Over the Garden Wall Vol. 5

Over the Garden Wall (Collection) #5

by Kiernan Sjursen-Lien, Jim Campbell (Illustrator), Cara McGee (Illustrator)

Tales told from far and wide, all across the frightful and magical Unknown!

Travel further into the Unknown than ever before with this collection of tales told from across the journeyed grounds of Wirt and Greg. With Fred the Horse as your guide, visit familiar faces and new friends - Melodious cats, noble turkeys, fishing fish, and more!

The Eisner Award-winning series continues here with stories from Over the Garden Wall storyboard artist Jim Campbell, Cara McGee ( Clarence ), and Kiernan Sjursen-Lien. Relish in the world of the Unknown with these adventures based on the Emmy Award-winning show from Cartoon Network.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Fantasy, Childrens, Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics

112 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2018

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

The second Over the Garden Wall comic book series goes out with a whinny as Fred the Horse narrates four fables/fairy tales revolving around minor or previously unknown characters from The Unknown. Neither Wirt or Gregory appear anywhere in the book except in cover images, which might be the basis for some sort of deceptive advertising class action lawsuit if anyone cared enough to pursue it.

These stories are not very good. One is even in rhyme. But hey, if you were wondering what happened to the tea merchants in the haunted house from the cartoon series, you'll get an answer here. So that's got to make at least two people happy, right?

[Melki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, thankfully there's no Animal School in this one, though there are plenty of critters: fish, a musical cat, "intelligent" turkeys, and the good ole horse as a narrator. (I gotta admit - I liked him.) But . . . there's also no Greg and no Wirt.

C'mon, guys!

[Claire Mann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Don’t get me wrong, I love this crazy fun world. And getting revisit some of the original characters was nice (the Endicott’s story was my favorite in this volume). But Over the Garden Wall is incomplete without Wirt and Greg. I can survive without Beatrice (who I dearly love), but not without Wirt and Greg.

Also most of the stories were WAY too lighthearted in tone. I think a collection of stories from the Unknown would be great if there was more of a mix of creepy and outrageously insane occurrences.

However, I still enjoyed this volume and I plan on picking up Hollow Town and also Soulful Symphonies when it comes out.

[Lovely Day]

This is just a compilation of other stories and does not follow Greg and Wirt at all….

I’m confused and disappointed

[Bridget · Rating 3 out of 5]

This last volume of 4 issues seemed lacking to me, and a bit unfair that they included images of Wirt and Greg on each issue cover when they weren't present in any of the stories. The horse as the narrator was a very poor stand-in indeed.

[lopez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reminds me of the Graybles from Adventure Time, thought the main boys would pop up in more than just the cover.

[Mayu Vargas · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Over the garden wall" Vol.5 y último 🖤. Recuerdo lo mucho que amé esa serie la primera vez que la ví, estos libros traen historias que no quedaron en la serie, totalmente recomendado, viene con un arte conceptual hermoso.

[Marissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Greg and Wirt aren't really in this one because their story mostly finished up in volume 5, but it's still fun and very OtGW.

[☮ morgan ☮ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Justice for the Cat

[Joseph · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first story has no overt connection to OTGW, except for some cameos by extras, and focuses on a cat trying to learn to play the fiddle. It's alright for a kid story, with a nice little moral about the hard work that you need to put in to pursue a hobby. It feels like a good family movie, y'know, that you wouldn't hate watching with your kids.

Unfortunately, the next two issues are more childish, both in art and plot. The first has Fred and the Highwayman, but mostly focuses on some turkeys (which act like turkeys) and some vegetable people; the next focuses on Fisher Fish (though with a very different design from the show). There's not a lot in the way of insight or character here; they're stories for five-year-olds that are stretched longer than they need to be, not unlike the "Schooltown Follies" issues.

The final issue focuses on Quincy Endicott, Marguerite Grey (who are married now!) and Fred. It's not great, but it does bring Quincy's manic energy and some good jokes in.

Overall, this series was...okay-ish? I don't know. OTGW has such a big, weird cast whose stories are unexplored, so I don't know why we spent so much time on new or incredibly minor, non-verbal animals instead of, say, exploring how Lorna got possessed or stories about the Beast or something. The Anna chapters were a good example, except that there was too much time on a character who never left her house. Hopefully the graphic novels are better.

[Matt Beardmore · Rating 2 out of 5]

The series ends with... Fred the Horse telling 4 stories about the unknown?
I really liked the cat one, that was cute. And the story with Endicott was nice. But I was really expecting... something. Just something like that final episode of the miniseries that delves in tone and keeps you unnerved.

