The Complete Harrow County Compendium

by Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook (Illustrator), Carla Speed McNeil (Illustrator)

Dark Horse Comics proudly presents this complete collection of the entire comics run of the essential horror series Harrow County in a single, affordable trade paperback with a brand-new painted cover.

Emmy always knew that the woods surrounding her home crawled with ghosts and monsters. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she learns that she is connected to these creatures—and to the land itself—in a way she never imagined. Could Emmy be the reincarnation of an infamous witch? As supernatural forces that baffle the imagination align against her, Emmy must decide whether she will embrace or deny her destiny...with the fate of every soul—living or otherwise—hanging in the balance!

This volume collects the entirety of HARROW COUNTY, the dark southern gothic fairy tale by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook, along with all extras from every library edition!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror

1080 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 2025

About the author

Cullen grew up in rural North Carolina, but now lives in the St. Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson. His noir/horror comic (and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt), The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The follow-up, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008. In addition to The Sixth Gun, his current projects include Crooked Hills, a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books; The Tooth, an original graphic novel from Oni Press; and various work for Marvel and DC. Somewhere along the way, Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum.

All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.

And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it.

Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.

Reviews

[Elle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Revisiting something you loved years ago and realizing it absolutely holds up is one of the best feelings ever.

[Chr*s Browning]

The idea behind this series is compelling and Crook's art is unilaterally great, but reading it all collected at once, it doesn't feel like it amounts to much. Maybe that feeling would be less had I read it in library editions as it was published, but the story just seems so small for 32 issues - it's called Harrow County but it's mostly about Emmy, with occasional Bernice or The Family, plus whatever anatagonist the current arc is hanging itself on. For something with this amount of ghosts and ghoulies, it just feels like we should have got more stories of the town itself and the people within it - and the "Tales of Harrow County" back-up stories do this, but, at least collected at the back as they are here, they don't feel like they belong to the insular world established in the book proper - it should have been more of an ensemble book, perhaps, or at least reframed its focus. Granted, it doesn't help that as the backstory lore is revealed, it makes the book stupider - almost everyone in Harrow being a blood/mud golem creation of Hester robs the whole town of any human agency and the introduction of the Family provides conflict, but they all kinda suck? They're just not interesting - there were too many indie comics around this time (and still - Kieron Gillen must be stopped) that dealt with families of immortals/gods living among us and that introduction here doesn't mesh well with the southern Gothic setting, at least in my opinion. A shame then, as this is Crook's best work that I've read to date, taking what he learned cutting his teeth on Mignola books and besting it with watercolors and some wonderful details (love the "hidden" "Harrow County"s in the opening two page spreads, love how sound effects are part of the ground/sky/dirt explosion) that really make the thing a joy to look at. If only reading it felt the same way.

[drown_like_its_1999 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Years after an evil witch was hanged in the southern county of Harrow, dormant powers begin to awaken within a young girl. Suspicion and malice builds amongst fearful locals, assuming she is the second coming of the evil witch, while the young girl makes efforts to show her community that she is not the harbinger of doom they think she is. Outside magical powers soon become aware of this budding new witch and Harrow County becomes the setting for a long dormant supernatural conflict.

This was quite the fun southern horror tale with some really great watercolor & ink art from Crook. His artwork not only delivers a rich southern gothic aesthetic but really excels at sound effect integration and monster design that is both spooky and charming. Visiting artists also do a great job of developing this visual personality while incorporating their own style.

The mystical backstory of the setting alongside the large cast of witches and haints made for a world worth exploring. The implications of the cast's supernatural powers also made for some thematic heft, especially in examining how the ability to alter reality clouds the perception of what experiences are genuine.

Some characterization choices were questionable (largely in the relationship between the main character and her father) and aspects of the plot were a bit hand wavy as if characters seem to just have clairvoyance with what happens to others, or internal exposition is off page. That being said, weird logic in a story about magic is kind of expected.

I probably found the narrative just a hair less entertaining than Bunn's Sixth Gun, and the storytelling a bit messier, but the lively art in Harrow County makes them just about neck and neck overall. Right on the border between good and great, but I settled closer to the former.

[John Shaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nancy Drew mashed up with Sabrina the Teenage Witch
The NOT pg telly series.

Damn

Creepy backwoods hillbilly witchy bullshit, further cementing
Bunn as the King of Horror Comic Books.

Emmy is happy living and working on
her father's farm.
Until things get really fucking weird.

Turns out Emmy is the spawn of the town witch
that the locals murdered 17 years ago.
Aaaannndddd
Coincidentally Emmy is just about to turn 17

Is Emmy doomed to die like her "mother"?
Or is a different fate looming.

[Daniel · Rating 2 out of 5]

It should get more than two stars. This is why I don’t read comics. They just don’t do it for me. The stories are so short and fast. You start to get into it and it just ends so abruptly. This was the whole series and I still didn’t feel like I got substance to the read. I also didn’t like the artwork. They did Bernice dirty. The concept was cool, but this could’ve been a book and I might’ve liked it better. Okay read.

[James Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty consistent through the entire 32-issue run. Tyler Crook's art sets just the right tone for this sort of horror, backwoods, coming-of-age tale. It never quite elevates itself to earn a spot on the best comics ever list, but it's a damn good read beginning to end.

For process nerds like me, there are some quality special features in the back, too.

[Jeffrey S Forward · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great, southern gothic horror read. Some great horror concepts and up there with The Sixth Gun.