SCORNWOOD – A Graphic Novel Kickstarter

Scornwood is the story of three childhood friends struggling to navigate a world of spiritual malevolence, ancient weirdness and violent reality. In a small rural town overshadowed by a sprawling woodland, a turbulent history and a shroud of ancient myths, three curious kids embark upon a quest for something greater than their world of nightmares and deranged owners.

An expedition into the Scornwood sets off a chain of events that changes them forever, eroding any remnants of carefree youth as they are thrust into the brutal tutelage of an ominous religious order. Continually exposed to a contradictory world of dubious authority, they are ultimately left with no option but to go on the offensive against the hostile forces that seek to dismantle their lives.

Stylistically, this is presented in black, white and grey, hinting at a world not quite free from thought patterns that generally faded with rural electrification.

Scornwood is a turbulent mix of unerring loyalty, parochial horror, harsh reality and bizarre surrealism, and its sensibilities, style and themes make it a very characteristically Irish novel.

Suggested for mature readers.