Morgue

A morgue or mortuary (in a hospital or elsewhere) is used for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification or removal for autopsy or disposal by burial, cremation or other method. In modern times corpses have customarily been refrigerated to delay decomposition.

Etymology and lexicology

Mortuary early 14c., from Anglo-French mortuarie "gift to a parish priest from a deceased parishioner," from Medieval Latin mortuarium, noun use of neuter of Late Latin adjective mortuarius "pertaining to the dead," from Latin mortuus, pp. of mori "to die" (see mortal (adj.)). Meaning "place where bodies are kept temporarily" first recorded 1865, a euphemism for earlier English term "deadhouse."

Morgue from the French morgue, which means 'to look at solemnly, to defy'. First used to describe the inner wicket of a prison, where new prisoners were kept so that jailers and turnkeys could recognize them in the future, it took on its modern meaning in fifteenth century Paris, being used to describe part of the Châtelet used for the storage and identification of unknown corpses.

Morgue (comics)

Morgue is a fictional ID Comics character created by Amit Chauhan.

Plot

The story follows the tale of Karl Morgusson, an outsider amongst his peers and his foster family. Whilst Karl is being bullied, a dark power awakes in him and he possesses the ability to raise the dead.

Morgue ties in directly with ID Comics other titles: Experiment 692 and Project Chrysalis. They all combine to form the story arc titled 'The Tiber Saga'.

Artistic technique

Morgue utilizes a photo-realistic technique which is evident in other titles from ID Comics. Digital photo manipulation software is used to create the stark black-and-white imagery, which bears resemblance to an Italian artistic method known as Fumetti.

Release notes

Morgue is one of three ID Comics titles showcased at the 2010 New York Comic Con. Attendees at the convention had an opportunity to purchase the title before its scheduled January 2010 release.

Morgue will be available on a bi-monthly basis after its slated release date.