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Daisy has taken the mysterious Leland Black up on his job offer, giving her a new outlet to excise her demons — but quickly realizes that the dangerous conspiracy goes much deeper than she ever imagined.
EVIL IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Daisy has taken the mysterious Leland Black up on his job offer, giving her a new outlet to excise her demons — but quickly realizes that the dangerous conspiracy goes much deeper than she ever imagined.
All roads lead straight to the Red Mother.
And the Red Mother is heading straight for Daisy.
Writer Jeremy Haun (The Beauty, The Realm) and artist Danny Luckert (Regression) present the next chapter of the haunting series that digs below the surface of reality to unveil the horrors just beyond our sight.
Collects The Red Mother #5-8.
EVIL IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Daisy has taken the mysterious Leland Black up on his job offer, giving her a new outlet to excise her demons — but quickly realizes that the dangerous conspiracy goes much deeper than she ever imagined.
All roads lead straight to the Red Mother.
And the Red Mother is heading straight for Daisy.
Writer Jeremy Haun (The Beauty, The Realm) and artist Danny Luckert (Regression) present the next chapter of the haunting series that digs below the surface of reality to unveil the horrors just beyond our sight.
Collects The Red Mother #5-8.
112 pages, Paperback
First published December 16, 2020
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Jeremy Haun
295 books88 followersJeremy Haun is a freelance comic book artist. Beginning in 2002, Haun worked for Image Comics, IDW Publishing, Oni Press, Devil's Due Publishing, Top Cow, and Marvel Comics. Since 2008, he has worked for DC Comics. He is best known for his work on Berserker and Battle Hymn.
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October 27, 2021
Very Rosemary's Baby!
But without the baby.
This poor chick is being watched, stalked, and groomed.
What the hell is even happening?! I don't know, but it has something to do with a freaky one-eyed ghoul who appears to have used some sort of red filter as her signature look, and her creepy sidekick who looks like the offspring of Pennywise and Slenderman.
I don't know what's going on, but this is a cool horror comic to look at.
Buddy read with Off White Alex.
But without the baby.
This poor chick is being watched, stalked, and groomed.
What the hell is even happening?! I don't know, but it has something to do with a freaky one-eyed ghoul who appears to have used some sort of red filter as her signature look, and her creepy sidekick who looks like the offspring of Pennywise and Slenderman.
I don't know what's going on, but this is a cool horror comic to look at.
Buddy read with Off White Alex.
January 17, 2021
Still a VERY slow burn but I dig it. I do think this will read better all of once when it's completely finished. As far as plot goes, Daisy takes the job in London to try and move on with her life and is slowly plagued again with red visions and a spooky figure.
January 18, 2021
So Daisy thinks all the weird creepy stuff is behind her now that she has settled in with a new job in London. But as the reader, we see all kinds of other weird stuff building up. The story still has the slow burn going but it is being done well. Looking forward to the last four issues to see how this thing wraps up.
October 13, 2021
Aaand I've lost patience with this series. It gives too little, while moving too slow. You can show people being in on the conspiracy once, you can't keep those same people being conspiratory, it is wheelspinning. I'm all for pulling a Rosemary's Baby, in fact I expected it, but too little happens.
The monster has become silly, with that goofy grin. It looks like a children's drawing made to look edgy by a DeviantArt member.
Worst thing is, I can't even blame Anne, because I chose it. :/
Reading this with The Beige Mother, Anne
The monster has become silly, with that goofy grin. It looks like a children's drawing made to look edgy by a DeviantArt member.
Worst thing is, I can't even blame Anne, because I chose it. :/
Reading this with The Beige Mother, Anne
October 25, 2024
The Red Mother is, overall, a fantastic series and each issue does a solid job of building on the one before it, expanding Daisy's story with a horror slow burn that is both chilling and intriguing at the same time. Danny Luckert delivers some beautiful art throughout this volume. Combined with striking artwork, it truly is a horror experience worth reading.
April 8, 2021
lil bit underwhelming luv but im still very intrigued as to where this story is going 🚶🏻♂️
January 23, 2023
Two thirds of the story already read and I still have no fucking clue who (or what) this Red Mother is, what does she want and why is there a Walmart Slenderman stalking Daisy. I'd say it's (not) going very well!
