This is as mad as a box of frogs and is easily as good as (if entirely different to) anything in the Locke and Key series.
It follows the story of June Branch. She's just popped over to see her boyfriend, who's a summer deputy on a peninsula somewhere on the US coast.
However, when a group of convicts escape, and the power is cut by a storm, she finds herself trapped. her only defence is a viking axe she finds herself the temporary owner of. It has the remarkable power that when she decapitates an attacker with it, the head stays alive and talking.
She soon finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy with a few talking heads offering their opinions.
What is the truth about what's happening on the peninsula and how deeply involved is her boyfriend?
The story rushes by at a fast pace. June is a great protagonist. There are twists and turns galore. the artwork is perfectly suited to the writing. There are tricks in the presentation here that tell the story in a way that would be impossible to replicate in prose.
There's not much in the way of subtlety going on in any of this. But if you're picking up a graphic novel with that title and cover, I doubt that subtlety is top of the list of what you're looking for.
The Hill House comics series are definites on my to be collected list.
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