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The Ghost of Ohio
There's a myth in Southern Ohio about an apparition that seeks to live again. Taking place over 100 years, The Ghost of Ohio follows the titular spectre as he tries to unravel the mystery of his own death and fights to return to the earthly plane. Written by Black Veil Brides frontman Andy Biersack and tying into his second solo album of the same name, The Ghost of Ohio is a gothic adventure for the ages.
152 pages, Paperback
First published April 17, 2019
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May 16, 2019
Confession: I really liked Black Veil Brides growing up. I still like them, and I've also really liked Andy Biersack's solo career as Andy Black. And yes, I admit I may have a massive fangirl crush on the guy.
He's so attractive it physically aches.
But anyway, my fangirl thirst aside, let's take a look at The Ghost of Ohio.
The Ghost of Ohio is a comic book companion to Andy Biersack's second album under his Andy Black name. The story follows a ghost who must travel across one hundred years in his small Ohio town to uncover the circumstances surrounding his death.
The Positives
I really loved the premise of the book. I like tales of revenge, resurrection, and the dead coming back to slay their enemies. The artwork is beautifully done, capturing both the grittiness of the story as well as the eerie chilliness befitting a ghost story. The historical elements were interesting, weaving in the history of Ohio as well as some other topical subjects of U.S.A. history that speak widely to today...(KKK anyone?)
The Criticisms
1. The plot was a bit choppy to follow. The transitions between different time periods made it difficult to follow. There were a few times I had to stop and ask "Okay wait, where in the timeline are we now?" Maybe this could just be the format. I don't read a lot of comics, so maybe this whole quick-transition thing is just part of the medium, but it meant I had to readjust a lot and it kind of took me out of the story a bit.
2. A lot of the characters felt very surface level. It was like stick your hand in the water while gliding by on a boat. You got some development (especially with the character Syd), but it felt like we were just skimming the surface. I wanted to know about these characters, but we just don't get enough time with them. We didn't even learn that much about our titular spectre. We know his backstory and all, but I would've wanted to know more about him than what we got. We spend so little time with each character that we don't really see them or their relationship with The Ghost fleshed out much before jumping to the next time period. I don't know if Biersack plans to write a sequel, but I feel like this comic only scratched the surface of the characters and the larger story.
3. The world-building wasn't explain the best way. Particularly in regards to the nature of ghosts and how they work in this world, specifically their physicality. On one page we see The Ghost punch a guy through the chest and the guy doesn't even sense it (since only certain special people can see ghosts). But then the very next page, only a few panels later, we see him physically pick up some pills and hold them in his hand. Because...the person who can see him was holding them? So ghosts can physically interact with things of a special person has touched them? Can ghosts interact with the physical world or can they not? And also, who were those bad guys? Why did they want The Ghost? Bad guys also could've been explained better. Also, the whole mystery of the thing is how The Ghost dies. We see him physically killed, but don't get much more details as to why he was killed. It's said it's because he "knows The Truth." But what truth exactly? And why would his killers try to hide it? And what did that have to do with him stopping that guy from beating Bella?
4. One of the modern plot lines follows this punk teenager named Owen. Before he meets The Ghost, he gets in trouble with the school principal, so much so he gets suspended for it. What was his crime you may ask? He wore black to school. Yep, you read that right. A teenager got suspended from school just for wearing the color black. I can maybe understand it if the school had uniforms, but we're never told if that's the case. Now, I went to a religious school. We didn't have uniforms, but we did have rules like "only wear collared shirts" and "only wear skirts that touch the floor." But even in those kinds of strict, non-uniform dress codes, wearing black is not seen as deviant, especially not worthy of suspension. The most hilarious part of that was that principal character said it was "for his [Owen's] own safety" and "It's for all our safety." How the hell is wearing black a safety violation? I guess what Biersack was going for was to demonstrate how Owen is the "punk, misunderstood teenager in an intolerant community that doesn't understand him." But there are a lot of ways to show that. Something as ridiculous as "black is against the dress code because of safety concerns" is just unbelievable. Black breaking the dress code is ridiculous on its own, calling it a safety concern is just laughable.
5. This thing seemed very short and very fast. Again, maybe this is just part of the comics format I'm not familiar with, but things seemed to go by REALLY quickly. I never really had a chance to savor anything. Again, could be a difference between comics and regular books. This also goes with what I was saying earlier about how we don't spend enough time with the characters to get to know them. Things were moving at such a break-neck pace that I never really got to register into anything before being pulled along to the next thing. When people describe books as "fast-paced", it's usually a compliment. But this time it just seemed to work against it.