December 20, 2020
Another just ok horror story. Continues on straight from vol 1 but again not overly exciting
November 7, 2021
“Praise the Red Mother.” — Jeremy Haun, The Red Mother, Vol. 2
cw // body horror, gore, grief
This volume picks right up where the last one finished off, and it’s still creepy as hell. Love the cult vibes; can’t wait to see what happens next!
cw // body horror, gore, grief
This volume picks right up where the last one finished off, and it’s still creepy as hell. Love the cult vibes; can’t wait to see what happens next!
January 15, 2022
This comic is so wonderfully creepy! 🖤
May 2, 2022
The puzzle boxes are cool. I want to use that idea somehow. There are a lot of portents of horror but very little actual horror.
April 23, 2025
The mystery keeps deepening—I was on edge the entire time wondering what the hell was going on. It’s super creepy, tense, and totally gripping. I couldn’t stop reading
January 7, 2021
Of course things are getting good, and it ends on a cliff-hanger LOL
Looking forward to more!
Looking forward to more!
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July 23, 2021Daisy was a retired puzzlemaker at the beginning of this comic series, The Red Mother (2019), by writer Jeremy Haun and artist Danny Luckert. The story opened with Daisy enjoying a well-earned happy relationship and the profits from a company she sold with her friend and business partner. She was adrift professionally, but otherwise entirely happy. Like all good horror though, this relative happiness was quickly and dramatically altered when an unseen attacker stole both her boyfriend, and her eye.
Physically scarred and unsure about the fate of her boyfriend, Daisy spent Volume 1 picking up the pieces of her life, while her progress was offset by visions of a shadowy monster. She gradually began to heal with the help of her therapist--until being ambushed by a crowd of probably-cultists and the slenderman-meets-eldritch horror at the end of issue #4.
Volume 2 (2020) combines issues #5-8 and begins with the now expected three panel introduction of the Red Mother herself. She has evolved from skeleton to mummy and now an elderly looking woman with a charming grin--and gaping eye socket. After this creepy prelude, we’re thrown right into the action to see Daisy finally vanquish the shadow beast!
Sort of. Not really.
Tension and horror escalate over the next four issues, becoming more tangible as new characters see the demon and symbolism pervades every page--including the recurring symbol of a red eye, seen exclusively on or near people Daisy should be able to trust.
The most notable shift in these middle chapters is Daisy’s journey to England, where she takes up a job with a famous designer. Excited to have a project again and eager to make new friends, the story transforms to a dramatic conflict between her own emotional progress and the creeping threat of the Red Mother and her minions.
While in terms of style and storytelling methodology these chapters are a continuation of the first volume, one approach stands out to me: misdirection.
Each issue blends–sometimes in the same page or panel–mundane interactions of daily life, Daisy’s work, conversations with her new friends (including a new romantic interest!), and explorations of the city. But nearly every step of the way, there are subtle clues that all is not right, leading up to the end of each chapter when something sinister occurs. From her co-workers commenting “Praise to the Red Mother, see her” after dropping her off from a fun outing, to the shadow beast waiting at the office while she shares an intimate moment, the story uses misdirection to drive the mystery. Similar (yet somehow creepier) to jump scares in horror films, these sudden reveals with no explanation derail Daisy’s mundane life, sometimes without her even knowing.
As I continued reading, I found myself looking for clues in the panels. The use of the color red, the statues and artifacts in the background of the old mansion-turned-workspace where she’s building a new puzzle with Leland, and the recurring image of the eye. In one panel an otherwise harmless statue of a woman holding a baby takes on a darker meaning, and in a cheerful walk with her new love interest a giant graffiti skull takes the foreground as the focal point while they chat. Each panel holds some sort of meaning or indication of what’s to come.
I confess: often when reading comics I will skim through, giving a glance to the art while focusing on the story. For comics like that, the art clarifies the story and brings it to life–but often it’s just that. The images illustrate what’s happening in the story and what the characters are speaking about. In The Red Mother, we get a mix of wordless storytelling–like when the Mother caresses her empty eye socket while smiling sweetly–or the unsettling overlay of mundane dialogue with illustrations that tell us what Daisy doesn’t know: her friends are dangerous and the monsters aren’t gone.
