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Harrow County, Volume 1: Countless Haints
by Cullen Bunn
Woohoo I found a Cullen Bunn book I enjoy! Finally!
So this is Gothic southern horror. What's that you ask? Lots of accents, woods, and creepy shit happening all at once. Emmy is about to turn 18. For a lot of people that just means going into adulthood (in US. I know UK it's like 16. And Japan like 14 or something like that) but what's happening to her isn't the same as usual. 18 years ago the people around the area murdered a young girl who was said to be a witch. She said she would return. Is Emmy that witch? Well...
Good: I enjoyed the art a lot. It's simple, clean, and works well to show off the emotions of characters. I really love the character of the skinless boy, Emmy is a strong main hero, and even the village people are interesting enough. I thought the 2nd half of this was really interesting and the twist (before the final twist which I also like) and turn the story is going are making it a intriguing one.
Bad: I didn't love the first half. Felt very cliche, been done, witch hunt type story. Also, some of the dialog at the start was like "trying" to be south verses natural (see Southern Bastards/Redneck) but once it started to get into groove it fixed itself.
I actually had a lot of fun reading this. I read it all in one go. I'd give it a 3.5 but I'ma go with a 4 because of how impressed I was to enjoy a Bunn comic finally haha.
So this is Gothic southern horror. What's that you ask? Lots of accents, woods, and creepy shit happening all at once. Emmy is about to turn 18. For a lot of people that just means going into adulthood (in US. I know UK it's like 16. And Japan like 14 or something like that) but what's happening to her isn't the same as usual. 18 years ago the people around the area murdered a young girl who was said to be a witch. She said she would return. Is Emmy that witch? Well...
Good: I enjoyed the art a lot. It's simple, clean, and works well to show off the emotions of characters. I really love the character of the skinless boy, Emmy is a strong main hero, and even the village people are interesting enough. I thought the 2nd half of this was really interesting and the twist (before the final twist which I also like) and turn the story is going are making it a intriguing one.
Bad: I didn't love the first half. Felt very cliche, been done, witch hunt type story. Also, some of the dialog at the start was like "trying" to be south verses natural (see Southern Bastards/Redneck) but once it started to get into groove it fixed itself.
I actually had a lot of fun reading this. I read it all in one go. I'd give it a 3.5 but I'ma go with a 4 because of how impressed I was to enjoy a Bunn comic finally haha.