6. The ending...what? It felt very abrupt. Again, going back to Number 5 about things being to fast. (Spoiler Warning) One minute he's destroying the town and the next he's at Bella's grave? What? What just happened? Is the whole town destroyed now? Are the baddies dead? WILL THEY BE GHOSTS TOO? DO OTHER GHOSTS EXIST? I am Confucian. Andy Biersack, explain!
Overall, I enjoyed The Ghost of Ohio. It's spooky, heart-racing, and with some great gritty artwork. My main complaint is that this felt like an abridged version of a story. Or one of those recaps at the beginning of TV episodes. I think this story could be fleshed out more. In fairness, this comic is a companion to the album so maybe that's why it's more brief, hence I'm giving it more leeway in my rating despite all my criticisms. I just wanted this thing to go deeper. Flesh out the characters, especially the protagonist. Flesh out the world. Flesh out how ghosts work. Just flesh everything out more. Give me MORE.
Maybe a sequel would improve that...
He's so attractive it physically aches.
But anyway, my fangirl thirst aside, let's take a look at The Ghost of Ohio.
The Ghost of Ohio is a comic book companion to Andy Biersack's second album under his Andy Black name. The story follows a ghost who must travel across one hundred years in his small Ohio town to uncover the circumstances surrounding his death.
The Positives
I really loved the premise of the book. I like tales of revenge, resurrection, and the dead coming back to slay their enemies. The artwork is beautifully done, capturing both the grittiness of the story as well as the eerie chilliness befitting a ghost story. The historical elements were interesting, weaving in the history of Ohio as well as some other topical subjects of U.S.A. history that speak widely to today...(KKK anyone?)
The Criticisms
1. The plot was a bit choppy to follow. The transitions between different time periods made it difficult to follow. There were a few times I had to stop and ask "Okay wait, where in the timeline are we now?" Maybe this could just be the format. I don't read a lot of comics, so maybe this whole quick-transition thing is just part of the medium, but it meant I had to readjust a lot and it kind of took me out of the story a bit.
2. A lot of the characters felt very surface level. It was like stick your hand in the water while gliding by on a boat. You got some development (especially with the character Syd), but it felt like we were just skimming the surface. I wanted to know about these characters, but we just don't get enough time with them. We didn't even learn that much about our titular spectre. We know his backstory and all, but I would've wanted to know more about him than what we got. We spend so little time with each character that we don't really see them or their relationship with The Ghost fleshed out much before jumping to the next time period. I don't know if Biersack plans to write a sequel, but I feel like this comic only scratched the surface of the characters and the larger story.
3. The world-building wasn't explain the best way. Particularly in regards to the nature of ghosts and how they work in this world, specifically their physicality. On one page we see The Ghost punch a guy through the chest and the guy doesn't even sense it (since only certain special people can see ghosts). But then the very next page, only a few panels later, we see him physically pick up some pills and hold them in his hand. Because...the person who can see him was holding them? So ghosts can physically interact with things of a special person has touched them? Can ghosts interact with the physical world or can they not? And also, who were those bad guys? Why did they want The Ghost? Bad guys also could've been explained better. Also, the whole mystery of the thing is how The Ghost dies. We see him physically killed, but don't get much more details as to why he was killed. It's said it's because he "knows The Truth." But what truth exactly? And why would his killers try to hide it? And what did that have to do with him stopping that guy from beating Bella?
4. One of the modern plot lines follows this punk teenager named Owen. Before he meets The Ghost, he gets in trouble with the school principal, so much so he gets suspended for it. What was his crime you may ask? He wore black to school. Yep, you read that right. A teenager got suspended from school just for wearing the color black. I can maybe understand it if the school had uniforms, but we're never told if that's the case. Now, I went to a religious school. We didn't have uniforms, but we did have rules like "only wear collared shirts" and "only wear skirts that touch the floor." But even in those kinds of strict, non-uniform dress codes, wearing black is not seen as deviant, especially not worthy of suspension. The most hilarious part of that was that principal character said it was "for his [Owen's] own safety" and "It's for all our safety." How the hell is wearing black a safety violation? I guess what Biersack was going for was to demonstrate how Owen is the "punk, misunderstood teenager in an intolerant community that doesn't understand him." But there are a lot of ways to show that. Something as ridiculous as "black is against the dress code because of safety concerns" is just unbelievable. Black breaking the dress code is ridiculous on its own, calling it a safety concern is just laughable.
