The Captain of the Pole-Star: A Ghost Story for Christmas

(Paperback)

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World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2023.

The Pole-Stars voyage comes to a halt after becoming trapped in the arctic ice, threatening the lives of its crew. Superstition soon takes hold as the frightened men claim to hear ghosts in the darkness, but it's the captain's increasingly strange behaviour that concerns the doctor most.

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Praise for Seth's Christmas Ghost Stories

[This] series of Christmas ghost stories, miniature books chosen and illustrated by the cartoonist Seth [offers] chillsand charm.

John Williams, New York Times Book Review

"Internationally celebrated Guelph cartoonist Seth dug deep into his archive of ghost stories to resurrect a Victorian tradition of reading one on Christmas Eve."

Deb Dundas, Toronto Star

I just bought my set of these and they are PERFECT. I hope they do these every year.

Patton Oswalt

"As good as the story selection is, the design of each book is the star In [Seths] work I see the brilliant use of shadow a la Mike Mignola, combined with the dark whimsey of Tim Burton ... Highly recommended for the horror lovers looking for something special in this post-Halloween season."

Cemetery Dance

A nice, creepy reprieve from all the holly and jolly of the holidays. Seths black and white illustrations provide a delicious sense for foreboding and unease to these tales of the dearly departed.

Lindsey Childs, Prairie Fire

Seths bookspetite and illustrated with gorgeous minimalist designsfeel somehow like a more mature version of my childhood traditions. In reality, Seths Christmas Ghost Stories are a tradition everyone, young and old, can make a part of their holidays. With these beautifully illustrated books, it seems in this case one really can judge a book by its cover.

The Charlatan

"Really beautiful art, and great stories."

So Many Damn Books

Author Bio

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle(18591930) was a British writer and physician. He is most famous for creating the character of Sherlock Holmes. Alongside those stories, he was a prolific writer ofplays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels.
Seth is the cartoonist behind the comic-book series Palookaville, which started in the stone age as a pamphlet and is now a semi-annual hardcover. His comics have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Best American Comics, and McSweeneys Quarterly. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the cover of the New Yorker, The Walrus, and Canadian Notes & Queries. He is the subject of a recent documentary from the National Film Board of Canada, Seths Dominion. Seth lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife Tania and their two cats in an old house he has named Inkwells End.