Strange Embrace (Image)

(Image, 2007–2008, 2011)
™ and © 2007 David Hine

Young Sukumar leads a fairly typical existence, delivering packages for his parents’ store. One of his weekly deliveries is a challenging one, as it involves a most mysterious customer. Sukumar doesn’t mind, until he finds himself having bizarre, terrifying dreams—ones that seem to be sent to him by that very stranger. What’s real and what’s a dream? Just when he thinks he’s figured it out, Sukumar finds himself stepping into a new dream… one he may not survive.

David Hine writes and draws this psychedelic, nightmarish series, mixing horror and dark humor in a very satisfying package. Fans of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman may feel they’ve stumbled onto a companion piece.

— Andy Richardson

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