EVERMORE #1, from Markosia Enterprises on October 14th, 2021, follows a Father and Daughter in 19th-Century London as they inherit a book that cracks the barrier separating us from a magical and dangerous world.
The Details
- Written By: Joshua Gamon
- Art By: Aleksandar Bozic Ske
- Letters By: Jérôme Gagnon
- Cover Art By: Flavio Giron
- Cover Price: $2.99
- Release Date: October 14, 2021
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Was It Good?
EVERMORE #1 is a thoughtful, whimsical, entertaining, and highly engaging indie creation on Kickstarter.
Set during an unspecified year in 19th-Century London as a plague ravages the city, a Doctor and his peculiar daughter, Abigail, are given a book filled with magic and danger. The premise sounds like it might fall into the YA territory, but this first issue has plenty of maturity happenings to keep everyone interested.
The issue succeeds by capturing the emotional weight of a strained relationship between Father and Daughter when the pressing problems of the world keep them apart. In contrast, the book allows monsters to spill through into our own, and the threats feel genuine and horrific. This isn’t a fairytale for children but a fairytale with a razor’s edge as if written by the Grimm Brothers.
The most successful element in this issue is the sheer volume of curiosity-building Gamon infuses into the story. Almost from page one, you’re drawn into the mystery of the plague, the book, Abigail’s mother, and the legacy of Evermore that poses a constant threat to our world. We continually harp on writers creating good questions and bad questions as a marker for a story’s success. Here, Gamon forces you to ask all the right questions to build heaps of curiosity going forward.
The comic is in B&W, and the art team makes excellent use of shadows and facial expressions to enhance the mood of the story. Ideally, the art team could have used greys for shading to prevent some of the harsh contrast, but the design is excellent, overall.
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What’s It About?
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We begin with a brief prologue in Europe showing Plague Doctors disposing of the dead in mass graves. Years later, a young girl, Abigail, sits in her room on Christmas Eve while she draws pictures of masked citizens walking along the streets below. The picture is intended to be a Christmas present for her father, a Doctor. She has the time to draw because her father keeps her locked in her room while he’s out attending to patients.
That day, we see the doctor visit a dying patient with a last request. he wishes to gift a special book to Abigail, called Evermore, to Abigail as a reward for the doctor’s kind attention. The gift, however, comes with a condition – no one may read except for Abigail.
After the doctor leaves, a malignant hag appears from the shadows to kill the old man. Later, the doctor gives his gift to his daughter while she sleeps. He leaves her room and cleans the dinner dishes when suddenly the house erupts with a giant beanstalk and a hungry giant appearing where Abigail’s room used to be.
We conclude the issue with help from an ancient source, a terrifying confrontation against a giant with a taste for human meat, and a warning to prepare for what lies ahead.
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Final Thoughts
EVERMORE #1 is an intriguing, whimsical fantasy with a horror edge that mixes Grimm’s fairytales with a Gothic setting. The story builds tons of curiosity to keep you invested, and the artwork is excellent for a B&W offering.
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