Wytches Volume 1 (Wytches Tp)

Horrifying & deeply disturbing horror book, made even more terrifying for its ties to parenthood & kids.

The best horror preys on primal fears; the power of Wytches derives from the anxieties of parenthood. What if I’m not good enough? What if I fail my child? How far would I go for them? These are the questions which underlie the book. It unfolds a story of parents who’ve failed their child in

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very different ways and the way they try and make amends; mixing it with the old saw of something nasty lurking in the woods. The way the plot unfolds won’t be overly shocking to anyone familiar with the tropes of modern horror cinema; structurally there are plenty of clichés in the mix but these are effectively deployed for the most part.

Where this *really* works is in the artwork. It’s deliberately not the prettiest of books; it’s constantly seeking to unsettle and undermine the reader with awkwardly angular figures, treated artwork and disturbing images, lending the whole thing a power few modern horror movies have. It’s often close to the sort of comic David Lynch might have written in his Twin Peaks pomp; an unnerving dissection of small town America where the central premise is simply a device to examine a community through the eyes of strangers.

I’m not sure I’d want to come back for the next volume; with the way the story’s left the overall theme of the story is resolved and to go further would seem to be turning a self-contained story into an ongoing series where the mythology is more important than what’s being said. Effective ways of continuing the story do suggest themselves but it’s hard to imagine that they’d be as strongly and personally resonant to me as this is. We all only have so many primal fears to exploit after all.

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The last couple of years I've read quite some graphic novels and the likes, but hardly ever was I as impressed as I am now. This is so much more than I expected it to be! And now knowing what's behind this story, how Snyder got to the idea, makes it even more valuable to me!
On top of that, the

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reader gets blown away by astonishing artwork. It's insanely good, it has no name! *LOVE!*
So... Who would you pledge?

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This one is hard to rate, but I'm going with a rounded-up 4 stars simply for the potential inherent in this series.

It's a pretty straight-forward, and somewhat cliched, story: a family moves to a location in order to help the teenaged daughter overcome some serious emotional and psychological

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problems. Of course, those problems are exacerbated by the very location they moved to.

The one thing going for this series is the concept of the witches. These aren't the witches we've seen in Oz or in Grimm's fairy tales. These are darkly disturbing creatures that are far from human. In fact, I'm not even sure they were human at all. The artwork captured the macabre feel brilliantly, and even though it is hard to follow, it is perfect for this story.

Snyder's storytelling is superb, and is really the driving force in this first volume. There are some real moral dilemmas presented here. How fare would you go to recover from a debilitating injury? What father wouldn't sacrifice everything to save his child? At what point do you take everything into your own hands and pull yourself out of the pit? This would be an excellent book to read, aside from the art. At any rate, I'll be looking for more volumes in this series, to be sure.

Highly recommended, especially for the storyline!

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The images and story of this graphic novel really creeped me out! Definitely a mistake for me to have read this right before bed.

beautifully done horror. and the colour work is stunning.

This was a decent start to a new graphic novel series that is very similar in tone to the Locke and Key series. The Locke and Key series has more fantasy elements to it and overall I liked it a lot better. This is definitely horror and has a lot of gruesome violence and evil people in it.

I thought

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the illustration style was really interesting; they explain at the end of the graphic novel how it was done. Basically it looks like water colors were splashed all over the original drawings. The illustration gives the story a fuzzy and slightly disturbing feel which matches the story well. Although I found it interesting it wasn’t my favorite style of art. I just thought it took too much definition away from the pictures and made the story harder to follow.

The story itself is pretty gruesome and deals with people who are pledged to these evil witches who are paid in flesh and blood. Many of the characters are evil and despicable and the story itself has a heavy tone of madness to it.

I think I would have enjoyed the story more if it hadn’t been so very predictable. The deal with the townsfolk and the witches at the end made me roll my eyes. Of course that’s what was happening...so very very predictable.

Overall this is a good start to a new horror graphic novel series. It’s pretty adult and very gruesome at points. The art style is interesting but I thought it made the story harder to follow so it wasn’t my favorite. The story is okay but pretty predictable. I probably won’t be reading anymore of the series. I would recommend Locke and Key instead if you are looking for a good fantasy horror graphic novel series. However, if you enjoy paranormal horror go ahead and check this out and see if it’s your thing.

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Great introduction to a new series, although I could have handled more build-up and suspense. It's still creepy, but I find horror is better done when you're allowed to think about it more, and scare yourself. Other than that, this graphic novel is beautifully drawn (even if the images are often

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disturbing) and I cared enough about the characters to want them to survive.

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These is a great comic it plays with your senses it tear fears and the graphics are amazing. I really enjoy to read this comic and I m already counting for the second volume, besides the great illustrations the letters of the author at the end of the book are also a great complement to the story.

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It also allow to see the book under a different perspective.

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Very creepy. Very dark.

I wanted to like this more than I did. It felt a little fuzzy around the edges, like it wanted to be a much longer story and was not doing well crammed into a 6-issue miniseries.

Come on, guys... this book is so overhyped as to make me question my sanity. I hate gaslight rating outcomes here and on Amazon.

I'm glad that some found it so enjoyable. I found the story to be mostly plotless, boring, and predictable. I found the artwork to be uninspired, flat-out poor narrative

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storytelling, trying way too hard with a coloring process that only serves to try to hide the largely inept pencils and inks.

Wytches serves to show how little respect the horror genre gets, how low the bar is set, and how little motivation there is to invest serious talent to remedy the situation.

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I enjoyed this book very much. I do not read many graphic novels, so the format was a little different for me. But I felt that the illustrations really added to the story. This was definitely a horror story, and had some truly frightening images and ideas. The story focused on a high school girl

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named Sailor, who has been "pledged" to the wytches. The storyline and the portrayal of the wytches seemed really original and made the book a pleasure to read. I hope they continue the story because I would definitely like to read more.

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This story doesn't bring much new to the table about the local gods of creepy New England towns, but it is a decent representative of that with hints at something larger.

I didn't love the art; I found the splatters to be too distracting.

I like the artwork and the script has promise, though the horror rules aren't very interesting to me.

Plot relies on everything that's already been overdone, which makes it so very tame. Muddled pictures and storytelling. Nice Bruce Campbell chin on Charlie.

Three words: Ho. Lee. Shit.

This is an amazing horror story. It's deeply human at its core, and deeply, disturbingly terrifying.

Why am I reading better horror in graphic novels than I am in regular novels lately.

Great story. Great art. Read this.