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Kara Szamborski recommends Sleepy Hollow #2

Sleepy Hollow is an amazing accompaniment to the stellar TV show. The stories are a supplement to the filmed adventures of Abigail and Ichabod, Witnesses who found each other just in time to fight the impending Apocalypse. Regularly faced with Biblical demons and local legends alike, the protagonists manage to keep their good humour and still kick major butt.

In Sleepy Hollow #2, our heroes have some down time between fighting demons. Ichabod has a song stuck in his head, an earworm that won’t escape—Ich Hab Die Nacht Getraümet, a German folk song (for extra creep factor, listen while reading along!)—but what starts as an innocent tune may be something more sinister.

Marguerite Bennett perfectly captures the warm, witty banter between the Witnesses that fans of the show love, and Jorge Coelho’s art and Tamra Bonvillain’s colors feel like a storybook coming to life, creating a modern world where the fantastic can happen (and happen believably).

The last two pages of the book are a short story from Noelle Stevenson (gingerhaze) that made me laugh out loud. Her addition is welcome—she drew one of the first pieces of Sleepy Hollow fan art I ever saw, and her take on Abbie and Ichabod is absolutely perfect.

For more supernatural stories with heart, check out Lumberjanes to go back to summer camp and maybe fight monsters, or take a stroll through the Boneyard and meet your new undead besties.

[Read Sleepy Hollow #2 on comiXology]

Kara Szamborski supervises the International Production Team at comiXology and cohosts its weekly podcast The comiXologist. She thinks Saga would be a really great gift for everyone on your holiday shopping list.