Told in a realistic style that never quite connects with the original's sense of free-floating paranoia, a lot seems to have been cut out, thereby losing much of the power of the original. "Teatro" is probably the weakest of the entries. However, they both suffer from a degree of abridgement, which robs them of some of their Ligottian complexity. "Mannikin" and "Asylum" shift to a more surreal style, which makes for a good match with these more dreamlike stories from Ligotti. The realistic art style with which it is presented matches the writing style pretty well. "Harlequin" is the only one the preserves most of the original story. Locrian's Asylum," and "Teatro Grottesco." The stories included are "The Last Feast of Harlequin" (Ligotti's homage to HPL), "The Dreams of a Mannikin," "Dr. Sadly, the transformation is not entirely successful. Joe Harris and a quartet of illustrators adapt four Ligotti stories into graphic novel format.
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