5. This thing seemed very short and very fast. Again, maybe this is just part of the comics format I'm not familiar with, but things seemed to go by REALLY quickly. I never really had a chance to savor anything. Again, could be a difference between comics and regular books. This also goes with what I was saying earlier about how we don't spend enough time with the characters to get to know them. Things were moving at such a break-neck pace that I never really got to register into anything before being pulled along to the next thing. When people describe books as "fast-paced", it's usually a compliment. But this time it just seemed to work against it.
6. The ending...what? It felt very abrupt. Again, going back to Number 5 about things being to fast. (Spoiler Warning) One minute he's destroying the town and the next he's at Bella's grave? What? What just happened? Is the whole town destroyed now? Are the baddies dead? WILL THEY BE GHOSTS TOO? DO OTHER GHOSTS EXIST? I am Confucian. Andy Biersack, explain!
Overall, I enjoyed The Ghost of Ohio. It's spooky, heart-racing, and with some great gritty artwork. My main complaint is that this felt like an abridged version of a story. Or one of those recaps at the beginning of TV episodes. I think this story could be fleshed out more. In fairness, this comic is a companion to the album so maybe that's why it's more brief, hence I'm giving it more leeway in my rating despite all my criticisms. I just wanted this thing to go deeper. Flesh out the characters, especially the protagonist. Flesh out the world. Flesh out how ghosts work. Just flesh everything out more. Give me MORE.
Maybe a sequel would improve that...
January 29, 2023
It was an ok book. At times though it was confusing and hard to follow along with. There was some gore/bloody scenes in this book just as a warning. I really do like Andy Biersack and his album The Ghost of Ohio, but this was a challenge.
May 13, 2019
My husband and I are huge fans of Andy's and we are so proud of the work that he's done with this! The story reads like a traditional ghost story and you really can get a sense of the places that it takes you to around Ohio. The artwork Eryk did for the novel is beautiful in it's spooky way. I highly recommend this graphic novel!
November 29, 2020
(1.5) sloppy storytelling & too many typos/grammar issues.
May 10, 2019
I loved the concept for this comic sooo much. I adored it, or most of it. The only two nitpicks I have are 1) it felt a tad bit choppy in the way it jumped around from time period to time period, and 2) that I don't fee like we really got to know Titular as well as we could have. Other than those two things; amazing.
February 9, 2019
This is going to be utterly amazing!!!!!!!
June 1, 2019
This is one of those graphic novels where I liked the concept of it but did not think the author was able to pull it off. I did like the artwork which is why I gave it three stars instead of two. I read in the description this ties into the author's second solo album of the same name. I have not listened to it so have no idea if it helps or hurts the graphic novel.
September 15, 2022
Picked this up at the library based on the cover. It's written by the Black Veil Brides frontman and over all the story isn't bad. However it is definitely in need of better editing (there are misspellings in here and the story doesn't quite meet the blurb.)
The titular ghost if you go by the blurb is trying to return to the earthly plane but from the actual story it doesn't seem like he's trying as so much as keep getting pulled back by people who can 'see the truth.'
It opens with his murder by The Order which seems to be a group looking for domination and power (you know, your usual) and sacrifice him. We don't know much about him other than he was friends with Belle who is being abused in a work house (It spans from about 1900 through to today). Every time he comes back there is someone at a crossroads and he helps. I think he's trying to get to her, or at least get a message to her.
And that's my problem with this. It felt rushed. No one is fleshed out well. I don't need to know why/how the ghost comes back but I would like to know more about his motivation. I would have liked more dimension to The Order too or know more about Belle. It felt more like a flash fic stretched to this length without the accompanying world building.
That said it was enjoyable enough. I really liked the art.
The titular ghost if you go by the blurb is trying to return to the earthly plane but from the actual story it doesn't seem like he's trying as so much as keep getting pulled back by people who can 'see the truth.'
It opens with his murder by The Order which seems to be a group looking for domination and power (you know, your usual) and sacrifice him. We don't know much about him other than he was friends with Belle who is being abused in a work house (It spans from about 1900 through to today). Every time he comes back there is someone at a crossroads and he helps. I think he's trying to get to her, or at least get a message to her.
