Halloween Week - Tommy Rawhead and Bloodybones

[lissa_quon.insanejournal.com]

Since its Halloween and all, I thought I'd post one of my favorite sequences from one of my favorite comics ever, Courtney Crumrin.

This series is printed through Oni Press and is typically marketed to the young adult Harry Potter crowd but it's really a decent read for older crowds as well.

These scans are from the first issue of the second story arc Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics. Courtney is a rather cynical mean spirited girl who dabbles in magic and lives with her rather shallow parents and her warlock uncle on the edge of a creepy wood filled with goblins and fairies and other "Night Things" on a regular basis.




One day she feels something in the woods that is more horrible than usual and proceeds to investigate.

Comments

[kaetepixie.insanejournal.com]

I love Courtney Crumrin. Whenever picking out good titles for hopefully getting teenage girls into comics, she's always one of my first picks.

[foxhack.insanejournal.com]

NO! NOT JESUS TOO?!

[glimmung.insanejournal.com]

Courtney Crumrin is pretty damn near a perfect comic. Consistent balanced writing and awesome art.

[mcity.insanejournal.com]

>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Lissa-QUON/comicscans/016.jpg

Me: FFFFFFFF

(No, literally.)

[neuhallidae.insanejournal.com]

I love this series, but boy howdy, it gave me some nightmares.

[suzene.insanejournal.com]

*shiver*

Tommy Rawhead is one of spookiest characters I've ever read about. I both dread and anticipate him coming back to the book again...

[lissa_quon.insanejournal.com]

He shows up again in the third story arc, Twilight Kingdom not as a major part but as a very awesome cameo of creepiness.

I might post that bit later if anyone is interested, though his appearance does involve spoiling the ending of the second story arc.

[suzene.insanejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. Just seeing him around in any form gave me the shudders and I keep expecting him to crop up again. He's one hell of a boogieman.

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

New Courtney Crumrin needs to come out more often.

(And new Polly and the Pirates needs to come out at all.)

[suzene.insanejournal.com]

There's new Polly in the works but, sadly, it probably won't have Ted on art.

[kamino_neko.insanejournal.com]

Hrm. I'm not sure what I think of that.

I guess it depends on if he's still writing, and who's doing the art instead.

[suzene.insanejournal.com]

It's definitely Ted writing. IIRC, Polly + Courtney + other projects meant that something had to give time-wise, and that something was the art duties on Polly. I am very curious to see who he winds up working with.

[spiritoftherain.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

Well, the guy does draw and write the whole comic on his own, so I can see why it takes a while.

But yeah, I miss the comic too. :( I have all four volumes and pimp it to whoever I meet.

I'll always be grateful for this community introducing me to her.

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

Oy. That's pretty damn creepy, all right.

[petalsinthewind.insanejournal.com]

Is that him under the stairs in the first panel of page three?

[lissa_quon.insanejournal.com]

I do believe so, yes

[artnouveauho.livejournal.com (from insanejournal.com)]

Huge love here for both Naifeh and Courtney.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[freeman333.insanejournal.com]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*gasp, pant, pant*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA