"Through the Woods is a creepy, scary collection of short stories that is hard to put down. Emily Carroll's drawings are simultaneously innocent and unsettling, giving the stories a creepiness not found in many other comics. The words and pictures meld beautifully, and the stories themselves inhabit the realm of fairy tales or the Twilight Zone more readily than that of hack and slash gore. (Although there is a hint of that as well.) A perfect book for reading alone at night on Halloween, or if you're like me, around noon with all the lights on."
Publisher Margaret K. McElderry Books
Publication Date 2014-07-15
Section New Titles - Paperback / Graphic Novels / All Staff Suggestions / Fiction Suggestions / Spencer H.
Format Paperback
ISBN 9781442465961
Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories that includes the online webcomic sensation “His Face All Red,” in print for the first time. Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale in print for the first time. These are fairy tales gone seriously wrong, where you can travel to “Our Neighbor’s House”—though coming back might be a problem. Or find yourself a young bride in a house that holds a terrible secret in “A Lady’s Hands Are Cold.” You might try to figure out what is haunting “My Friend Janna,” or discover that your brother’s fiancée may not be what she seems in “The Nesting Place.” And of course you must revisit the horror of “His Face All Red,” the breakout webcomic hit that has been gorgeously translated to the printed page. Already revered for her work online, award-winning comic creator Emily Carroll’s stunning visual style and impeccable pacing is on grand display in this entrancing anthology, her print debut.