And that's my problem with this. It felt rushed. No one is fleshed out well. I don't need to know why/how the ghost comes back but I would like to know more about his motivation. I would have liked more dimension to The Order too or know more about Belle. It felt more like a flash fic stretched to this length without the accompanying world building.
That said it was enjoyable enough. I really liked the art.
July 14, 2019
Andy Biersack's debut graphic novel "The Ghost of Ohio" hit shelves in April 2019.
The Album ★★★★★
Andy is lead singer for the band Black Veil Brides. He developed a solo career under the stage name Andy Black. This graphic novel has an accompanying album, also titled "The Ghost of Ohio," recorded under the Andy Black moniker.
The album gets a hands-down 5/5 stars from me. I saw him live on the Ghost of Ohio tour, and Andy rocked it -- even only a few weeks after having his appendix removed. Phenomenal live show. I can't wait to see what's next for Andy's solo career.
The Book ★★★★
Here's the content of my Amazon review:
I'm giving this 4 stars because it's Andy Biersack's, and I love Andy. Anyone else would probably get 3 to 3.5 stars from me.
The graphics are really good. I enjoyed the art style.
The story follows our ghost as he exacts revenge upon the unsavory characters known as "The Order." The Order killed him because he stood up to them. The woman he loved cried over his corpse; her tears turned him into a spectre. Subsequently, anytime The Order starts meddling in things they shouldn't (think oppressive, evil things...they're jerks), the ghost appears so he can intervene.
The story jumps through the years abruptly, with the ghost not having a consciousness (or remembering it anyway) between events.
The book's got a lot going for it in addition to the fact that it's Andy's brainchild. It is action-packed with lots of fights and includes a few semi-gruesome scenes. And the art is good, like I said.
I love Owen's character!
Plus, the Andy Black album that goes with it is phenomenal. I'm a huge fan of Andy's music, both solo and BVB. He's one of my favorite vocalists. 🎶💕🎶
There are a few typos, but they're pretty minor.
I know this is Andy's first graphic novel, and overall it's not bad for a first attempt. I love the concept.
But I'd like to see a little more detail story-wise in any future books. This one jumps around a lot, and is a really fast read...took me about an hour.
Also, there is a page full of "-H64-" surrounded by music notes and I have no idea what that means... it pulled me out of the story so I could look it up, but I came up empty on searches and am still not sure what it stands for -- unless it's a printing error?
I'm left with too many unanswered questions about this book and would like to have received more detail on a few topics. I'm an avid reader and am all about the details. A little elaboration would have easily made this 5 stars.
All that said, it's still a great first effort and worth adding to your bookshelf!
The Album ★★★★★
Andy is lead singer for the band Black Veil Brides. He developed a solo career under the stage name Andy Black. This graphic novel has an accompanying album, also titled "The Ghost of Ohio," recorded under the Andy Black moniker.
The album gets a hands-down 5/5 stars from me. I saw him live on the Ghost of Ohio tour, and Andy rocked it -- even only a few weeks after having his appendix removed. Phenomenal live show. I can't wait to see what's next for Andy's solo career.
The Book ★★★★
Here's the content of my Amazon review:
I'm giving this 4 stars because it's Andy Biersack's, and I love Andy. Anyone else would probably get 3 to 3.5 stars from me.
The graphics are really good. I enjoyed the art style.
The story follows our ghost as he exacts revenge upon the unsavory characters known as "The Order." The Order killed him because he stood up to them. The woman he loved cried over his corpse; her tears turned him into a spectre. Subsequently, anytime The Order starts meddling in things they shouldn't (think oppressive, evil things...they're jerks), the ghost appears so he can intervene.
The story jumps through the years abruptly, with the ghost not having a consciousness (or remembering it anyway) between events.
The book's got a lot going for it in addition to the fact that it's Andy's brainchild. It is action-packed with lots of fights and includes a few semi-gruesome scenes. And the art is good, like I said.
I love Owen's character!
Plus, the Andy Black album that goes with it is phenomenal. I'm a huge fan of Andy's music, both solo and BVB. He's one of my favorite vocalists. 🎶💕🎶
There are a few typos, but they're pretty minor.
I know this is Andy's first graphic novel, and overall it's not bad for a first attempt. I love the concept.
But I'd like to see a little more detail story-wise in any future books. This one jumps around a lot, and is a really fast read...took me about an hour.
