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The Legend of the Black Barn

The Legend of the Black Barn

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  • Create Date：2021-09-28 08:51:55
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  • Author：Jeff Lemire
  • ISBN：1534319182
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Summary

The first book of the Eisner award winning horror series from writer Jeff Lemire （Sweet Tooth， Black Hammer） and artist Andrea Sorrentino （Old Man Logan， Joker: Killer Smile） collected in a deluxe edition hardcover！

The lives of a reclusive young man obsessed with a conspiracy in the city's trash and a washed-up Catholic priest arriving in a small town full of dark secrets become intertwined around the mysterious legend of The Black Barn―an otherworldly building alleged to have appeared in both the city and the small town throughout history， bringing death and mad-ness in its wake。

Rural mystery and urban horror collide in this character-driven meditation on obsession， mental illness， and faith from the creators that writer Brian Michael Bendis said "will go down as one of the greatest comic teams of all time！" Also featuring plenty of "extras" including a variant cover gallery from some of comics' best artists， like Cliff Chiang， Jock， Tula Lotay， Skot-tie Young， and many more！

Collects issues #1-16

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Reviews

Theediscerning ，

A welcome three-in-one， making up just over half one of my favourite graphic novels of recent years。 In reading this I think it was my third time round with the opening six issues， setting up the fact that Gideon Falls is plagued by a demonic black barn， that seems to arrive， dropping off a mass murderer and absorbing his victims before bamfing away again。 Sounds horridly silly， I know， when put in such terms， but add in a fetching psychotherapist， a fetching female detective， a new pastor for t A welcome three-in-one， making up just over half one of my favourite graphic novels of recent years。 In reading this I think it was my third time round with the opening six issues， setting up the fact that Gideon Falls is plagued by a demonic black barn， that seems to arrive， dropping off a mass murderer and absorbing his victims before bamfing away again。 Sounds horridly silly， I know， when put in such terms， but add in a fetching psychotherapist， a fetching female detective， a new pastor for the village with more baggage than British Airways， and you have the makings of a real， meaty parallel worlds dark mystery kind of thing。The second volume flows smoothly on from there， with people getting involved with each other and with the case。 Here， the matching up of the two worlds to tie everything together is still great fun。 And that was as far as the reviewing gods allowed me to get， only a third of the way through this mind-boggling drama。 Original review for Volume 1 - https://www。goodreads。com/review/show。。。。Original review for Volume 2 - https://www。goodreads。com/review/show。。。。Luckily this is potentially the start of me seeing the rest， as it contains all of the above and the third batch of five single issues， bringing the reader beyond the halfway point。 （We also get an essay about how the story was gestated for years， with a brand new look at the long-impossible-to-find first iteration。） And I have to come clean and say the third chunk rankled with me – being too stuck in upping the scope of the mythology， allowing us to forget it was originally about a select few murder victims， and characters we could care about， as opposed to cyphers in some weird， multi-timeline， demonic conspiracy thing。New， stand-alone review for Volume 3 - https://www。goodreads。com/review/show。。。。There's no sign quite as yes of the second de luxe edition， that will wrap the whole thing up so it fits into two large hardbacks。 That will contain the five-parter Books Four and Five， and the 80-pp large one-shot that concluded the whole shebang， back at the close of 2020。 And however irritating some of this has become， it will still be an effort to hold me back in my quest for the answer to the key question。 Did this get bonkers， or could it redeem itself？ 。。。more

Jake ，

This is so much better when read in a bigger trade。 I'm always a fan of Jeff Lemire， the illustrations by Sorrentino just happen to add to the surrealism of this situation。 All by building off of a concept from Lemire in regards to obsessions。 Because really， when hasn't anybody heard that everything in a person's life built up to a specific moment。Hence the focus on the original main character "Norton Sinclair" a man driven by an otherworldly obsession after a life of abuse and institutionaliza This is so much better when read in a bigger trade。 I'm always a fan of Jeff Lemire， the illustrations by Sorrentino just happen to add to the surrealism of this situation。 All by building off of a concept from Lemire in regards to obsessions。 Because really， when hasn't anybody heard that everything in a person's life built up to a specific moment。Hence the focus on the original main character "Norton Sinclair" a man driven by an otherworldly obsession after a life of abuse and institutionalization。 As someone who had （maybe still is dealing with） a hoarding problem， the obsessions felt close to home。 Even the graphs and plans out to keep everything together felt a little disconcerting， sure it makes what's happening a little easier to deal with， but it was disheartening to acknowledge something evil behind everything Norton's doing but still does it。 This series captures the real kind of obsessions， the idea that even when there is meaning it's for the wrong reasons。On that note， the story structure is written really well especially on how the different casts of characters interact。 At first glance I thought that the setting of Gideon Falls was kind of like most cities， a rural area and a more urban side。 Plus I had a good time thinking up of a little game on trying to find where in the world Gideon Falls is on the world map。 But then there comes the big twists and why news doesn't seem to travel as fast。 A lot of things just fell into place; some things didn't get answered mind you， but I have a funny feeling they come up in Book 2。There's nothing like a setup that leaves you clamoring for more。 。。。more

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