Scott Hampton, Pigeons From Hell – The Killer Revealed

Pidgeons From Hell was Robert E. Howard’s attempt to impress his friend H.P. Lovecraft with his horror-writing ability. This page shows what happens just after the climax of the story. Protagonists Griswell and Buckner follow their dying assailant into its lair, where they learn that a horrifying amount of the local legend was true. But there’s still room for a hellish twist… Pigeons From Hell graphic novel, p. 49 (1988).

Scott Hampton impresses with his depictions of the ghastly as well as the contrasts between the two heroes, one the typical Lovecraft protagonist (excitable and scared) and the other more reflective of Howard (practical and ready to kick Evil’s ass).