Also, there is a page full of "-H64-" surrounded by music notes and I have no idea what that means... it pulled me out of the story so I could look it up, but I came up empty on searches and am still not sure what it stands for -- unless it's a printing error?
I'm left with too many unanswered questions about this book and would like to have received more detail on a few topics. I'm an avid reader and am all about the details. A little elaboration would have easily made this 5 stars.
All that said, it's still a great first effort and worth adding to your bookshelf!
May 9, 2019
(Okay, so I read this in 30 minutes are 10 at night, so I'll probably be rereading this soon and will be able to provide a more full review, but here are my first thoughts.)
I really enjoyed this. I definitely recommend it for fans of Andy Biersack or just comics and fantasy in general. It is not the most well-done comic or best-written comic, but it is enjoyable and a short read.
This was written by Andy Biersack, the frontman of Black Veil Brides, an alternative rock band. It is accompanied by his second solo album, also titled Ghost of Ohio.
The writing is a little bit choppy and the timeline is somewhat messy and hard to follow, but I already had a general idea of the story and it took me almost no time to figure out what was going on when I did get confused. (Part of my confusion may have just been that I was tired honestly.)
The illustration read fits the tone of the book. It is not super polished or crisp, but it fits the book. I plan on taking some time just going through and looking at the illustrations because I really loved them.
There is also an album to go along with the comic. I had listened to the album multiple times before reading the comic. The songs are the album are really good and I really enjoy the album by itself, but it is really cool to be able to understand the songs on a different level after reading the comic. The whole concept of writing a soundtrack to a comic or book is something I really love and I'm hoping this becomes a series.
Overall, I would recommend the comic/album combination as the best way to read. It takes me about 30 minutes to read the comic and the album is roughly 30 minutes long so the songs line up pretty well for me. It really makes the experience better and more immersive.
While this wasn't the best comic I've ever read I did enjoy it and I'm excited to see where Andy takes the story next or if he continues the story at all. Honestly, I could see it going either way. Even though I am expecting a sequel just by the way it ended. I still feel it was a good conclusion, honestly.
(Also, the dedication that Andy wrote is precious.)
I really enjoyed this. I definitely recommend it for fans of Andy Biersack or just comics and fantasy in general. It is not the most well-done comic or best-written comic, but it is enjoyable and a short read.
This was written by Andy Biersack, the frontman of Black Veil Brides, an alternative rock band. It is accompanied by his second solo album, also titled Ghost of Ohio.
The writing is a little bit choppy and the timeline is somewhat messy and hard to follow, but I already had a general idea of the story and it took me almost no time to figure out what was going on when I did get confused. (Part of my confusion may have just been that I was tired honestly.)
The illustration read fits the tone of the book. It is not super polished or crisp, but it fits the book. I plan on taking some time just going through and looking at the illustrations because I really loved them.
There is also an album to go along with the comic. I had listened to the album multiple times before reading the comic. The songs are the album are really good and I really enjoy the album by itself, but it is really cool to be able to understand the songs on a different level after reading the comic. The whole concept of writing a soundtrack to a comic or book is something I really love and I'm hoping this becomes a series.
Overall, I would recommend the comic/album combination as the best way to read. It takes me about 30 minutes to read the comic and the album is roughly 30 minutes long so the songs line up pretty well for me. It really makes the experience better and more immersive.
While this wasn't the best comic I've ever read I did enjoy it and I'm excited to see where Andy takes the story next or if he continues the story at all. Honestly, I could see it going either way. Even though I am expecting a sequel just by the way it ended. I still feel it was a good conclusion, honestly.
(Also, the dedication that Andy wrote is precious.)
January 1, 2024
To start, I am a HUGE Andy Biersack/Black and BVB fan. I don't usually read graphic novels but got it because it was by Andy. So I definitely don't have a lot of experience with the style and how it should be paced or done. This book is a companion to the album Ghost of Ohio by Andy Black. So there is more to the story.
That being said, I really enjoyed the story and the art work of the book. The art was beautiful, and the gore got to me. I enjoyed being able to connect to various points in our history during the time line jumps as well. The fact that you see some of the characters throughout the whole timeline is interesting. If there is ever a sequel, I will get it and read it too.
I do wish that there had been more depth to certain parts, like the reasoning for the bad guys doing what they were doing. I may have missed that or it explains better in the album. I will have to relisten to it now that I have read the book. I'd have liked to get to know some of the characters and their story in the timeline better. The ending really threw me off. He appeared to be a good guy throughout but ****spoiler****
Then he destroys the town and hurts Innocents? And then the jump to the grave. It appears that it is opening it up to a sequel potentially with how it ended.
