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Severed
Feb 4, 2014 21:38:21 GMT -5
Post by wjohnson22 on Feb 4, 2014 21:38:21 GMT -5
After learning about Scott Snyder and Jock's upcoming horror series Wytches, I decided to read the horror mini-series he co-wrote for Image a little while back, Severed. He co-wrote it with Scott Tuft (great scott!), and with art from Attila Futaki.
I didn't know what to expect with this series, but, wow... very disturbing. The story takes place around 1920 and follows a 12 year old boy, Jack Garron, who runs away from home after finding out he was adopted. As he searches for his birth father, he meets multiple people who are more than they initially appear...
This series went places I did not expect. Honestly, it pushed me to the brink of almost not finishing it because of some of the things that happen to children in the story. On the one hand, I respect both the Scotts in not holding back, but make no mistake that this story is not for the faint of heart. It definitely has me excited for Wytches.
Anyone else read this? What did you think?
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Post by scouts1998 on Feb 5, 2014 4:46:29 GMT -5
It sounds like something i would like and i can't wait for wytches.
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Severed
Mar 21, 2014 10:56:07 GMT -5
Post by lennyreid on Mar 21, 2014 10:56:07 GMT -5
wjohnson22 3 weeks ago I managed to get hold of Severed #6 for a measly £1 in a local store. I was vaguely aware of Snyder writing this so I've been trying to hunt down the other singles before reading it. Obviously they're all silly expensive now so I'll probably just pick up the trade soon. I have a bunch of random issues of things that mean they just sit in the long boxes, unread, because I have the final issue of a mini-series or the whole series minus the 3rd or 4th issue. Frustrating.
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Severed
Mar 22, 2014 10:26:36 GMT -5
Post by wjohnson22 on Mar 22, 2014 10:26:36 GMT -5
wjohnson22 3 weeks ago I managed to get hold of Severed #6 for a measly £1 in a local store. I was vaguely aware of Snyder writing this so I've been trying to hunt down the other singles before reading it. Obviously they're all silly expensive now so I'll probably just pick up the trade soon. I have a bunch of random issues of things that mean they just sit in the long boxes, unread, because I have the final issue of a mini-series or the whole series minus the 3rd or 4th issue. Frustrating. Yeah, I have experienced that a bunch. One local shop regularly has sales featuring their dollar comic boxes, and I'll find long runs of certain titles, expect they'll be missing a random issue and then I have to decide if I want to pick up the others and go searching for that rogue issue.
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Severed
Mar 22, 2014 18:46:33 GMT -5
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Post by lennyreid on Mar 22, 2014 18:46:33 GMT -5
wjohnson22 3 weeks ago I managed to get hold of Severed #6 for a measly £1 in a local store. I was vaguely aware of Snyder writing this so I've been trying to hunt down the other singles before reading it. Obviously they're all silly expensive now so I'll probably just pick up the trade soon. I have a bunch of random issues of things that mean they just sit in the long boxes, unread, because I have the final issue of a mini-series or the whole series minus the 3rd or 4th issue. Frustrating. Yeah, I have experienced that a bunch. One local shop regularly has sales featuring their dollar comic boxes, and I'll find long runs of certain titles, expect they'll be missing a random issue and then I have to decide if I want to pick up the others and go searching for that rogue issue. Totally. I guess it's part of the fun. I managed to pick up all 3 of the Gaiman/Capullo 'Angela' mini-series issues (that Stephanie spoke about on the Podcast the week before) on the same trip in pretty decent condition.
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Severed
Mar 23, 2014 15:14:37 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2014 15:14:37 GMT -5
I read this recently also and absolutely loved it. Most comic horror series' rely heavily on the gore and violence and also the supernatural rather than tension and basic scares which is understandable because its harder to give somebody a fright when they control when to turn the page. But this book kept me up at night. Such a great and original horror story, and such a nice change of pace from everything being zombies, vampires and ghosts (that being said I love American Vampire) The only downside was that there aren't many books like it. I went to all my local comic stores asking for anything similar and all they could recommend was American Vampire and The Wake, which just proves what a good job Scott Snyder is doing for the horror genre in comics.
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