The Librarian

    (Fantagraphics, 1992)
©1992 Penny Moran Van Horn

This one-shot is the first full comic by graphic artist Penny Moran Van Horn. Her scratchbook style lends a sinister, woodcut feel to this story of love, obsession, and voodoo.

“The Librarian” is John K., a stiff older librarian whom Lisa, the archive receptionist, secretly pines after. Lisa’s fascination grows to the point where she follows him from work where she discovers the man of her dreams is really a cruel landlord. Desperation turns to downright weirdness as Lisa plots to “redesign” John using the dark secrets of voodoo. She eventually gets what she wants—but with voodoo there is always a price to be paid.
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