This entire 20 issue run had none of that. And it could've done - the Shapeshifter could've been really cool, it could've changed into Wirt or Sara or Greg and actually had a proper story, but it just doesn't.

I am woefully disappointed with this run. It started out really damn strong with Anna's story, but other than that, there's absolutely nothing here worth checking out again. I'm glad I've read it though.

I'm now very cautious going into the other comics.

[Nannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

(3.5)

Ahhh, I wish I loved this volume better, because I love the Over the Garden Wall universe and comics! But this volume didn't contain any of the main characters I love.

Instead Fred the Horse narrates a couple stories for us, about some characters that are completely new to us, and some we've seen before, like the Quincy Endicott and his wife, and that one fish who was fishing in the fog (though our acquaintance with him was very fleeting).

These stories were very cute, of course, but I just couldn't connect with them like I did with the ones that included Wirt, Greg, and Sara. It was just a collection of stories set in a universe I love. So it was just so-so.

[Harris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I discuss all five volumes of the Over the Garden Wall Comic Series in the latest entry of my book review essays, Harris' Tome Corner, focusing on Halloween-friendly Kid Horror.

This last volume in the series features a small collection of stand-alone tales illustrated by various artists and narrated by Fred the Horse. My favorite was definitely the first story, "The Cat and the Fiddle," illustrated by Jorge Monlongo.

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

4-5 stars. Three whimsical tales told by Fred the Horse.

“The Cat and the Fiddle”
- Finally back to form! This is one of the better stories. Also a new illustrator, who adds a fun touch.

“Turkeys and Turnkeys”
- the robbers plans are fowled by turkeys

“Go Fish”
- Fred turns to bad rhymes as a fishing fish fishes for a monster. A reference to My Brother My Brother and Me.

“Tea’d Off”
‘Dirt is dirt, no matter how much you love it’
The tea man tries new business strategies.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fred the Horse delivers 4 tales about folks from the Unknown and their dilemmas. Speed read it and it was just ok. No stories on Wirt and Greg and even though it’s still in the same series as the Hero Frog story, that story ends in Vol 4. So this is just bonus and you’re not missing much if you skip it.

[David Miles · Rating 2 out of 5]

So this book has a great cover, is got Wirt, Greg, and the frog of various names! A crow darkens Wirt's face, they all look at something ominous off page... And that's the last we see of them, they are not in this book.

This book has a couple tales of arise characters we've met in the OTGW show. That's fine when they interact with Wirt and Greg, but on their own it just doesn't hold up.

[Poetniknowit · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was really hoping some of the previous storylines would follow in thus volume but it was all super random.
There were a bunch of weirdo aesop fable-type tales featuring random animals, narrated by a 🐎.

[Greg Kerestan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The final volume leaves behind Greg and Wirt entirely, for a series of side stories about bit characters from the original run (hosted, horror comic style, by Fred the thieving horse). Cute, but inessential, though it's nice to visit with some favorites one more time.

[Elijah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two of the stories in here are very much side stories that added little to the world of OtGW for me personally (although a little more of Fred the Horse is always fun), but I really enjoyed the stories about the fisherman fish and the Endicott-Grey fam.

[Greg · Rating 2 out of 5]

I much prefer this comic when it follows Greg and Wirt. I like other characters and am happy to see them interact, but just telling their stories independently is not that interesting. The horse as narrator was cute but wore off eventually.

[Irene Lázaro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Como los tomos anteriores, une varias historias cortas que transcurren en The Unknown, algunas con Greg y Wirt como protagonistas y otras con otros personajes de la serie. En general, capturan bastante bien la esencia de la serie original.

[Helen (pagesandpeaches) · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.5

[Whispering · Rating 4 out of 5]

even though we didn't get to see writ and George in this volume, it was still a nice collection of stories

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easily the weakest of the 5 volumes.

[Cassie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stories from Fred the Horse - not my favorite, but still worth a read

[Alexa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the last volume in the Over the Garden Wall series. The cover is misleading as none of the issues feature Greg and Wirt, which is disappointing. However, I still found myself enjoying the stories and the art. My favorite one was The Cat and the Fiddle.

[Kai Charles(Fiction State Of Mind) · Rating 4 out of 5]

The brothers are reunited and frog plots are revealed in this volume

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

That cat just wants to play the violin, damn it! Also: more Over The Garden Wall comics, please!

[Beelzefuzz · Rating 1 out of 5]

No Wirt?
No Greg?
No Jason?
For this book there is no raeson.
*Note: Review is to be read with Conan O'Brien's Irish accent*

[Goon · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was good :)
definitely gonna reread the series :))