Savoy Comics: Lord Horror 2

Lord Horror #2

Romance of Sword and Book

1989

A Savoy Kunisada Production

42pp

ISBN 0 86130 073 4

Script and art—Kris Guidio

Cover—Douthwaite/Guidio

Horror in Hong Kong: a picaresque tale of murder and martial arts. The Lord suffers death by shuriken, meets Adolf Hitler in Hell, is revived in Tokyo and razor meets Samurai sword in the final showdown. Serious manga.

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As with the first issue, another comic which is outside the main corpus of the Horror Mythos. This time Kris Guidio indulges his love of all things Oriental with calligraphic assistance from Susan Leung. A skilful blend of Hokusai elegance, eroticism and violence, this issue also includes a free Lord Horror poster and a supplement featuring more fine Guidio illustrations based on the Lord Horror novel.

The back cover features a photograph showing Mr Guidio standing outside Savoy's Peter Street shop with two members of the Greater Manchester police force. Pictures were being taken of Kris that afternoon to promote Sinister Legends when the two cops happened to be passing in the street. They stood quite happily next to Kris while Mike Butterworth fired off a couple of snaps, unaware of their proximity to two of their Chief Constable's arch-heretics.

"Gore galore, and painstaking artwork."

FACT SHEET FIVE