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    Harrow County #10
    Released by: Dark Horse Comics
    Released on: March 9th, 2015.
    Written by: Cullen Bunn
    Illustrated by: Tyler Crook
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    A boy named Clinton plays in the woods while his Uncle Early picks blackberries. At first Early wants Clinton's help but when he's pricked by the plant for the first time ever, he seems unsettled and sends the kid on his way. Early does as he's told but then finds a snake only a few feet away. Early investigates, notes that it's a cottonmouth, and tries to kill it with his shovel - it doesn't work. Early gets bitten.

    Emmy and her friend Bernice are walking through the woods. They get to Mason Hollow, say their goodbyes and go their separate ways. As Bernice heads back to her home we learn about the area's origins as a hot spot for 'homemade wine' until that was shut down by the feds. On her way back she passes Early, notes that he doesn't look right and asks Clinton what's going on. It seems Early has been starring down the path that leads into the woods since the incident earlier in the day. Clinton's worried that 'Lady Lovey' might be calling to his uncle - she lives at the end of the path he's staring at so intensely.

    Bernice asks her grandpa about Lovey and we see an incident from his childhood where he was down at the swimming hole when he saw her and the snakes that seemed to answer her. But how could her grandfather have memories when he wasn't born but was in fact born of a stick in the mud by Hester Beck?

    That night Clinton knocks on Bernice's window for help. Early's gone off into the woods in the middle of the night…

    This issue is interesting in that it really doesn't focus on Emmy much at all. Sure, she walks through the woods with Bernice for a page or two but that's it, the rest of the story focuses on Clinton, Early and Bernice and the issue with the cottonmouth. Clearly it would be a shame to spoil the ending so we don't go there but this one builds to a pretty twisted conclusion and opens a few interesting directions in which Bunn could take the story. Ten issues in and this continues to be pretty riveting stuff. The character development continues to be what makes the horror as effective as it is. By fleshing out the characters as effectively as he does here, Bunn has created a cast that feels very real, despite the fact that the subject matter is clearly fictitious. These people, even young witch Emmy, feel real enough to completely pull you into the story. At the same time, the eerie atmosphere that has been a big part of the story since the very first issue continues to help the creative team create some very dark scenarios indeed.

    Series artist Tyler Crook returns after a single issue sabbatical and his art is just as great here as it has been from the get go. Fantastic detail, great layouts, gorgeous colors and an amazing, almost uncanny ability to create some fascinating contrast really make his art perfect for Bunn's storytelling style. And on top of that we get another cool single page Tales Of Harrow County strip written by Crook and illustrated by David Rubin.








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