1999 / Ebook / 97 pages / UK/USA/Brazil
**
Scraping out the Moore miscellany, this spin-off from a series I have no interest in is sort of a lightweight precursor to his Lovecraft works. Evidently, From Hell didn't give him his fill of dead prostitutes.
2003 / Ecomic / 104 pages / UK/USA
***
Impractically optimistic space program propaganda with inappropriate sharp edges.
Kris Straub, Broodhollow Book 1: Curious Little Thing
****
A light-hearted American gothic pastiche that gets deeper and creepier as it goes along. I'll sign up for more, but still haven't warmed to the goofy art. Radio/podcast drama might have served it better.
Kris Straub, Broodhollow Book 2: Angleworm
****
Psychological and physical dangers ramp up as the cartoon horror mystery sitcom becomes increasingly Twin Peaks, right up to the perpetually-paused cliffhanger.
2021-22 (collected 2022) / Ecomics / 152 pages / USA
****
Nostalgia bait and quality is too much of an ask, but this tribute to a generation's childhood Batman lands on the right side of worthwhile. If only.
