This opens with a dictionary definition of witches. On the following page, we see the same definitions but this time they've been scratched out. The witches in this volume are nothing like we would expect.
Scott Snyder has created his own mythology around the traditional stories and it's a real feat of imagination. The Wytches are truly scary creations, underground creatures with a horrible hold over people on the surface.
As with a lot of horror stories, we start with a family settling in to their new home, and the daughter settling in to her new school. She has more reason than most to be nervous about joining a new school. At her old school she was implicated in the disappearance of the school bully. The truth is too bizarre for anyone to believe.
Suffice to say, the move to a new town doesn't improve the situation. Things get steadily worse instead.
The artwork is stunning. It's moody and evocative with things hiding and watching in many many panels, adding to the unease that the remarkably frightening script is rapidly generating.
The six issues of the comic are followed by notes from the writer, describing the writing process and the personal nature of this particular story.
My only complaint about this is that there is no volume 2. I'm very late to the party on this. It's over 5 years old and a continuation was promised... It's still not here, except for a Halloween special issue from 2018 which sells for silly prices.
Brilliantly written, beautifully drawn, scary as all hell. I cant recommend this too highly.
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