His talent team has worked on such features as Despicable Me, Rio, Gnomeo & Juliet, and Horton Hears a Who-and fully produced Niko: The Journey to Magika and El Americano. Through the Woods is a collection of horror comics by Emily Carroll. Visit her at .ĭavid Campiti is an animation producer and voiceover actor and is CEO of Glass House Graphics/Cutting Edge Animation & Publishing Services. She also coauthors the Goddess Girls and Thunder Girls series with the fantastic Joan Holub. Suzanne Williams is a former elementary school librarian and the author of over seventy books for children, including the award-winning picture books Library Lil (illustrated by Steven Kellogg) and My Dog Never Says Please (illustrated by Tedd Arnold), and several chapter book and middle grade series. She lives in North Carolina and is online at. So often, rhyme is confined to the realm of children’s stories, but its use here fits perfectly with the otherworldly tone.Įarlier this year, I reviewed Anne By the Bed, another of Emily Carroll’s horror stories, which you should check out here if you are interested in more of her work! This marks our final Halloween review.Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 children’s books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, the New York Times bestselling picture book Mighty Dads (illustrated by James Dean), and Little Red Writing (illustrated by Melissa Sweet). The use of song grants the text a rhythm that builds and builds into a truly terrifying reveal. Genres Horror Graphic Novels Comics Fiction Fantasy Young Adult Supernatural. The power of poetry shines throughout one story in particular. The speech bubble shape and placement is especially strong, evoking childlike whimsy that serves to make the horror all the more memorable. And finally, the writing conveys a dark fairytale tone, bringing the reader through the ever-twisting tales. The colour punches the emotions ever higher, while the use of greyscale serves as a stark, bleak contrast to the vibrancy surrounding it. Chaotic panels bring the horror to life while enhancing the reading experience.

An introduction and a conclusion serve to round out the experience.Ĭarroll is a master of page layouts and colour.

This collection includes the story “His Face All Red” that is hosted on Emily Carroll’s website, plus four new original stories to enjoy. Through the Woods, by Emily Carroll, is an anthology of horror comics that walks the line between whimsical and deeply unsettling.

Through the woods graphic novel