She supposedly did something terrible in the woods in her old school so her family moved away into a new house surrounded by even more woods because that’s a good idea. Sailor! Took me right out of the narrative, it was that stupid! So, Sailor’s getting a pep talk from her Matt Fraction-looking dad before she starts her first day in a new school. That’s right - Sailor! That might be the worst character name I’ve seen in quite some time. Then we’re in 2014 and we meet our heroine who looks like a young Barbara Gordon (a nod perhaps to The Black Mirror?) and is named Sailor. Her son shows up and… well, it reminded me very strongly of the ending to Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery. Set in 1919, a woman is impossibly crammed inside a thin tree (how could she possibly have gotten into it?) calling for help.

Snyder and Jock are telling you to forget all you know about witches - these are THEIR wytches, bitches! The opening scene is strong too. The comic starts off with the actual dictionary definition for a witch printed on the page, followed by the same page with the definition scratched out. more ween? And I did like Wytches #1, sort of, but I was hoping to LOVE this comic, and maybe that’s why it fell short - my expectations were too high. Scott Snyder reteaming with his Batman: The Black Mirror artist Jock for a series called Wytches AND it’s launching just weeks before Hallo. Review 2: This sounds like it should be the best comic of the month. All in all it was a pretty engaging read and I look forward to the next installment. Jock's artwork is good but I find his style might not be right for a horror comic it seems a bit clean cut rather than gritty like Steve Pugh or Travel Foreman's gruesome drawings in Animal Man. This comic has the same horror vibe as Snyder's run on Swamp Thing. There aren't any major problems with it, we get introduced to the main characters and a pretty neat mystery. Review 1: Creepy.Scott Snyder introduces us to his new horror comic Wytches and the first issue is pretty good.

Wytches issue 1