Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales form Lands Unknown written and drawn by Mike Mignola, colors by Dave Stewart, and letters by Clem Robins
This collection of tales by Mike Mignola is a mixture of borrowed stuff from other folklore and his own creations. Like many stories, characters start out as simple folk seeking a larger life, if they be the young lad who leaves hearth and home to bowl with the undead or the young woman who doesn't want to marry her father's apprentice and stay in the same blacksmith shop for the rest of her life (she goes on to be a pirate). The tales are very fanciful and follow the typical visual style of Mignola, with a lot of dark hues and odds bits where normally there would be white space. I found the volume very entertaining (I have much fondness for Mignola's style as a writer and artist) though not particularly deep. It's not meant as a profound exploration of human nature or history, so no worries!
Recommend, highly for Mignola fans like me.