Horror comes in many forms. While usually on this channel we focus on games/film, I do dabble in ALL the mediums of horror. So today, let's check out a horror comic double feature for the first time! First up is Wytches by Scott Snyder, who has done other horror comics as well as a great deal of Batman and other DC superhero comics. The series follows the Rook family, in particular their daughter Sailor. The family moved to the town of Litchfield, New Hampshire, following an incident involving Sailor and a particularly vicious school bully named Annie. In this incident, Sailor was attacked and Annie went missing, prompting rumors that Sailor killed her. Eventually the speculation grows to the point where Sailor's father Charlie and mother Lucy decide that the only thing to do is move the family to a neighboring town in the hopes of starting over again. This proves to be unsuccessful as some of the rumors have followed the family and Sailor still feels ostracized from her new school peers. The family is also largely unaware that the town is home to its own supernatural secrets, in particular a tradition where a person will pledge another to strange beings, Wytches, in the nearby forest in order to gain a boon from them. The art style is reminiscent of 30 Days of Night and it is a very dark, gory story. Next, Something is Killing the Children. When the children of Archer's Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories—impossible stories of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to see what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it MUST be done. If you enjoyed the early days of the show Supernatural, I think this one will be right up your alley. #comics #graphicnovel #horrorstories