His father's dying words - the first clearly spoken in some time thanks to Alzheimer's - lead Brian to an abandoned house and underneath it to a basement filled with human bones and a box that will change his life forever.
Echoes
story by Joshua Hale Fialkov
art by Rahsan Ekedal
Top Cow/Minotaur Press
July 2011
The box Brian finds holds tiny dolls made up of the shaved bone and skin of young girls who have been killed by an as yet undiscovered serial killer. The revelation of the box and his father's dying words directing him to find the box and turn it in to the authorities pushes Brian down a rabbit hole of doubt, worry and dementia himself - without his medication every two hours, Brian suffers from a disorder which causes hallucinations. Brian's dementia only serves to confuse and disorient the reader more and more as we follow him along from the death of his father to the discovery of the box.
The dark, moody all black and white artwork by Rahsan Ekedal serves to add depth and creepiness to the book. Not that the story needs it. Echoes is a dark and devious book that will hook you from the start. Highly recommended for fans of horror, suspense and graphic novel enthusiasts.
