A Scottish horror comic coming soon - And Then Emily was Gone

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As a Scot, I do feel that whilst we have a few creators (Grant Morrison, Alan Grant, other people not called Grant at all) and a few characters (Wolfsbane, Mirror Master 2.0 and um.... I'm sure a few others) we don't get many stories set in Scotland itself (Muri Island based stories to one side, they rarely did anything with the locale)



John Lees and Iain Laurie look set to deal with that with...

"And Then Emily was Gone"

There's a preview, and interview with the creators up at ComicBookResources

It's "a supernatural thriller involving a young girl who disappeared and a detective haunted by visions of creatures that can't possibly be real." which is a pretty good hook IMHO.

(For those unaware, the Orkney Islands are a group of islands just to the north of Mainland Scotland (not to be confused with the Shetlands, another group of islands a deal further north still).







The art style isn't 100% to my tastes, it's a bit primitive, especially around the eyes, but it comes across as a style chosen by the artist, rather than all that they could manage.

It's a shame that Bonnie Shaw isn't a real Scottish legend, we have all sorts of interesting legends, from Selkies and Kelpies to the Callieach and the Glastaig, but he SOUNDS like he's a real legend and that's a good enough start.

I'll be checking this one out I suspect.

Comments

[lonewolf23k]

The name sounds like a twist on "Ban Shee".

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True, though "Bonnie" has a different root, and means "good looking" or "attractive" in the Scottish vernacular.... clearly ironic here... at least I hope so.

[pyrrhocorax]

I can't tell if Bonnie Shaw is wearing a woolly jumper or if that's all natural. I hope it's a jumper.

[crinos]

If you hope its a jumper, then it probably isn't.

[lego_joker]

I dunno what/where the Muri Islands are, but I can remember at least two Batman stories set in Scotland.

The first, of course, is Alan Grant's "The Scottish Connection". Never read it, but I think it's been posted on this site before.

The second was a single issue from the "Legacy" storyline, also written by Alan Grant. One of the samples of the doomsday virus is in Scotland, or something.

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Ahem, my apologies, I meant "Muir Island", the Scottish island owned by Moira MacTaggart and scene of many an X-Men tale.