Mike Cary’s tale of Tom Taylor, the adult son of a famous author who based his grossly popular fictional hero “Tommy” on his own son, continues to build depth and speed.  Drawn back to his childhood home, which is also the famous home of many other historic authors, Tom discovers a meeting of horror authors gathered for a weekend conference.

Author Mike Carey is successfully creating an engaging world and smart characters to dwell in it.  Along with Lizzie Hexam, who is searching to uncover the mystery about his origin, Tom delves into his childhood home’s secrets and recalls the last time he saw his dad before his mysterious disappearance.  Tom finds more clues into his father’s secret life and hopefully, it will led to learning more about himself.  Unknown to Tom, Mister Pullman is hot on his heels.  Mike Cary writes with a confident direction and firm grasp of his plot.

Artist Peter Gross draws a simple and crisp book.  He achieves a great balance between a straightforward cartoonish style and sparse but effective details.  With uncluttered backgrounds, the characters pop off the pages.

Carey delivers a good fright towards the end of this issue.  So far, this has been a great read with no sign of slowing down.

4 out of 5

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