The Low, Low Woods #3

The Low, Low Woods

by Carmen Maria Machado, Joe Hill, Sam Wolfe Connelly (Cover Art)

El and Octavia find themselves on two separate paths. One leads to somewhere deep within the Earth, and the other leads to a small green trailer on the edge of town. There, the people of Shudder-to-Think, PA say, lives a witch. For a price, she can change you-and even make you forget that which you no longer wish to remember.
But what is the price of remembering that which you have lost?

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Fiction, LGBT, Graphic Novels Comics

27 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 19, 2020

About the author

Carmen Maria Machado's debut short story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, was a finalist for the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize, LA Times Book Prize Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction, and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize, and the Crawford Award. In 2018, the New York Times listed Her Body and Other Parties as a member of "The New Vanguard," one of "15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century."

Her essays, fiction, and criticism have appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, Granta, Tin House, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, The Believer, Guernica, Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the Michener-Copernicus Foundation, the Elizabeth George Foundation, the CINTAS Foundation, Yaddo, Hedgebrook, and the Millay Colony for the Arts. She is the Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania and lives in Philadelphia with her wife.

Reviews

[Corrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

In part three of The Low, Low Woods we see El and Octavia spending time apart after their row. El pays a visit to a witch in the hopes of finding an answer to the lost time. Octavia has a nasty encounter in the woods. And what is up with sinkhole girl? So many questions!

4 stars

[Eric Novello · Rating 4 out of 5]

TW: sexual assault.
Ficando cada vez mais interessante a HQ. Tem aquela sensação de história sendo contada ao mesmo tempo em que fio segue solto, porque os temas são maiores que a trama. Ou a trama é um veículo para os temas.

E acho que estou me acostumando com a arte?

[Wesley Wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like this comic is creating more weird confusion without resolving anything. Each issue I expect there to be some movement forward with the mystery but it seems we get more details of strange things going on.

Here we see Octavia visiting a witch to see if she can remember what happened in the movie theatre. She then visits Jessica and we learn that the women in her family become sinkholes. Their stomachs literally open up into sinkholes as they age—kind of weird.

Meanwhile, El is walking her dog Pearl when a skinless person attacks them. She fights him off and Pearl is okay.

Bizarre issue. I want to see what happens but I’m worried that things won’t conclude well because it’s gotten so weird.

[Aiden Merchant · Rating 3 out of 5]

Becoming weirder and more interesting...

[RG · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like nothing is being resolved. Just more weirdness

[Kay ☾ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great entry to further the plot, but it left me with a lot of questions. Can't wait for issue #4!

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked how all over the place this was... gotta finish strong, though. No idea what to expect, which is nice for a change.

[Elizabeth (Miss Eliza) · Rating 3 out of 5]

OK, it feels like we're finally connecting the far flung plot points as well as connecting our leads. Also WITCHES! The skinless man felt too Harrow County even in the way he was drawn. And the whole stomach hole, there needs to be some more because I'm just not buying it so far.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.75

[Miguel Lupián · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pues no resistí y pasé por el tercer número... La historia retoma el ritmo y su extrañeza.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Confusing but I want to love it so much

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Fruiting Body

[Jeff Matheny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just not good enough to continue purchasing.

[Roman Colombo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series is so good! The witch is a really interesting character and I'm looking forward to her backstory. El and Octavia are a great pair to watch.

[Avi Alany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Compelling art by Dani which brings the horror.

[Youmna · Rating 3 out of 5]

الأحداث في تصاعد

[Alexa Moon · Rating 3 out of 5]

The issue was very weird and I'm not sure I like the direction this series is going.
I guess I'll have to wait and see.

[Chad Bunch · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just a "bit" too weird...

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was worried about the dog for a moment.