Dark Entries

Notes

Dark Entries by Ian Rankin is currently his only graphic novel. The story revolves around DC Comics character John Constantine, a street-savvy exorcist and con man. It is a thinly veiled satire of the reality TV programmes Most Haunted and Big Brother.

“My son reads these things in a couple of hours but the ironic thing is that it took months to pull together… What you don’t appreciate before you’re doing it is that you’re effectively playing director of a film. For each frame, you are effectively pulling together a side of A4 containing detailed notes … There were something like 1,000 pictures. It took away months of my life” ~ Ian Rankin (The Independent)

Publisher’s Synopsis

Written by Ian Rankin, Art by Werther Dell’Edera Cover by Lee Bermejo.

Occult detective John Constantine has seen his share of strange things in his career, but nothing could prepare him for the horrors of…reality television. “Haunted Mansion” is currently the hottest show on tv, but when the macabre house actually starts attacking the contestants, Constantine is hired to be the ultimate mole.

Locked inside with a cast of wannabe-celebrities, his every move being monitored by a deadly figure from his past, Constantine must figure out who (or what) is pulling the strings before he gets cancelled―permanently.

DARK ENTRIES is a classic locked-room mystery starring HELLBLAZER’s John Constantine from Ian Rankin, the #1 international best-selling crime writer best known for his “Inspector Rebus” novels. Rankin has won numerous awards, including the Edgar Award in 2004 and is joined in this graphic novel by Italian artist Werther Dell’Edera, the illustrator of a number of American comics – mostly notably Vertigo’s LOVELESS.

Read a full review of Dark Entries by Ian Rankin at Bleeding Cool