"Terrific. A wild ride....I loved it. It hooked me and I couldn't put
it down."
--Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy
"Brom is that rare breed: a person who is skilled in more than one
area of artistic expression. Here's hoping that he will continue to
share his dark and often beautiful dreams with us for many years to
come." --Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of
Eragon
Acclaimed author and artist Brom raised eyebrows and pulse rates with
The Child Thief, his grim, brilliantly audacious, gorgeously
illustrated reimagining of the Peter Pan legend. So what does this
innovative fantasist do for an encore? He tinkers darkly with the
beloved mythology of Santa Claus.
Set in Appalachia, Krampus the Yule Lord is a twisted fairytale about
a failed West Virginia songwriter who gets ensnared on Christmas Eve in
an eternal war between a not-so-saintly Saint Nick and his dark enemy
Krampus, aka Black Peter, an ancient trickster demon. Krampus the Yule
Lord is Gregory Maguire (Wicked) meets Susanna Clarke (Jonathan
Strange & Mr. Norrell) in the realm of Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's
Labyrinth, as Clive Barker (Mr. B. Gone) works his dark sorcery from
the shadows. Once again featuring Brom's chillingly beautiful artwork
throughout, Krampus the Yule Lord is a feast of wonder straight from
the kitchen of Sweeney Todd.
