When Thomas Evans, theatrical producer extraordinaire, meets up with old friend Edgar Allan Poe, he decides it is time - time to tell Poe the truth, time to try to snap the writer out of his pit of melancholy and madness, and time to try to get the rarest of the rare from Poe - a smile.

Part comic, part art book, part unsuitable for small children storybook, 'Edgar Allan' is a journey through the works of the Master of the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe