Sphinx in a Haunted Mansion: Comic Night

A dramatic comic-book style splash panel of a regal sphinx inside a haunted mansion. The sphinx, with a golden nemes headdress and sharp, noble features, sits atop a cracked stone pedestal, paws on a weathered sarcophagus inscribed with glowing hieroglyphs. The room is gothic and peeling: cobwebbed chandeliers, creaking wooden stairs, flickering gas lamps, and moonlight slicing through broken windows in electric blue and purple hues. Thick black ink outlines, bold Ben-Day dots, and high-contrast chiaroscuro shading give a noir mood. Dynamic perspective from a slightly low angle, with action lines and speech/thought bubbles hinting at riddles like a cryptic question. The sphinx’s eyes glow emerald as magical runes pulse from the sarcophagus. Halftone textures and classic panel borders evoke 1960s-1980s comic art. An eerie, mysterious atmosphere blends myth and horror in a single, captivating frame.