Blackwood, Library Edition\u00a0<\/span><\/i>by Evan Dorkin, art by Veronica Fish and Andy Fish<\/span><\/p>\n Dark Horse Comics, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n ISBN-13: 9781506731834\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Available: Kindle, Comixology, hardback\u00a0\u00a0(\u00a0Bookshop.org\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Amazon.com<\/a>\u00a0)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Wren Valentine, Reiko Oyuki, Dennis Wolchinski, and Stephen Heller, teenagers with mysterious pasts and otherworldly abilities, enroll in Blackwood College after they receive hefty scholarships. Blackwood is no normal college, as they soon discover. The odd old lady at the train station is more than she seems. A well on the property has the power to resurrect the dead. The dean transforms into\u2026 something\u2026 shortly after the new students arrive, and then curses them and the acting dean, Dean Colby, binding them to the fate of the college. A two-headed monkey named Chimp Ho Tep wreaks havoc with the investigation into the mysteries of campus. Deadly mutant insects attack the school. Bodies go missing, or are stolen. Ins.P.E.C.T. (the Institute for Psychic Experimentation, Combat, and Training) is trying to encroach on the investigation. All hell breaks loose at a widely attended funeral when portals open and creatures overrun the campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lies and betrayal can be found around every corner. And nobody can find the Book of Despair. All the while, Dean Crosby, former Dean Ogden\u2019s assistant Sherry Allen, Sherry\u2019s son Jamar, and the rest of the faculty, plus the campus librarian, are trying to keep everyone safe and sane.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There is so much going on in\u00a0Blackwood<\/span><\/i>, but the threads of each storyline are surprisingly easy to keep untangled. The characters are well written. It\u2019s easy to like the students, and their interactions with each other and faculty fit well for their ages and the life experiences we are privy to. Sprinkled throughout are some amusing genre references. Keep an eye out for these.<\/span><\/p>\n This deluxe library edition includes the first two volumes of\u00a0Blackwood<\/span><\/i>\u00a0and a sketchbook with character references, storyboards, and alternate covers and pinups by Jordy Bellaire, Becky Cloonan, Tyler Crook, Andy Fish, Andrew MacLean, Peach Momoko, David Rub\u00edn, Declan Shalvey, and Evan Dorkin with Sara Dyer. Artwork within and between the chapters is vibrant, and beautifully rendered.\u00a0I read an electronic version of the book, so I have not seen a physical copy. It is advertised as an oversized format with 232 pages. The price tag on this is $39.99. Photographs I have seen show a gorgeous book, but it might be worth it to lay hands on the book before committing to it.\u00a0Highly recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reviewed by Lizzy Walker<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" **Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Blackwood, Library Edition\u00a0by Evan Dorkin, art by Veronica Fish and Andy Fish Dark Horse Comics, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781506731834\u00a0\u00a0 Available: Kindle, Comixology, hardback\u00a0\u00a0(\u00a0Bookshop.org\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0Amazon.com\u00a0) Wren Valentine, Reiko Oyuki, Dennis Wolchinski, and Stephen Heller, teenagers with mysterious pasts and otherworldly abilities, enroll in Blackwood College after they receive hefty scholarships. 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