Fever Moon – Page 109 – Original Comic Art by Al Rio, Origin of the Fear Dorcha, Karen Marie Moning, Dell Books, 2012

11×17 on art board, signed by Al Rio. $200

This page from the New York Times bestselling Graphic Novel “Fever Moon” features the part of the story after the King Of The Unseelie gave “substance” to the evil “Shade”. Written by Karen Marie Moning.

First panel:

“No matter it had no face. He had created life!”

2nd panel:

“But he did not learn it in time, and his concubine was taken from him. When she died, the Dark Man became his only comfort in madness”. (His concubine was a mortal woman he had fallen in love with)

3rd through 6th panel:

“Together they roamed for half a million years.”

7th panel:

“Until one day the King forgot the Dark Man when he moved on.”

8th panel:

“Abandoned, his rage and hatred grew. For tens of thousands of years, he waited as life struggled to escape from the swamps.”

Final panel:

“In time he learned he could steal human features and create his own face in order to hide among them.”

– This is the back-story to how the “Dark Man” – the Fear Dorcha – came to be.