This was much better than I had expected. Basically, a girl blows into town when a town has a myriad of child murders and nothing much to go on, until one kid survives after seeing his friends murdered. He’s lying to the police about what actually happened.

The entire volume is centered around this one monster, so it’s not a monster of the week situation, which I’d expected. There’s nothing completely new here either, but it does execute its story well, pacing out quite a long arc. I really like the main mysterious girl character. The creatures themselves, again, nothing new, but it is more innovative than stories like these. Though this trend of literalizing beliefs is interesting. If you want the best, more literary version of this, you’d probably pick up something like Unwritten, or even Sandman, peripherally, has some things in common with how the creatures work.

This is a lot more grounded in horror, but in a cerebral, atmospheric way, so I dug it. I’ll be looking out for more volumes. Love the artwork and colouring. The paneling is a mixed bag: digitally it would be perfect; on the page, even with good gutter, it can be confusing to follow if it’s a double page spread moving left to right as one piece, or else flowing on one page normally. It is eclectic and engaging anyway, which is a step above most.