It's time for a final swing of the axe. In the darkest, coldest hours of the night, June Branch finds herself up against the deadeyed killer who abducted her lover...and comes face to face with some truths even more horrifying than a basketful of heads.
From the art to the letters and the writing, every part of Basketful of Heads #7hits every horror bone in my body. I don't say this lightly: Basketful of Headsas a series that deserves the film adaptation treatment. This finale is a masterful end to an equally amazing series. If you haven't picked it up, there's no better time than the present. Read Full Review
Look, if you haven't read Basketful of Heads, you have been missing out. Just because this is the final issue, it does not mean you shouldn't immediately pre-order the trade or hunt down the back issues. What a brilliant way to end a brilliant book. Take a bow Joe, Leomacs, Dave and Deron. We all thank you. Read Full Review
Basketful of Heads #7 is a fitting end to one of the most head-rolling, creative horror comics in a long time. A justifiably unpredictable ending to an instant classic. Read Full Review
To say this was a fun series would be an understatement. I would always forget that Basketful was in my pull list, yet, every issue got better with each turn of the page. Some of the mystery elements were obvious, while others kept me guessing. Throughout all of the murder, magic, and corruption, June is a worthwhile protagonist that made her harrowing journey an engaging one. Hill made the reader feel as worn down as June most of the time, while Leomacs' visual presentation stole the show more often than not. Read Full Review
The final moments do a great job of bringing everything full circle and the twists and turns in this final issue do bring new things to the table in terms of who also deserves the axe but doesn't always get it. It's worthy of discussion and it invites a controversial opinion or two. I guess that's the thing about stories with axes. No matter the cut, they always leave a bloody mess behind. Read Full Review
Leomacs brings some beautiful, visceral energy to the art. The art brilliantly plays up the tension of the story and there are so many great panels throughout that depict the emotion of scenes without the need of dialogue. Read Full Review
In short, Basketful of Heads #7 is the perfect capper to a really well-done series, wrapping up everything perfectly, even while it introduces new twists into the events of the series. Read Full Review
Basketful of Heads shows that every town has its fair share of secrets. Things make look pristine and quaint on the surface, but that could be hiding sinister intentions ready to bubble up with one big storm or a swing of an ax. It's a bloody, tense ride made even more so with well-defined characters full of life...and a bit of death. This is easily one of the best horror comics of the year. Read Full Review
Man, this was a fun series and I can't wait to read it all together in one sitting. There were things in the mysteries that I got right and other things that I completely missed the mark on, but on those things I'm glad that I was right or wrong. The weird thing about "Baskets" is variety among its layers. Police corruption, God-fearing drug dealers, spoiled entitled rich boys, a magical Norse ax. Emily's story is really rough and hard-hitting and uncomfortable, while (even though June doesn't have it easy either by any means) June's story is fun for us readers and very very satisfying in the end. This is just a well-told and entertaining short horror story expressed through some pretty awesome art. Read Full Review
With some truly unsettling bits of gore and morality, Basketful of Heads is a gripping "final girl" story that you don't want to miss. Read Full Review
There may be a better form of this story to be told, but the story here explains most of its best elements without a moment for reflection and the result is a comic capable of luring readers in with style, but incapable of delivering much excitement. Read Full Review
Great story.
This was a great read start to finish. It is a basketful ahead the other Hillhouse comics.
***Reviews the entire series***
Overall, a great series. Started off slow, building up the foundation, then springs in a dash of horror. Then from Issue 2 onward, it is a wild-ride of horror, revelations, comedy, well paced comic goodness wrapped into one. The way this comic handles exposition is done very well that kept me interested, while leaving excellent cliff-hangers to keep reading. This comic sets up one story, just to completely switch in a direction nobody can anticipate, and it is done with the very highest of story-telling technique.
Excellent dialogue from Joe Hill, adding in some well timed comedy to groove in with the horror aspects and made the series very fun to read. Art by Leomacs are phenomenal, as more
A good series.
I didn’t like this as much as I expected to. I think it just had a little too much going on.
I have some problems with some of this ending, but overall I enjoyed this. I think this series is, like, the only success out of the Hill House imprint so...
Too much twists and explanations ruin the story. Futhermore, we've seen this kind of story thousand times in horror movies. Disappointing.
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