Issue 2 was a blast, so lovecraft! Tyler Crook is definitely my favourite of the post-Davis BPRD artists and seeing him do Victorian settings is a real treat! Nice theme emerging in the conflict between tradition/industrialisation, right on the nose for the era as well! I live in an area of Sheffield called Hallam, even went to Hallam university. Glad we don't have any eels here.
Agreed! Though I can't speak for the Hallam comparison, never having been to the UK! The setting and period do feel genuine though.
Little bits are beginning to fall into place, like the reversed 'a's. Now I'm wondering if the distortion in the first issue wasn't eel (or some incorporeal eel entity) POV. UnlandVision!
Dave Stewart's colouring is nearly a character unto itself. It's a wonderful palette that evokes old photographs, sickly pallour, and corpse lights.
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Issue #3 was not as good as the other two. I felt like very little progress was made in the story.
Issue #3 has fast become my favourite comic of all time! Why? Because my first 'fan' letter got printed in the back, describing the sites of folkloric interest on the way to my comic shop but written in the tone of Victorian moral panic!
I'm so chuffed!
Really enjoying this series, I hope Kim and Maura come back for more Witchfinder, I especially love the archaic dialect.
But did anyone else notice this from #4's Hellmail? - "Next month we wrap it up with a huge climax and a postscript better than Howard the Duck showing up in Guardians..."
Anyone have any ideas as to what this could be?