Again, I did enjoy the graphic novel and will listen to the album again to see if I can get more depth to the story from that.
That being said, I really enjoyed the story and the art work of the book. The art was beautiful, and the gore got to me. I enjoyed being able to connect to various points in our history during the time line jumps as well. The fact that you see some of the characters throughout the whole timeline is interesting. If there is ever a sequel, I will get it and read it too.
I do wish that there had been more depth to certain parts, like the reasoning for the bad guys doing what they were doing. I may have missed that or it explains better in the album. I will have to relisten to it now that I have read the book. I'd have liked to get to know some of the characters and their story in the timeline better. The ending really threw me off. He appeared to be a good guy throughout but ****spoiler****
Then he destroys the town and hurts Innocents? And then the jump to the grave. It appears that it is opening it up to a sequel potentially with how it ended.
Again, I did enjoy the graphic novel and will listen to the album again to see if I can get more depth to the story from that.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 21, 2019
I took a sneaky peek at some of the other reviews and note that many readers don't seem to be used to a comic book, which tends to be a very short, fast-paced story. I read comics, so it's nothing new to me getting a big story in just a few pages and I felt Biersack and the contributors gave us everything we needed to follow the plot.
Other criticisms were of timeline jumping and finding it hard to follow, but I didn't have that issue either.
I enjoy a good ghost story. The ending was rather sad, but that tear drop falling on Bella's grave certainly implies the spectre may be reunited with his love following the end of the story after all.
I went to an Andy Black meet and greet for two reasons: so my sister could meet her hero and so I could get my hands on a signed copy of The Ghost of Ohio. I'm very grateful. Thank you, Andy.
Other criticisms were of timeline jumping and finding it hard to follow, but I didn't have that issue either.
I enjoy a good ghost story. The ending was rather sad, but that tear drop falling on Bella's grave certainly implies the spectre may be reunited with his love following the end of the story after all.
I went to an Andy Black meet and greet for two reasons: so my sister could meet her hero and so I could get my hands on a signed copy of The Ghost of Ohio. I'm very grateful. Thank you, Andy.
November 17, 2019
I really wanted to like this more than I did, considering how much I like the album that it goes with. This is a nice companion piece and some effort has clearly gone in, but it does also feel quite lazy. I finished the whole book in less than half an hour, and if I can do that, it wouldn’t have taken much for someone to have proof read it before printing; there are a lot of typos here. I also think in general that the book doesn’t say what it wants to say as well as the album does, and the way it jumps all over the place really takes away from its message, rather than adds to it. As an item though, I do treasure my signed copy of the book that I got from an Andy Biersack meet and greet on the album tour.
February 5, 2021
Loved the art in this one. The writing seemed disjointed at times with pretty sudden jumps. It almost seemed like Biersack was going for a William Faulkner vibe with the style. I think what made it not work for me was implementation. When the book started it seemed to have a very nice standard flow where time jumps were pretty specific and called out but then became sporadic and not clearly detailed. That was ok and you felt like you were in the same boat as the spectre who also wasn't clear how much time had passed. But then in the next jump he see.a perfectly comfortable and knows Cornelius even though we hadn't met him before. I guess it seemed like an inconsistent plot device.
I did like the concept and the setting though. And again, the art was the real star of the show here.
I did like the concept and the setting though. And again, the art was the real star of the show here.
January 2, 2021
Really enjoyed the artwork used throughout this book. It perfectly encompasses the themes and tones of the story, without being too dark. Though at the start I found the jumping timeline slightly confusing, it all came together towards the end to make it more understandable. The only thing I will say is that I wished the end portion of the graphic novel stretched out for a little longer to make some of the points in the story a little clearer. Overall I would recommend giving this short graphic novel a read, and will most likely reread it at some point in the future to try and pick up on some of the less obvious nuances it has between itself and the album it is linked to.
May 15, 2019
I anticipated this book for a very long time, and I was not disappointed. It was a little different from what I was expecting, but not in a bad way. I highly related to the over-arching themes, and I think it was a good read. It really is a great job, considering that this is the first time Andy has done something like this. The artwork was unique and original, and while not polished I feel like it really fit the tone of the story. I'm hoping for a sequel, because it would be great to get to know The Ghost and his story a little better.
