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BOOM! Studios is holding a limited sale this week for some of their “buried treasures from the vaults.” We’re lucky one of those treasures is the Adventure Time 2013 Annual #1 with the exclusive Phoenix Comicon variant cover by Meredith McClaren. We’re told it’s “never before been offered in stores or on the web, or anywhere outside of being sold for a couple days at Phoenix Comicon 2013.” Get yours now.
“The “spiral pattern” is not normally associated with horror fiction. Usually spiral patterns mark character’s cheeks in Japanese comedy cartoons, representing an effect of warmth. However, I thought it could be used in horror if I drew it a different way. Spirals are one of the popular Japanese patterns from long ago, but I don’t know what the symbol represents.
I think spirals might be symbolic of infinity. The different stages of the spiral (in “Uzumaki”) were definitely inspired from the mysterious novels of H.P. Lovecraft. His expressionism with regard to atmosphere greatly inspires my creative impulse.”
- Junji Ito on the symbolism of spirals in his work (x).
