“In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe”
Client: DC Comics/Vertigo
Photo Illustration and Jacket Design:
Steven Parke
Photography: Stephen John Phillips
Type Design and Production: Susan Mangan
Written by Jonathon Scott Fuqua
Story by Steven Parke and
Jonathon Scott Fuqua


All actors were shot in the studio, settings were shot separately in Baltimore and surrounding areas. Steven Parke then added backgrounds, special effects, color and lighting in photoshop, as well as compositing the actors together in most scenes.

More about this book can be found at: Steven Parke’s Photography and Illustration Site.

Or on DC Comics.

Interview with the author.