While the story is an immediate continuation of the first volume, the initial pages give us a false sense of triumph. She destroys the beast, sure. But we don’t know what it is, what it wants, and she moves on with her life. We’re no closer to the answer we most want. Who is the Red Mother? Is she a goddess? A hallucination? A metaphor? Certainly the latter, but her true nature remains unknown throughout the second volume.
The comic is disarming and ingenious in its blend of mundane and magical, hope and horror. It’s this parallel that holds our curiosity. Some people may get annoyed by the lack of answers and the constant back and forth between Daisy’s attempts to live a normal life and her experiences with an unknown terror. But in my opinion, that’s what makes the story most successful. Even when she’s not directly aware of the evil stalking her, we see it everywhere. In the Blind Stag bar she frequents, with the literal bloody-eyed stag head over the door, and words spoken behind her back, the ongoing use of the color red, and so forth.
What the dialogue doesn’t convey, the art fills in with clarity, so that we always understand what’s going on. A couple pages in the volume are composed of 9 evenly laid out panels–a number that pushes the bounds of what is usually readable on a comic page. The timeline is uncertain, we read each panel as its own moment in Daisy’s daily life, which could easily become confusing. But rather than confusion, we get quick and effective storytelling and a poignant panel to panel display of Daisy’s happiness and fear. We also see stark contrasts in color throughout–often blue and red–which likewise adds to the opposition of Daisy’s newfound hope and peace with her continued nightmare and anxiety.
Some comic writers give highly specific guidance for visually depicting action and environment, and others provide only a skeleton with simple notes, allowing the artist plenty of room to play. Whichever the case here, The Red Mother offers an example where the art perfectly reflects the writing and story; even when the dialogue has nothing to do with the visuals, there is a cohesive strategy that informs us about what we should be feeling and thinking at any given moment. Further, the inclusion of subtle symbolism encourages the reader to engage with the comic rather than just reading it. I found myself searching panels for hidden elements, trying to find the subtext and layers that might illuminate who the Red Mother is and what she wants with Daisy.
Fans of urban fantasy who don’t have much experience or interest in comics would do well to give The Red Mother a read. The first two volumes are clear in focus and beautiful in execution, easy to understand without being too simple, and with cinematic pacing that keeps you on your toes. It avoids cheesy tropes and boring over-explanation and incorporates references to occultism, the relationship between magic and science, and other elements that will be sure to entice any urban horror fantasy lover’s interest.
The comics deserve credit for their intentionality, cohesive story telling, and self-aware depiction of trauma and psychological issues–without the fluff or melodrama that stories in this genre sometimes fall into. The Red Mother promises more mystery and more thrills in the next volume, and I’m excited to see not only more reveals surrounding the nature of Mother, but also the continued progress Daisy makes as she gains personal strengths and finds her place in the world.
This is a story of survival and adversity, of overcoming traumatic experiences and grief. A masterpiece of art and storytelling, The Red Mother is a must-read for people who love slow-burn horror with plenty of atmospheric mystery. If you’re okay being kept up at night, searching the corners of your room for shadow beasts, this story is for you.
Physically scarred and unsure about the fate of her boyfriend, Daisy spent Volume 1 picking up the pieces of her life, while her progress was offset by visions of a shadowy monster. She gradually began to heal with the help of her therapist--until being ambushed by a crowd of probably-cultists and the slenderman-meets-eldritch horror at the end of issue #4.
Volume 2 (2020) combines issues #5-8 and begins with the now expected three panel introduction of the Red Mother herself. She has evolved from skeleton to mummy and now an elderly looking woman with a charming grin--and gaping eye socket. After this creepy prelude, we’re thrown right into the action to see Daisy finally vanquish the shadow beast!
Sort of. Not really.
Tension and horror escalate over the next four issues, becoming more tangible as new characters see the demon and symbolism pervades every page--including the recurring symbol of a red eye, seen exclusively on or near people Daisy should be able to trust.
The most notable shift in these middle chapters is Daisy’s journey to England, where she takes up a job with a famous designer. Excited to have a project again and eager to make new friends, the story transforms to a dramatic conflict between her own emotional progress and the creeping threat of the Red Mother and her minions.
