Also the idea of Hester creating followers out of mud, dying and the followers continuing on, living rich, full lives is a pretty interesting detail and quite shocking too. Which isn’t to say it’s all generic there’s a character called Tattered Skin who is a new kind of character with his haunted skin and prowling, separate body. Fiery ghosts, a Minotaur, witches – yeah, yeah, seen it before… The story plays out somewhat predictably and slowly without a real standout character or especially brilliant angle. The first volume introduces us to the witch’s curse and Emmy’s realisation of who she really is, none of which feels, or is, especially original. I’m actually a little surprised at the overwhelmingly positive response this series has had from various writers and critics considering the comic is actually a really average southern gothic story. Writer Cullen Bunn re-teams with his Sixth Gun fill-in artist Tyler Crook for a new horror series at Dark Horse, Harrow County, annnnnnd… it’s just ok. To her father’s horror, he realises the witch has returned in the form of his daughter! That is, except for the one Emmy laid hands on. But strange things are happening around her pa’s farm with cattle mysteriously dying. Before she died, she told them she’d come back.Įmmy has turned 18 and isn’t sure what she’s going to do with her life. The people of Harrow County burned the witch, Hester Beck, on the hanging tree.
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