Length 174 pages
Format Comixology
Published 2014
Series Wraith (#1-7)
My Copy I bought it
Readers of NOS4A2 will be familiar with Christmasland and other concepts written into Joe Hill's terrifying graphic novel, The Wraith which features Charlie Manx, a character ripped from the punchlines of nightmares who takes lost children to a mythical place where happiness is always and death is a suggestion not a promise.
The story follows a band of escaped criminals to their eventual destination where death and misery await. Manx is well written but its the children that steal the show for me - drawn to scare and written to haunt; a great addition to the horror genre.
The first and seventh single issues in the collection are nice bookends that provide context and character to the story. While these may put some readers off given the more literary tone of them, I thought they worked quite well.
It's been some time since I read NOS4A2 (3 years in fact) but that didn't detract in anyway from enjoying this book. Read it as a standalone or as a companion piece to the novel, either/or work well.
My rating: 4/5 stars
Format Comixology
Published 2014
Series Wraith (#1-7)
My Copy I bought it
Readers of NOS4A2 will be familiar with Christmasland and other concepts written into Joe Hill's terrifying graphic novel, The Wraith which features Charlie Manx, a character ripped from the punchlines of nightmares who takes lost children to a mythical place where happiness is always and death is a suggestion not a promise.
The story follows a band of escaped criminals to their eventual destination where death and misery await. Manx is well written but its the children that steal the show for me - drawn to scare and written to haunt; a great addition to the horror genre.
The first and seventh single issues in the collection are nice bookends that provide context and character to the story. While these may put some readers off given the more literary tone of them, I thought they worked quite well.
It's been some time since I read NOS4A2 (3 years in fact) but that didn't detract in anyway from enjoying this book. Read it as a standalone or as a companion piece to the novel, either/or work well.
My rating: 4/5 stars
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