Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose #8 [Cover A]

(May 2001)

Raven Hex Return of the Dark Witch Part 2 of 3 (Table of Contents: 1)

Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Balent

Pencils

Jim Balent

Inks

Jim Balent

Colors

Holly Golightly; Meredith Kallman (assistant colorist)

Letters

Holly Golightly

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Crypt Chick (antagonist); Raven Hex (supporting); Skeleton Man (supporting); Tarot (featured); Willowry (death) (supporting); Tarot's mother; Coven of Shadows; Goblins; Headless Horseman

Synopsis

Raven Hex and her Goblin servants fight the Coven of Shadows. Willowry fails to bring Crypt Chick back to life and suffers for attempting it. Tarot, her mother and Skeleton Man encounter a Headless Horseman.

Reprints

• in Tarot - Witch of the Black Rose (Panini Deutschland, 2006 series) #2 - Rückkehr der dunklen Hexe ([Juli 2006])

Keywords

adult

Interview with a Witch... (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Balent (interviewer); Laurie Cabot (interviewee)

Pencils

Jay Stock (photograph)

Inks

Jay Stock (photograph)

Colors

Jay Stock (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Laurie Cabot (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Interview with Laurie Cabot, the Official Witch of Salem conducted by Jim Balent.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Holly Golightly (signed as Holly)

Inks

Holly Golightly (signed as Holly)

Characters

Raven Hex

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Tarot Readers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Balent

Pencils

? (photographs)

Inks

? (photographs)

Colors

? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Holly Golightly (photograph); Jim Balent (photograph); Meredith Kallman (photograph); Neil Morris (photograph)

Indexer Notes

The letters pages this issue also feature photos from the Pittsburgh Comic Convention where Broadsword Comics had a booth.

Includes letters from Dion R. Boles (aka Blayze), David Stormbringer, Robert & Meredith Martin, Ron Newsome and Stephanie.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Broadsword Girl / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

David (photograph)

Inks

David (photograph)

Colors

David (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Shannon Wagstaff (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Photo and name of a reader who sent in a posed photograph and was chosen by Jim Balent.

Spellbound (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Raven Fire

Pencils

Brian Froud

Inks

Brian Froud

Colors

Brian Froud

Letters

typeset

Characters

Raven Fire (photograph)

Synopsis

Gunny (Raven Fire) provides the details for a Bulletin Love Spell.

Indexer Notes

There is also a reproduction of a painted card titled "Broadsword Girl" that was sent in by aantasy artist Brian Froud.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Broadsword Comics mail order (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)