STITCHES #1 (HUNCHBACK GRAPHICS PUBLISHING) REVIEW

In the run up to Halloween we take a bite out of Stitches, a macabre comedy with a big appetite which sees introduces us to the dark world of Edward Ables, an undead funeral home director with a taste for human flesh. And if that sentence alone isn’t enough to spark a morbid interest in this book then we’re not sure what will!

This quirky first issue of Stitches, introduces us to Edward the undead funeral director with little explanation as to his condition or how he became the thing that he is. Which works as a way to shock the reader when we witness him taking a bite out of corpse on the slab at the funeral home. The concept may sound macabre and just a little bit bizarre but it works, and it’s a mechanic that lends itself well to plenty of humorous situations along the way. Such as Ed’s ability to remove parts of his own body but still retain their uses – for example he can pluck out and eyeball but still see with it or rip off an ear and use it to eavesdrop.