A collection of horror stories that all feature that epitome of childhood creepiness - the woods. The artwork style, simplistic and almost child-like adds to the tension, and Emily Carroll is not afraid of some blood and gore in her illustrations. Graphic stories with warmth - lovely photos -- I've already got some lovely 'art' books - of women's bodies - aging women - - great colorful yoga books - and so on... looking for new ideas... a b c d Collins, Sean T. (5 December 2011). "Emily Carroll's His Face All Red and Other Stories headed to boookstores via Simon & Schuster". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 5 November 2020. The Nesting Place –This is my favorite story of the bunch. It is the story of Bell, a young girl home visiting her brother and his new fiance. The horror part of this story is that Rebecca, the fiance, is not at all what she seems. There are worms, I will leave it at that. A Lady’s Hands are Cold, my second favorite of the five stories, is a Bluebeard type of retelling, with the ghost of a murdered woman wailing for vengeance from within the walls of her home. The most effective thing about this story, severed body parts aside, is the fact that the eponymous lady with the cold hands is neither fair nor understanding of her husband’s new wife and her plight. Rather, this ghost is cruel, filled with rage, and will have her revenge. (For Gaiman fans, of all the collected stories in the book, this is easily the most Gaiman-esque.)

This is by far the most solid all-around tale(s) of horror I've ever read in a comic. Others might have a lot more creativity, strange plots, more odd characters, but this one excels in doing one thing extremely right: Carroll makes the woods of the title entirely her own, a metaphor for the danger that lurks and snarls outside the door, but which entices us outside, nevertheless." Serves the silly girl right,” is reported to have said Mrs Bennett when she heard of poor Janna's demise.)

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Glamour Failure: It's implied something is off with Rebecca when their teeth seem to undulate while eating at dinner. We eventually learn this is because the worms wearing her skin have replaced all the flesh beneath it, and the teeth are suspended in place by individual worms. Bell learns that they got to her brother when his teeth do the same. a b c d Dueben, Alex (21 August 2014). "Emily Carroll Walks "Through the Woods" ". Comic Book Resources. This is a beautifully rendered but deeply chilling collection of vignettes that will be most appreciated by teens and adults who are fans of fairy tales, horror, and the things that hide in the dark. A delight for Edgar Allan Poe and Alvin Schwartz enthusiasts."

These are like dark fairy tales. If I were to rate this for the illustrations alone, I’d give it five stars. Something I didn’t like was that a few of the endings were abrupt which leaves you drawing your own conclusions. I liked the first story very much -- called "Our Neighbor's House". It was definitely creepy, not super scary....a little puzzling. I wasn't sure it was believable at all.... but I liked it a lot and the illustrations heightened the story - a perfect match. Irony: When thinking of the people who come to see her and Janna, Yvonne is disdainful of them because of how much emotional energy they spend on dead people, who can no longer appreciate it and for whom it does no good. At the end, after Janna has possibly been killed and her body disappears, Yvonne is clearly thinking and feeling about Janna in a very similar way. It's implied that it's this kind of outpouring of energy that allows the "ghost" or "ghosts" to haunt first Janna and then Yvonne. Furthermore, Yvonne had been growing increasingly distant from Janna before her disappearance. As soon as Janna disappears, Yvonne shows much more passion about her friend. Carroll won two Eisner Awards in 2015: one in the "Best Graphic Album-Reprint" category for Through the Woods, and one in the " Best Short Story" category for When the Darkness Presses. [9] i'm honestly not sure what happened in this one. maybe i'm missing some subtlety, but near as i can figure, this is the story arc:Then there are Somewhat Shook Up Maidens (SSUM™) who should stay at home and play whist or sew or embroider or some other fascinating occupation of the sort (like any proper, self-respecting, young Regency lady) instead of pretending she can speak to the dead and stuff. Never Say "Die": The story itself never directly mentions death, only alluding to it via characters suddenly disappearing after meeting the man with the wide-brimmed hat.

Why did I read this book: Did you see that gorgeous cover?! And that deliciously creepy description? How could I resist? When I saw some of the interior art, it became painfully clear that I would need to read this book. Immediately. Comics are a unique medium where words and pictures play off each other to tell a story; the great ones have a perfect balance between the two. If I have one criticism of Carroll’s comics - and it really is just one - it’s that the stories feel underwritten with Carroll leaning a bit too much on the imagery to tell the story. Ironically, it ends up making some of the characters feel like the puppets they fear they’ll become rather than rounded, believable characters.

I read it at night before I was going to go to bed. And when I was done, I was too unnerved to go to sleep. I had to read something else to settle myself down first. a b Whitbrook, James (11 July 2015). "Here Are Your Eisner 2015 Winners!". io9 . Retrieved 5 November 2020.

The whole book is magnificently executed… is all dextrous and varied and absolutely masterful… Carroll…lures us in only to do terrible, wonderful things to our heads and hearts.” While their father is gone, the girls play games on the first day, do chores on the second, and spend the entire third day in a state of lethargy ( implied to be due to hypothermia). Unfortunately, that's when things start going bad for the girls, starting with the realization that their father died hunting. From the colors and brushes to the fonts used to relate her stories, she shows so much talent that I’m let in awe. I want more. I am definitely a fangirl now. This is such a weird feeling for me O_o. Book Genre: Comics, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Horror, Paranormal, Sequential Art, Short Stories, Young AdultOr because they are revoltingly innocent little children with super cool, affectionate and not-so-imaginary friends who love to stay up and chat with them at night. It does have some awesome artwork though. I think if I had read these when I was a teenager I went have went bonkers over them. But my old jaded ass just didn't care for it now because it takes more than spaghetti head to scare me now. Through the Woods is an uncanny wonder. This haunting collection of visual stories, part Stephen King and part Edgar Allen Poe, is a special kind of quiet horror." Oh holy hell—Emily Carroll's horror comic collection Through The Woods is so freaking spooky... Each little horror comic is so creepy and absolutely gorgeous. ... So turn off all the lights and curl up for a good chill." More Teeth than the Osmond Family: As a girl, Bell's mother would tell her stories of such monsters. Bell never believed them.