North 40 – Aaron Williams & Fiona Staples
I’ve mentioned Aaron Williams earlier—some of his online comics are great nerd-tastic fun—but he also wrote this story for Wildstorm comics last year. North 40 is quite different from his other comics, which are lighter in tone. This one is a Lovecraftian nightmare—a couple of residents of rural Conover County unknowingly release, well, Cthulhu. The next morning, people awake to find themselves (or others) changed—some have become beasts, some have gained powers. A girl named Amanda Walker finds herself recruited by a mysterious figure who seems to know what’s going on. Meanwhile, no-nonsense Sheriff Morgan tries to keep the peace.
Williams had some copies of the first issue and gave me one, and it’s a good start. The collected issues are coming out as a trade paperback