While in terms of style and storytelling methodology these chapters are a continuation of the first volume, one approach stands out to me: misdirection.
Each issue blends–sometimes in the same page or panel–mundane interactions of daily life, Daisy’s work, conversations with her new friends (including a new romantic interest!), and explorations of the city. But nearly every step of the way, there are subtle clues that all is not right, leading up to the end of each chapter when something sinister occurs. From her co-workers commenting “Praise to the Red Mother, see her” after dropping her off from a fun outing, to the shadow beast waiting at the office while she shares an intimate moment, the story uses misdirection to drive the mystery. Similar (yet somehow creepier) to jump scares in horror films, these sudden reveals with no explanation derail Daisy’s mundane life, sometimes without her even knowing.
As I continued reading, I found myself looking for clues in the panels. The use of the color red, the statues and artifacts in the background of the old mansion-turned-workspace where she’s building a new puzzle with Leland, and the recurring image of the eye. In one panel an otherwise harmless statue of a woman holding a baby takes on a darker meaning, and in a cheerful walk with her new love interest a giant graffiti skull takes the foreground as the focal point while they chat. Each panel holds some sort of meaning or indication of what’s to come.
I confess: often when reading comics I will skim through, giving a glance to the art while focusing on the story. For comics like that, the art clarifies the story and brings it to life–but often it’s just that. The images illustrate what’s happening in the story and what the characters are speaking about. In The Red Mother, we get a mix of wordless storytelling–like when the Mother caresses her empty eye socket while smiling sweetly–or the unsettling overlay of mundane dialogue with illustrations that tell us what Daisy doesn’t know: her friends are dangerous and the monsters aren’t gone.
While the story is an immediate continuation of the first volume, the initial pages give us a false sense of triumph. She destroys the beast, sure. But we don’t know what it is, what it wants, and she moves on with her life. We’re no closer to the answer we most want. Who is the Red Mother? Is she a goddess? A hallucination? A metaphor? Certainly the latter, but her true nature remains unknown throughout the second volume.
The comic is disarming and ingenious in its blend of mundane and magical, hope and horror. It’s this parallel that holds our curiosity. Some people may get annoyed by the lack of answers and the constant back and forth between Daisy’s attempts to live a normal life and her experiences with an unknown terror. But in my opinion, that’s what makes the story most successful. Even when she’s not directly aware of the evil stalking her, we see it everywhere. In the Blind Stag bar she frequents, with the literal bloody-eyed stag head over the door, and words spoken behind her back, the ongoing use of the color red, and so forth.
What the dialogue doesn’t convey, the art fills in with clarity, so that we always understand what’s going on. A couple pages in the volume are composed of 9 evenly laid out panels–a number that pushes the bounds of what is usually readable on a comic page. The timeline is uncertain, we read each panel as its own moment in Daisy’s daily life, which could easily become confusing. But rather than confusion, we get quick and effective storytelling and a poignant panel to panel display of Daisy’s happiness and fear. We also see stark contrasts in color throughout–often blue and red–which likewise adds to the opposition of Daisy’s newfound hope and peace with her continued nightmare and anxiety.
Some comic writers give highly specific guidance for visually depicting action and environment, and others provide only a skeleton with simple notes, allowing the artist plenty of room to play. Whichever the case here, The Red Mother offers an example where the art perfectly reflects the writing and story; even when the dialogue has nothing to do with the visuals, there is a cohesive strategy that informs us about what we should be feeling and thinking at any given moment. Further, the inclusion of subtle symbolism encourages the reader to engage with the comic rather than just reading it. I found myself searching panels for hidden elements, trying to find the subtext and layers that might illuminate who the Red Mother is and what she wants with Daisy.
Fans of urban fantasy who don’t have much experience or interest in comics would do well to give The Red Mother a read. The first two volumes are clear in focus and beautiful in execution, easy to understand without being too simple, and with cinematic pacing that keeps you on your toes. It avoids cheesy tropes and boring over-explanation and incorporates references to occultism, the relationship between magic and science, and other elements that will be sure to entice any urban horror fantasy lover’s interest.
