There is not one element ofThe Low Low Woods #1 that feels impersonal, yet all of it feels bigger than this single issue, leaving me eager to add issue-two to my pull list as soon as I can. With one creature shown, I know there is so much more to come. Read Full Review

With an often poetic script and incredible visual aesthetic, the visceral creepiness of "The Low, Low Woods" #1 will linger long after you've closed the book's cover. Read Full Review

The Low, Low Woods #1 isnt scary, per se. But its definitely creepy, and its built up enough mystery to hope for some real scares in future issues. Definitely worth picking up. Read Full Review

For video game fans, this is essentially a coming-of-age story about growing up in Silent Hill. Read Full Review

This is the first work I’ve been exposed to of Dani’s and throughout, their work is evocative and sets the scenes in both a haunting and quiet manner when the need arises. Not all artists have fun with panels when they are creating, but Dani here used multiple different styles and sizes throughout the issue to lead the reader’s eye to where they want you to go. It doesn’t always work, but in this issue, it does. Couple Dani’s linework with the great colors by Bonvillain, and you have a really fun, almost 80s style Denys Cowan aesthetic to it. Great work! Read Full Review

This, of course, is a character development issue so we get to know who Vee and El are, their social lives, their family situations, and the history of the town that they live in. I like the time setting, and the art and overall style of the book looks like it could come from a 1995 indie comic. The deer thing does seem out of place with the rest of what's going on such as memory loss and an underground fire, but the issue does what it's supposed to do: invest me in the characters and the story and make me interested in moving forward. Read Full Review

The Low, Low Woods throws a lot at readers in its first issue and takes some time to ease into, but the relationship between El and Octavia becomes a more compelling one as we learn more about the pair and the rundown town they find themselves stuck in. Read Full Review

Overall really enjoyed it. Nice creepy build. However the dialogue often felt disjointed and i have no idea what to make of the ending. Favorite panel was Jessica and her friends; Loved the coloring.

This was fine. I wasn't blown away. This was mostly a character issue, but the problem, as it is with so many of these types of comics, is that the characters aren't that interesting. They're fine, just like this issue. I don't feel the need to find out what happens next, but I'll keep reading for some reason.

I was so excited to fall in love with The Low, Low Woods, so it frankly quite sucks that it just ended up being very "meh". The other Hill House comics already out have blown me away every issue, but this one just wasn't it.

It's a highly expository issue with little meat to its bones - art and writing wise. The two main characters, Vee and El, are endearing but we don't get much insight into them and the little we get isn't enough. Their predicament is potentially interesting, but the pacing is tediously slow and the art was too lacking in detail to do the heavy lifting while the plot meandered. The cliffhanger at the end is so bizarrely vague I thought I was missing pages for a second.

Again, I'm not happy I feel this way about it, and judging by critics reviews I'm in the minority. I'll give it one more issue because I REALLY want to like this and I'd love to support all the Hill House series. Fingers crossed next issue is better! more

This was okay. I don’t know that it’s really going anywhere interesting, but I guess I could be surprised. The characters are sort of whatever, I don’t know why I should like them yet.

The Hillhouse line of DC Comics has been really hit and miss so far. For every hit (Basketful of Heads, Dollhouse Family) there is a misfire (Daphne Byrne). Unfortunately, The Low, Low Woods also stumbles out of the gate.

There are several problems with this comic. The primary concern is that the series is gonna be decompressed. The series was on my pull list so I have the entire series but I can't imagine someone randomly finding this series, reading this issue, and thinking Fuck Yeah! this is great.

The book's problems also extend to the cover and art direction. Neither cover sell the concept of the series. They aren't scary nor do they convey the tension needed for a horror comic. It's strange that neither cover depicts the lead characters as they appear in the comic. The co-lead Octavia is literally drawn as a purple person for the bulk of the issue. I know bi-sexual lighting is an actual concept but the color palette for the issue is just lazy.

This is a #1 issue of a decompressed story. The comic follows best friends Octavia and El after they "lose time" like in classic Sci-Fi and wake up in a movie theater. They leave on the way home they encounter some weird deer creature. From there the comic transitions and we're given a brief history of Shudder-To-Think, PA, and the strange happenings around it.

After the strangeness with the theater and the deer, El narrates the rest of the comic which wouldn't be bad but she wasn't really interesting to me. The next SEVERAL pages of angst, exposition, and YA drama never connected and made the entire reading experience feel like I was reading prose. This isn't necessarily a bad thing but if you buy a novel you get the whole story at once. Carmen Machado is an essay-writer and novelist which explains a lot of the pacing issues.

Hopefully, as I review the series the plot will come together and characters will be fleshed out beyond teen melodrama. All of the Hill House books have improved as they have gone on. I'm expecting the same With The Low, Low Woods.

As hard as I've been on the comic it does have a great cliffhanger which piqued my interest for the second issue. Even with that insight, I can't recommend this series in single-issue format. There are just too many problems with the pacing and structure of this issue to recommend to anyone aside from hardcore YA, horror enthusiasts and, people like me who burn money reviewing comics that no one will ever read 😂

Rating: 4/10 more

A pretty poor start. The main characters are unlikable and just are not written well. The overall plot is ok-ish but hopefully it builds steam.

Identity politics abound, the main characters are annoying, the artwork is crap and the story is incoherent.

THE GOOD:

-The art exists. It’s a shame that’s the best part of the comic, but it is.

-There was some moderately interesting body horror here.

THE BAD:

-Yikes. I hated this.

-Boy, these characters are annoying.

-Oh god, this writing is really bad.

-I’m sorry, it’s such a little thing, but the town being named Shudder-To-Think in a comic meant to be taken seriously is just stupid.

-Yeah, no, you can’t get me to care about your stupid and uninteresting town backstory.

-Yeah, I’m done. I’m not wasting 4 bucks on this shit again. It’s a shame, I really wanted to like the Hill House comics, but I didn’t. Basketful Of Heads was boring, uninteresting and shallow, so I stopped. Dollhouse Family is getting better. I’ll keep that one up for at least one more issue. This was an instant turnoff. I’ll check out Daphne Byrne, because at the very least, it’ll have great art, but yeah, overall very disappointed with the line. more

Hated it right away. Too much weird stuff going on.