Wytches

Scott Snyder

Jun 2015 · Wytches Vol 1, #1-6 · Image Comics

About this ebook

"It's fabulous. A triumph." -Stephen King"The most terrifying comic you've ever read." -MTV NewsWhen the Rooks family moves to the remote town of Litchfield, NH to escape a haunting trauma, they're hopeful about starting over. But something evil is waiting for them in the woods just beyond town. Watching from the trees. Ancient...and hungry. Collects WYTCHES #1-6.More praise for WYTCHES:"Dark and brutal, Wytches are like nothing horror fans have ever seen" -USA Today"In Wytches, the Image Comics series Snyder co-created with the superstar art team of Jock and Matt Hollingsworth, the writer isn't just completely reinventing witches--through the story of the Rook family's dealings with the titular monsters, he's diving deep into very real fears about being a parent, and the ugliness that hides in all of us." -Entertainment Weekly"An awesome and at times terrifying tale." -IGN"A great read.... the art is outstanding and certain panels may give you nightmares." -iO9"If you read the first 4 pages of WYTCHES, there's no turning back. Scary as fuck and impossible to put down. Bravo." -Joe Hill, Locke & Key"Monumental." -Bloody Disgusting"Snyder has tackled horror before, but Wytches sets out to be an entirely new level of scary. Aside from the fact that the monsters in the book are terrifying (artist Jock has done an amazing job realizing the creatures), Snyder's vision of witchcraft is as much about the deepest fears parents face as it is about spooky monsters in the woods." -Complex Magazine

Ratings and reviews

Slow burner but worth the effort. Recommended by a good friend who admires Snyders Batman Metal run. Only negative i can point to is not with the comic (4 stars) unfortunately it's with the pompous Snyder, who has taken to divide the comic community by pigeon holing valid opinions as 'wrong think'. A sad & unfortunate turn of events, alas, has to be said: please keep your politics out of comics!

A slow burner for me. It made me nervous and jumpy for days after reading it, but it was in such a subtle way, I almost didn't understand why I felt that way. When I read I thought, pah! This isn't that frightening... Then I thought about it later, at night, alone, in the dark. It will make you never want to hug a tree again.

Great art, original story/universe, relatable characters, and terrifying enemies. Everything a horror comic should have. The only negative I've got is the overuse of grunge overlays in the artwork.