The comics deserve credit for their intentionality, cohesive story telling, and self-aware depiction of trauma and psychological issues–without the fluff or melodrama that stories in this genre sometimes fall into. The Red Mother promises more mystery and more thrills in the next volume, and I’m excited to see not only more reveals surrounding the nature of Mother, but also the continued progress Daisy makes as she gains personal strengths and finds her place in the world.
This is a story of survival and adversity, of overcoming traumatic experiences and grief. A masterpiece of art and storytelling, The Red Mother is a must-read for people who love slow-burn horror with plenty of atmospheric mystery. If you’re okay being kept up at night, searching the corners of your room for shadow beasts, this story is for you.
September 6, 2021
This is a review for The Red Mother vol. 1-3, which collects the 12-issue series. This is a case where you really need to read all three volumes in one go, because it's all self-contained, and the way the story develops, you get to the end of Vol. 1 right as things begin to get in gear. So trust me, read the whole shebang at once. The story moves briskly, the artwork is outstanding, and it all comes together quite well. This is a horror story in the tradition of Rosemary's Baby or Hereditary, where our protagonist Daisy, is recovering from a brutal ataack that robbed her of both her boyfriend and her right eye. But everywhere she goes, she feels stalked by an ancient evil, and those around her may not be the support structure she really needs. This might deserve losing a star for practicing a horror story format that, if already familiar to the reader, removes some of the tension from The Red Mother. However, the writing is really nicely done and never explains too much, and the artwork is just outstanding. So even if you can sense what's coming, the ride is far too much fun to get off. See her.
August 23, 2021
This series has me hooked. I can barely put it down. Very little else is explained about what Daisy is experiencing, but the end holds great promise. The story picks up right after the cliffhanger in the first volume. Daisy is being followed by the Herald of the Red Mother. She pushes it in front of a subway, so that seems to be the end of it. Unfortunately, the visions and headaches continue.
January 31, 2022
4
Why the 4?
The twisty narrative and the core story has ensured this is one of the better Boom Studio titles. The Red Mother has now hit its midway arc and it definitely has room to breath so it will be interesting how they close out this little gem. I'm glad I picked this series up but I'm a little bummed out that I have to wait so long for the third volume. Boom Studio is starting to give the bigger guys a run for their money so it's fitting they can continue to create creator focused stories.
Why the 4?
The twisty narrative and the core story has ensured this is one of the better Boom Studio titles. The Red Mother has now hit its midway arc and it definitely has room to breath so it will be interesting how they close out this little gem. I'm glad I picked this series up but I'm a little bummed out that I have to wait so long for the third volume. Boom Studio is starting to give the bigger guys a run for their money so it's fitting they can continue to create creator focused stories.
September 13, 2023
The plot, she thickens!
Definitely giving off some super strong Rosemary's Baby vibes in this one. The conspiracy runs ever deeper, but still no conclusive answers. This one was less flat out scary than Vol. 1; instead there's a lot of eerie moments, with a couple of breadcrumbs here and there to keep you invested.
I still can't really decide how I feel about the art. I'm really starting to appreciate the background scenes, but can't form an opinion on the character work.
Definitely giving off some super strong Rosemary's Baby vibes in this one. The conspiracy runs ever deeper, but still no conclusive answers. This one was less flat out scary than Vol. 1; instead there's a lot of eerie moments, with a couple of breadcrumbs here and there to keep you invested.
I still can't really decide how I feel about the art. I'm really starting to appreciate the background scenes, but can't form an opinion on the character work.
January 22, 2024
Le doy tres estrellas, pero fácilmente puede ser un 2.5.
Este volumen recopila los números del 5 al 8 de la serie, y la verdad, no tiene gran avance. Hasta se podría decir que es más de lo mismo: Daysi teniendo visiones, Daysi tratando de superar su vida.
Hay ciertas cosas que me gustaron y quiero creer que la historia va a explotar en los tonos finales. Por supuesto que seguiré leyendo porque quiero saber por qué se causó todo este alboroto. Si hay algo claro en The Red Mother es que nada de lo que le pasa a Daysi sucede por casualidad.
