The Grave Robber’s Daughter

I don’t like horror movies but I love horror comics (and Westerns, but that’s for another post). The Grave Robber’s Daughter (Amazon link, but you should get it at your local comic shop if you can) is the latest installment of Richard Sala‘s Judy Drood mysteries.

Like a lot of Sala’s work it’s exceedingly creepy and I love it.

Here’s the setup from the Fantagraphics‘ site:

Something is very wrong in the town of Obadiah’s Glen. The streets are empty. The phones don’t work. The cars are all gone — and so are the people, at least most of them. The ones who are left are hiding and shivering in fear. They know it’s only a matter of time before the clowns come and get them. Because the town of Obadiah’s Glen now belongs to the clowns. And these clowns have a special secret, one that lies buried in the old cemetery on the hill…