A Story for Anyone Who has Ever Loved Halloween . . . or Hated it!
The Story
The Inspiration
The Adaptation
Kindly Esek Gladstone is loved by almost everyone, serving as a church deacon and dedicating his life to charity work . . . but he hates Halloween, seeing it as a festival honoring nothing except darkness. But on Halloween Night, forewarned by the Spirit of his deceased mentor, he must face the temptations of three devils, taking a voyag
Kindly Esek Gladstone is loved by almost everyone, serving as a church deacon and dedicating his life to charity work . . . but he hates Halloween, seeing it as a festival honoring nothing except darkness. But on Halloween Night, forewarned by the Spirit of his deceased mentor, he must face the temptations of three devils, taking a voyage across the Halloweens of his life to be challenged with his own lusts, his greed, and that most subtle of vices, his pride.
The Adaptation
The Inspiration
The Adaptation
A Halloween Hymn is a direct adaptation which inverses the events of Charles Dickens’ famous A Christmas Carol to correspond with the modern American holiday of Halloween. It is a fanciful ode to that seasonal favorite, while at the same time taking a unique journey into the struggles of good and evil that wage within the hearts of men.
The Inspiration
The Inspiration
The Inspiration
The book draws it's mood and style from the sensibilities of the classic American Halloween that has developed and thrived through the twentieth century until the present day. This whimsical approach to the darker side of the imagination has been part of a seasonal experience for families throughout the United States every Autumn.
A Visual Homage
Illustrator - Jolyon Yates
Author - Skip Peel
The book is more than a literary adaptation of the Dickens original. A Christmas Carol has a long visual history prior to the advent of film found in Victorian era engravings and illustrations, from the famous John Leech originals which helped form public conceptions of the characters, to the memorable stylings of Arthur Rackham. Explore
The book is more than a literary adaptation of the Dickens original. A Christmas Carol has a long visual history prior to the advent of film found in Victorian era engravings and illustrations, from the famous John Leech originals which helped form public conceptions of the characters, to the memorable stylings of Arthur Rackham. Explore these touchstones which helped guide the visual development and scene choices for the illustrations of A Halloween Hymn.
Author - Skip Peel
Illustrator - Jolyon Yates
Author - Skip Peel
Skip Peel, alias Galen Edward Peel Jr., is a longtime Florida based writer now exploring life with his wife Jill. A travel enthusiast, Japanophile (親日), one time Disney Pirate, and inaugural staff for Repticon Reptile Shows, he holds a bachelor’s in English and master’s in Global Studies from Liberty University. He is the creator and aut
Skip Peel, alias Galen Edward Peel Jr., is a longtime Florida based writer now exploring life with his wife Jill. A travel enthusiast, Japanophile (親日), one time Disney Pirate, and inaugural staff for Repticon Reptile Shows, he holds a bachelor’s in English and master’s in Global Studies from Liberty University. He is the creator and author of the “Rex Summeral” series for G-FAN magazine that has appeared in over fifty installments during that publication’s over 25-year history, as well as being featured in giant monster anthologies by Agog! Press and Wild Hunt Press. He perpetually dreams of returning to Asia for humanitarian work, kissing his wife, and eating as much quality sashimi as is reasonably possible.
Illustrator - Jolyon Yates
Illustrator - Jolyon Yates
Illustrator - Jolyon Yates
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Jolyon was born in Rochester, England and resides in the United States where he spends most of his time drawing, but is allowed leave on Christmas Day without pay to enjoy figgy pudding with his charming wife and agreeable dogs. Recent periodicals in which his drawings appear include Gumby, Tales from the
http://jolyonbyates.com/home.html
Jolyon was born in Rochester, England and resides in the United States where he spends most of his time drawing, but is allowed leave on Christmas Day without pay to enjoy figgy pudding with his charming wife and agreeable dogs. Recent periodicals in which his drawings appear include Gumby, Tales from the Crypt and The Adventures of Captain Colorado for Denver Comic Con, and The New York Times #1 Best Seller Ninjago, as well as the crew t-shirt for the motion picture entertainment GODZILLA (2014) in which he also essays the role of the unfortunate Engineer O. Matsumoto. Check out his horror movie podcast Chewing the Scenery.