I stumbled across this graphic novel in the library catalog while looking up a different author named John Dunning (The Bookman's Wake, etc.). The premise was intriguing--a laundromat manager receives word that his estranged father has died and he must come claim his inheritance, a spooky old house. He arrives and the creepy stuff starts happening involving a crystal ball & a bunch of sideshow freaks from a carnival. The artwork is suitably dark and spooky and well suited to the story. The large format resembles a rather dark picture book. The problem with it is there is so much more that could have been done with the story. Too many details were introduced and not expanded on. I was left with the feeling that the authors just got tired of working on it and decided not to flesh it out.
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