Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Review: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1

Being a fan of the horror genre and comics in general I am always on the lookout for new horror comics to check out. This one came up as a recommendation on an app that I read some comics on, and I will admit I was intrigued. Also seeing that a writer I have enjoyed reading was the writer for this series also convinced me to want to read this. I was already familiar with Tynion's work on Batman for DC comics.

This series kind of reminds me of the Netflix Stranger Things series, as it's about a couple of "kids" seeking out monsters in the woods. The story starts with a group of boys playing truth or dare and one of the boys mentions that he saw a monster. Of course, his friends think he is making this up. Only kids can see the monsters.

It also has a bad-ass female lead named Erica Slaughter. Not only is she bad-ass but she is a part of a secret monster hunter society. She goes from town to town cleaning up the spread of monsters before they can get out of hand.


The scene where she goes shopping for supplies reminded me of Ash of Evil Dead fame buying his power tools. You know she means business and gore and mayhem will happen. She recruits the survivor from town to show her where the monster can be found. But I will not spoil this for you you have to read it for yourself.

This was a fun and action-packed story one in which I will definitely have to keep up with. I rated this 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads, and recommend this to any horror fans. Or fans of Stranger Things. I do suggest reading this in physical format as the ebook was somewhat problematic with the splash pages. But the art was great and really made the story more enjoyable. This will be available on May 26,2020. Get your copy down below -