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John Allen, known popularly as “MrBallen,” has been enthralling audiences with his unique brand of storytelling ever since he burst onto the scene, covering strange and mysterious phenomena ranging from the unexplained screaming heard in parts of Nahanni Valley, the Kandahar Giant found in Afghanistan, UFOs appearing at a cattle ranch in Utah, and Allen’s own brush with the paranormal. Deeply researched and seriously compelling, the show rapidly gained a devoted fanbase for the raconteur himself and for the rarely-before-covered unsettling occurrences and true crimes that have taken place throughout the world.
In MrBallen Presents: Strange, Dark & Mysterious, Allen reveals the creepy underbelly of the human experience, charting bizarre and downright terrifying instances of the paranormal, the horrors of the natural world, and the danger of our own minds. With new, exclusive stories and in collaboration with New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Robert Venditti and acclaimed comic book artist Andrea Mutti, this is a haunting collection filled with twists and surprises that will leave you thoroughly spooked.
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- ISBN: 9781984863447
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- English
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November 1, 2024
MrBallen, the popular YouTube and podcast personality, collects nine paranormal tales in graphic novel format. As he explains in the ""Further Reading"" section, the stories in the book are based on firsthand accounts of actual events. Told in a conversational style reminiscent of traditional campfire storytellers (with a caricature of MrBallen appearing throughout), these retellings occur across time and place: a mid-eighteenth-century French province suffers attacks from a wolf-like creature; early-twentieth-century Canadian prospectors lose their heads over gold; a Siberian tiger hunts a Russian man in the late twentieth century; and a teenage MrBallen experiences a haunting. All the stories are creepy and will leave readers with a chill, as all remain unexplained. Mutti's illustrations are finely drawn with a raw feel in a mostly muted color palette with a watercolor wash and splashes of red to represent more-gruesome content. Obviously, fans of MrBallen will be interested in reading this collection, but you can feel safe giving this to teens and adults who gravitate toward paranormal "reality" shows.COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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October 28, 2024
Drawing on his YouTube channel and eponymous podcast, Jonathan “MrBallen” Allen adapts reputedly true (or at least documented) horror stories from around the world to satisfyingly chilling effect. The entries take readers to a valley in Canada’s Northwest Territories with a history of unexplained deaths and disappearances, through a reputedly haunted ghost town in Spain, into the middle of a Siberian tiger attack in Russia, and on the hunt for the man-eating Beast of Gevaudan in 18th-century France, among other escapades. MrBallen’s lurid narration brings to mind old EC horror comics: “It doesn’t matter how far he goes. It doesn’t matter how fast. Somewhere out there in the forest... the man is lurking.” Mutti’s lush art excels at creating eerie atmosphere, shocking the reader with moments of gore, and making the supernatural and mundane menaces feel equally plausible. Most of the tales take place in the great outdoors, and the art successfully evokes shadowy forests, snowbound mountains, blistering deserts, and isolated cabins. This spooky collection of campfire tales will appeal to horror and true crime fans. Agent: Byrd Leavell, UTA.
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