An eighteen-year-old young woman and witch, presumed to be the reincarnation of the witch Hester Beck.
Bernice Anderson
Emmy's best friend, granddaughter of Riah Anderson, and student of Lovey Belfont.
Isaac Crawford
Emmy's adoptive father. He was created by Hester.
Kammi
Emmy's evil twin sister.
Lady Lovey Belfont
An old woman that has spent her life capturing the servants of Hester Beck.
Riah Anderson
A friend of Isaac's and resident of Mason's Hollow. He was created by Hester.
Shaky
Emmy's pet calf.
Haints
The Skinless Boy / The Tattered Skin
Emmy's mute familiar. He was summoned from the nightmares of a child. Emmy carries his skin around in her satchel and he whispers secrets to her.
Priscilla
A goblin that befriends Emmy.
The Family
Hester Beck
A god-like witch who was killed by her own creations. She was Malachi's youngest child and favorite.
Malachi
The head of the Family in the old days, until he became the Abandoned and settled in Harrow County.
Amaryllis
A kindly old woman and the most powerful in the family, she was capable of bending all of reality to her will.
Odessa
The head of the family after Malachi leaves. She has a connection to woods and animals.
Levi
A psychopomp. He guides the dead to the afterlife. When Malachi was the head of the family, Levi would try to find ways to undermine him.
Mildred
An invisible force of disorder and chaos.
Willa
A knitting witch, knotting the threads of fate.
Kaine
A bogeyman able to create fatal nightmares.
Corbin
A necromancer capable of commanding the dead.
Old Buck
One of the family that went wild. He was murdered due to Levi's meddling.
Publication history
Harrow County
Harrow County began as a serialized prose story called Countless Haints, written by Cullen Bunn and released on his website.[1]Countless Haints ran for ten chapters before it was retired. Later the story was repurposed as an ongoing comic with artist and co-creator Tyler Crook. The main character Madrigal was renamed Emmy, the time period was shifted from present day to the 1930s, and the location was changed from Ahmen's Landing to Harrow County.
When Bunn began working on the series, he wrote the first two arcs so that they told a fairly complete story, though he hoped Harrow County would be popular enough to become an ongoing series. Crook chose to do the book in watercolors to get away from the computer and to make the project more fun for himself. As part of the promotional material for the comic, he created a special ordering form and made process videos showcasing his watercolors.[2] He even wrote music for the first two arcs.[3]
During Harrow County’s run, Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook regularly shared their process in a column called The Harrow County Observer,[4] Tyler Crook's YouTube channel,[5] and in the extensive sketchbook sections of the trade paperback collections.
Harrow County issues
Story Arc
Issue
Release Date
Story
Art
Extras
Countless Haints
#1[6][7][8]
May 13, 2015 Second Printing: June 17, 2015 Halloween ComicFest: October 29, 2016
Cullen Bunn
ART: Tyler Crook COVER: Tyler Crook Jason Latour (HeroesCon variant) Jeff Lemire (Four Color Grails variant) Tyler Crook (Second printing) Tyler Crook (Halloween ComicFest)
Church Camp, Broken Pinky-Toe, and Floating Coffins (essay)
#30[38]
April 25, 2018
Tales of Harrow County: Scripture
#31[39]
May 30, 2018
—
#32[40]
June 27, 2018
Tales of Harrow County
Most issues of Harrow County include Tales of Harrow County backup stories. This extra material was not collected in the trade paperback editions, but they were collected in the hardcover library editions after the series was complete.[41] The one-page story "Lovelorn" (story by Cullen Bunn, art by Tyler Crook) was accidentally left out of Harrow County #31, so Dark Horse Comics debuted it as a free online comic.[42]
Title
Story
Art
Colors
Appeared in
Baptism
Cullen Bunn
Owen Gieni
Harrow County #1
What was Lost
Harrow County #2
All Hallows' Eve
Harrow County #3
The Bat House
Tyler Crook
Ma'at Crook
Harrow County #5
The Hunter
Harrow County #6
Daughters
Tyler Crook
Cat Farris
Harrow County #7
Mold
Simon Roy
Harrow County #8
Friends
Jessica Mahon
Harrow County #9
The Butcher
David Rubín
Harrow County #10
Haint Train
Kate Leth
Harrow County #11
The Holler
Kel McDonald
Harrow County #12
The Butler
Brian Hurtt
Matt Kindt
Harrow County #13–16
The Tithe
Cullen Bunn
Owen Gieni
Harrow County #17
Priscilla
Tyler Crook
Aud Koch
Harrow County #18–21
Worship Music
Chris Schweizer
Harrow County #22
The Possum Lady
Harrow County #23
Exterminator
Tyler Crook
Alise Gluškova
Harrow County #26
Combine
Harrow County #27
The Radio
Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein
Christianne Goudreau
Harrow County #28
Henry
Tyler Crook
Harrow County #29
Scripture
Tyler Crook
Cat Farris
Harrow County #30
Lovelorn
Cullen Bunn
Tyler Crook
Dark Horse blog[42]
Tales from Harrow County
On September 10, 2019, Dark Horse Comics announced the spinoff series Tales from Harrow County (not to be confused with the Tales of Harrow County short stories). The series was initially announced as a way to tell stories with different main characters from many different time periods of Harrow County. Misfit City artist Naomi Franquiz drew the first miniseries, Death's Choir, with Bernice as the protagonist.[43] Emily Schnall later joined the Tales from Harrow County team for the second arc.[44]
Four months after each arc of Harrow County wrapped up, it was collected in trade paperback.
