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Midsommar meets The Wicker Man in this break-out original folk-horror graphic novel from the pages of 2000 AD!

Britain, 2019. The secluded rural village of Harrowvale holds a dark past—that years earlier, on a farm bordering the vast tracts of woodland, it hosted a cult that was seeking to escape civilisation and find purity in the old ways, namely worshipping an ancient deity called Thistlebone. Led by the charismatic Jasper Hillman, their pagan beliefs grew ever more radical to the point where they held the young Avril Eason captive with the intention of sacrificing her. But Avril escaped…

About The Authors

Tom Eglington began writing for 2000 AD in 2010, his first work being on a Steve Yeowell illustrated Future Shock, Universal Masterchef. Since then, he has gone on to create scripts for numerous Future Shocks, 3rillers, Time Twisters and Mega-City One Tales. He has created original series Outlier, Blunt and Thistlebone. His run of scripts on Judge Dredd have seen him work with Boo Cook, Brendan McCarthy, Colin MacNeil, and Staz Johnson. His work beyond the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic includes two children’s novels, and he is known as an artist, with work appearing in galleries as far afield as New York, LA and Australia.

Simon Davis divides his time between comic work and portrait painting and is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP). Davis began working in comics in the early 1990s but has also worked as a storyboard artist and magazine illustrator. Among the many characters that he has drawn for 2000 AD, he is probably best known for his work on Sinister Dexter with Dan Abnett, Stone Island and Ampney Crucis with Ian Edginton and Slaine: The Brutania Chronicles with Pat Mills.

Product Details

  • Publisher: 2000 AD (April 27, 2021)
  • Length: 64 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781781087787

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Raves and Reviews

"Simon Davis’ artwork really is some of the best he’s ever done. Magnificent." -- Comicon.com

– comicon.com

"Hits all the right buttons ... More please." -- All-Comic

– All-Comic

"Feels like visiting a novel by Stephen King. The eerie atmosphere, the supernatural undertones but, perhaps most importantly, the grounded approach to storytelling," -- Multiversity Comics

– Multiversity Comics

"It’s an incredible strip, full of taut, tight storytelling, a lesson in how to build tension, send a chill down your spine, make you wonder just where it’s all going to go, Thistlebone is one of those strips that may well be remembered long in the memory of comic fans." - comicon.com

"Very firmly in the British horror vein that 2000 AD does so well" - All-Comic

"Brings serious chill-power to 2000 AD" - Doomrocket

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