Sunday, November 23, 2014

Review: Wytches #1

Wytches #1 - Image Comics

Turn on the lights, lock the doors, check the closets and under the beds and most assuredly do not look out the windows, Wytches is coming. Not your run of the mill, everyday teenagers playing at magic, but real, terrifying, powerful Wytches. The all-new Wytches, written by Scott Snyder, is not your ordinary tale of “witches” but a truly horrific look at real Wytches and what they are capable of. 

Snyder's all-new horror comic book starts with a bullying incident (that in itself is quite disturbing) that goes terribly wrong.The Rooks family and their daughter Sailor have recently moved trying to start over and transition to normal life after Sailors’s recent and harrowing ordeal, each recovering in their own way. Sailor returns to school, a new school, but the events of her past does not take long to resurface and the terror that haunts Sailor returns. There is something lurking in the woods, but who or what is unclear. The one thing that is defined, it is interested in Sailor and her family.

The artwork by Jock brings Wytches to terrifying life. The comic books unsettling tone is due in large part to the bold, aggressive line work by artist Jock and enhanced by colorist Matt Hollingsworth. Hollingsworth's warm tones bring the small town life to life inviting and alluring, but that soon changes becoming dark, sinister and frightening.

Wytches #1 brings the horror back to comic books. The artwork and writing together give readers a truly terrifying tale that is only just beginning. Comic book fans do yourself a favor pick up a copy of Wytches today you will not be disappointed.

 - barbie66

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