Este volumen recopila los números del 5 al 8 de la serie, y la verdad, no tiene gran avance. Hasta se podría decir que es más de lo mismo: Daysi teniendo visiones, Daysi tratando de superar su vida.
Hay ciertas cosas que me gustaron y quiero creer que la historia va a explotar en los tonos finales. Por supuesto que seguiré leyendo porque quiero saber por qué se causó todo este alboroto. Si hay algo claro en The Red Mother es que nada de lo que le pasa a Daysi sucede por casualidad.
April 3, 2021
EDIT:
Revised my review after realising that I'd read Volumes 1 & 2 in the wrong order! *facepalm*
This continues from the previous volume. There's not much content in this one either and I got through this in about 2-3 minutes at most. You still do want to know what's going on and what happens next, but you do also wish the story wasn't split into so many volumes with so little content in each of them!
This continues from the previous volume. There's not much content in this one either and I got through this in about 2-3 minutes at most. You still do want to know what's going on and what happens next, but you do also wish the story wasn't split into so many volumes with so little content in each of them!
October 5, 2021
2 volumes in and not a clue about what Daisy is truly up against? No thank you, I’m done.
Daisy’s journey through recovery makes for a great character drama, but none of the horror elements are fleshed out, and I expect more information at this point (especially after buying 2 separate books). From what I’ve seen online the next volume is a very disappointing finale, so while I’m curious about Daisy’s fate, my wallet (and everyone online) is telling me to stay away.
Daisy’s journey through recovery makes for a great character drama, but none of the horror elements are fleshed out, and I expect more information at this point (especially after buying 2 separate books). From what I’ve seen online the next volume is a very disappointing finale, so while I’m curious about Daisy’s fate, my wallet (and everyone online) is telling me to stay away.
September 11, 2020
La trama avanza lentamente, sustancialmente suceden muy pocas cosas y los personajes son un poco planos como para considerarle un tratado sobre el mundo interior de los mismos. Sin embargo se puede empatizar fácilmente con la protagonista y eso permite avanzar en la lectura sin mayores disgustos. Aunque no se profundiza mucho en el tema, se aborda la relación entre el arte, la magia y la ciencia.
January 11, 2021
The first volume was a good creepy first installment but didn't give much of a sense as to what this series was going to look like or what the supernatural elements would resolve into. I was waiting on this second volume to decide if it was a series to keep up with and it really delivered; slow roll of conspiracy, increasing terror, and psychological horror. Looking forward to the third!
May 1, 2021
2/3 příběhu za mnou a... ne, nefunguje to. Tempo je brutálně pomalý, nedává to smysl a začátek pátýho sešitu je k smíchu. Laciná kopírka Lovecrafta.
**SPOILERY**
Hrdinku konečně začne pronásledovat bubák a ona ho bez většího stresu šoupne pod vlak. Kvůli tomu je celá od krve, reagují na to lidé a zůstává jí zaprasené oblečení. JAK SI SAKRA PO TOMHLE MŮŽE MYSLET, ŽE MÁ HALUCINACE?
**SPOILERY**
Hrdinku konečně začne pronásledovat bubák a ona ho bez většího stresu šoupne pod vlak. Kvůli tomu je celá od krve, reagují na to lidé a zůstává jí zaprasené oblečení. JAK SI SAKRA PO TOMHLE MŮŽE MYSLET, ŽE MÁ HALUCINACE?
April 25, 2021
Ends with Daisy solving the 7th puzzle for your job, she goes to meet Cordie at the chapel to look at the little statue that came with the puzzle lock, her boyfriend is left in bed sleeping while the demon attacks him. The friends she has in london are part of the demon clan.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 30, 2023
More questions and less answers, slow-burner. I was a puzzled of what is happening as the main character, which wasn't a good thing. Every issue seems specifically structured so that nothing important happens until the end where there's a cliffhanger to the next issue.
February 14, 2021
I like what this appears to be building to. There appears to be an interesting but if spontaneous generation as the character of The Herald bears a striking resemblance to the baddie in Gideon Falls.
July 19, 2021
a little slow but still really good!! i have high hopes for volume 3 ☺️
November 15, 2021
3.5 stars. Very much a slow burn but I'm intrigued where it will go.
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