Thank you to NetGalley and Oni Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Don't let the Harvey Comics-inspired look fool you, this ain't no Richie Rich. Behind the charmingly vintage style and nostalgic ads for various gadgets and toys lies a cavalcade of carnage and terror. You've got murder, demonic rituals, vengeful spirits, heaps of blood and gore, certainly not what you expect from your typical Sunday funnies. 

Even if horror isn't your jam, one has to admire the creativity that went into making this comic feel so genuinely retro: the faded colors, the thick outlines, the deceptively cutesy illustrations. It all works together to deliver solid scares and suspense.

To be honest, I'm usually not a fan of the trend of "take an innocent thing and twist it into horror for horror's sake," but here some of the stories land well enough that the concept saves it. This comic lands in the unfortunate situation of having its first stories be its strongest, leading it to fizzle out a little disappointingly in the end. There are some instances where characters from earlier tales will pop up in others, which gives a real neat interconnected feel and makes you want to go back to get a better idea of how all these pieces fit together. 

I think my favorite bits were the "Aw, Hell" segments, in which a man constantly outsmarts the Devil to get out of going to Hell. These one page comics appear in between the longer stories and are a great goofy pallet cleanser before being thrust into more infernal insanity. 

If you're a big horror fan and enjoyed things like Creepshow, this will definitely be up your alley. For those more on the sensitive side, well, there's always Casper.