Trade paperbacks
Series
Volume
Title
Release Date
Material collected
Extras
ISBN
Harrow County
1
Countless Haints[61]
December 2, 2015
Harrow County #1–4
24-page sketchbook
The original Countless Haints prose story from Cullen Bunn's blog
9781616557805
2
Twice Told[62]
April 13, 2016
Harrow County #5–8
17-page sketchbook
9781616559007
3
Snake Doctor[63]
September 14, 2016
Harrow County #9–12
35-page sketchbook
9781506700717
4
Family Tree[64]
January 25, 2017
Harrow County #13–16
9-page sketchbook
Issue #15 script and layouts
9781506701417
5
Abandoned[65]
May 24, 2017
Harrow County #17–20
18-page sketchbook
9781506701905
6
Hedge Magic[66]
October 11, 2017
Harrow County #21–24
6-page sketchbook
8-page bestiary
9781506702087
7
Dark Times A’Coming[67]
March 21, 2018
Harrow County #25–28
5-page sketchbook
9781506703978
8
Done Come Back[68]
October 3, 2018
Harrow County #29–32
Afterword by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook
9781506706634
Tales from Harrow County
1
Death's Choir[69]
July 8, 2020
Tales from Harrow County: Death's Choir #1–4
7-page sketchbook
Cover gallery
9781506716817
2
Fair Folk[70]
March 2, 2022
Tales from Harrow County: Fair Folk #1–4
9781506722610
Library editions
After Harrow County finished, Dark Horse Comics announced that the series would be recollected in library editions. These hardcover volumes print the comics at a larger size and collect all the special features from both the original issues and the trade paperback collections.
Hardcover library editions
Title
Release Date
Material collected
Extras
ISBN
Harrow County Volume One[71]
November 14, 2018
Harrow County #1–8
Countless Haints special features
Twice Told special features
Tales of Harrow County
Baptism
What was Lost
All Hallows' Eve
The Bat House
The Hunter
Daughters
Mold
Essays:
Let's Talk About the Tree
Let's Talk About Ghosts
Sleeping with Water Moccasins
Let's Talk About the Farmhouse
El Guapo, Ghost of Tower Plaza
9781506710648
Harrow County Volume Two[72]
March 20, 2019
Harrow County #9–16
Illustrated introduction by Chris Schweizer
Snake Doctor special features
Family Tree special features
Tales of Harrow County
Friends
Haint Train
The Holler
The Butler
The Butcher
Essays:
Fear and Love of the Devil Himself
9781506710655
Harrow County Volume Three[73]
July 24, 2019
Harrow County #17–24
Illustrated introduction by Chris Schweizer
Abandoned special features
Hedge Magic special features
Tales of Harrow County
The Tithe
Priscilla
Worship Music
The Possum Lady
Essays:
The Devil's Hoof Prints
New sketchbook material
9781506710662
Harrow County Volume Four[74]
October 23, 2019
Harrow County #25–32
Illustrated introduction by Chris Schweizer
Dark Times A’Coming special features
Done Come Back special features
Tales of Harrow County
Exterminator
Combine
The Radio
Henry
Scripture
Lovelorn
Essays:
Granddad's Rocking Chair
Church Camp, Broken Pinky-Toe, and Floating Coffins
9781506710679
Omnibus editions
In 2020, Harrow County was recollected in paperback omnibus editions. These editions do not include any special material.
Paperback omnibus editions
Title
Release Date
Material collected
ISBN
Harrow County Omnibus One
January 6, 2021
Harrow County #1–16
9781506719917
Harrow County Omnibus Two
June 30, 2021
Harrow County #17–32
9781506719917
Reception
Awards
Year
Award
Category
Nominee
Result
Ref.
2015
Bram Stoker Awards
Graphic Novel
Harrow County – Volume 1: Countless Haints
Nominated
[75]
2016
Eisner Awards
Best New Series
Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook
Nominated
[76]
Ghastly Awards
Best Ongoing Title
Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook
Won
[77]
Best Writer
Cullen Bunn
Won
Best Artist
Tyler Crook
Won
Television adaptation
As part of a first look deal between Universal Cable Productions and Dark Horse, a Harrow County television series was in development as of 2015.[78]
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