December 3, 2019
1.5/5
My bad for having no idea who the author of this comic is, but nevertheless. A self-insert story where a white guy in a band tries to right historical wrongs, helping poor workers, suffragists in asylums, and black people targeted by the KKK. The very last line of the book uses "you're" instead of "your" which was a real cherry on top of a thoroughly boring experience for anyone who isn't already a fan. I should have read reviews before I bought this and realized everyone who liked and reviewed it has loved this guy's music for years.
My bad for having no idea who the author of this comic is, but nevertheless. A self-insert story where a white guy in a band tries to right historical wrongs, helping poor workers, suffragists in asylums, and black people targeted by the KKK. The very last line of the book uses "you're" instead of "your" which was a real cherry on top of a thoroughly boring experience for anyone who isn't already a fan. I should have read reviews before I bought this and realized everyone who liked and reviewed it has loved this guy's music for years.
December 31, 2023
Ugh i can’t believe it took me this long to get around to this comic, I owner it for like two years and i listen to the album so much idk why i delayed reading this.
I really enjoyed it, I absolutely love Andy Biersack and his artistic and creative visions, the story sticks to hia style and i really love that.
It is not the best literary work ofc but it is still so fun to read and the art is absolutely STUNNING. I am so happy with this and i really love having companion novels with albums, this delivered and more🖤🖤 cant wait to see andy make more of these!!
I really enjoyed it, I absolutely love Andy Biersack and his artistic and creative visions, the story sticks to hia style and i really love that.
It is not the best literary work ofc but it is still so fun to read and the art is absolutely STUNNING. I am so happy with this and i really love having companion novels with albums, this delivered and more🖤🖤 cant wait to see andy make more of these!!
October 3, 2019
I wanted to like it. But I couldn't get past the first ten or so pages of this book. It didn't seem to be about anything and the cardinal sin of storytelling is to neglect to immersing your readers in the story/world created. I might revisit this (in case I just wasn't in the mood, which sometimes happens) at a later date but for now? Underwhelmed.
September 27, 2022
Overall, the concept of this graphic novel is strong but the time jumps are a bit wonky and hard to follow. The connection between the characters also leaves much to be desired because the deep, visceral love is not well-established before the couple is torn apart. It was okay. A good first effort at writing/creating a ghost story for the Black Veil Brides frontman.
January 2, 2024
It’s an okay book. Having been a long time Black Veil Brides fan I was thrilled to finally get my hands on this. I knew it would not be the best thing I’ve ever read and yeah it wasn’t. But that’s fine. I liked the premise and would have loved for it to be a longer series instead of one book. I’m a huge fan of the art style and will be looking more into Erik Donovan’s work.
June 15, 2024
I see what this graphic novel was trying to do but honestly I’ve seen this storyline play out many times in other graphic novels, movies, and television series. I really enjoyed some of the art panels but the story sometimes left me confused. I’lll give it a reread this summer. I’m interested to hear the musical album that is associated with this graphic novel.
July 17, 2019
The art was really beautiful and the concept was interesting, but the execution was a bit too all over the place for me, definitely has, multiple volume potential but as a stand alone it does feel a bit chaotic. For a first work it was pretty nice.
August 14, 2019
I’m a huge fan of Andy and BVB and I’m so proud of him for this. I did feel that the story jumped around a lot and the ending was strange. That’s all. Still loved the book and I do recommend it as a quick read.
June 5, 2020
I am a huge fan of Black Veil Brides and Andy's solo project and I have to say that this book is on my top 10 favourite books because of the message hidden in those pages. It shows Andy's true personality and how he cares for others. Very worth reading
May 14, 2025
Although the art was great, it felt like it jumped around too much, with little to no explanation of what was happening. I was disappointed because I was really excited to read something by Andy Biersack.
August 23, 2025
I genuinely enjoyed the story, even if the ending made me want to throw the book across the room. Due to turning up the pilot light of rage that is constantly burning inside of me by ending the story that way, I chose 4 stars.
April 19, 2019
Got it from a meet and greet with Andy Black. Great story, nice art. Overall amazing
July 25, 2019
Tak jo, jsem zmatená. Docela dost zmatená. Spousta věcí tam je dána jen náznakem, takže můžu jen doufat, že jsem to pochopila správně. A po tom konci chci rozhodně pokračování.
April 2, 2020
Not generally a comic person, but did enjoy this. Ending was a bit sudden, needs a sequel!
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