Essex County, Vols. 1-2, by Jeff Lemire

These are the first books—Tales from the Farm and Ghost Stories—from the Essex County trilogy of stories about Canada. I wanted to love them, but found them hard to connect with. Lemire’s art is appealing craggy, but his stories so dry, so cavernous that it’s hard to engage with them.

Books: 45-6/52Buy The Complete Essex County at Powell’s