixnay. Sala's deadpan delivery makes this ingeniously layered narrative a roller-coaster ride of darkly pure comic suspense.