Wytches Volume 1 by Scott Snyder

​   Inspired by childhood fears, infused with primal atavistic fears, twisted up in the trees of the darkest woods…there be wytches. From the most terrifying and most terrified  corners of the ever talented Scott Snyder’s imagination this is a gorgeous example of how to do a literary scare. Combining childhood frights and parental fears Snyder created something really special with this comic, infusing new life into a well trodden genre standard.
     This is a fresh, original and profoundly darkly written tale of a family looking for a new beginning up north and finding unimaginable terrors.  Both the art and the writing are top shelf quality and complement each other perfectly. I believe this is my first experience with the artist and what an introduction, really great art, especially portraiture, terrifically nuanced faces you don’t often find in comics pls a really interesting splotch effect, very striking, gives dimensionality to the darkness, among other things.
    The graphic novel edition collects comics 1 through 6 and features six excellent essays by Snyder about his inspirations, thoughts on genre, etc.
     All in all, absolutely loved this. Would definitely read more. Recommended.

​Aha, now I know why our library got this one. It's up for tv/movie development by Plan B for Amazon Prime. Do it right, Brad, do it right. Also, apparently this was it, there were no further books. So sad. Oh well, at least there's the tv adaptation to look forward to.