Long Lost Book Two #2 Review

Writer: Matthew Erman / Artist: Lisa Sterle / Scout Comics Last issue revealed to us that in Francis and Piper attempting to get away to safety in which they are separated: they both end up in totally different places… also they’ve apparently been missing for three years. THREE YEARS FAM We meet Frances first this issue as she’s been rescued by their Aunt who is toting a shotgun and is gently treating her with the kid gloves. She’s sorry she couldn’t protect her nieces, she’s sorry for the circumstances, she’s sorry about the state of the town, their home. Frances is attempting to make sense of just where she is while her Aunt is catching her up to speed. It is a deep yet depressing and disheartening scene.

This far into the narrative, it’s especially chilling and enlightening to see the match of the deterioration of the town and its residents to the deterioration of Frances and Piper’s assumed journey. The sisters did not expect their homecoming to be…whatever this is and to make matters worse, they are separated- sooooooo very far from each other and away from the protection they assert for each other. Aunt Joanna is still around, still a power player in this mess, leading a sect of the town’s folk to carry out plans to save them all (supposedly). Sterle’s ability to showcase the infected townsfolk in the more advance grotesque transformation is quite a sight and it is more startling to see the farther I read into this issue. While Frances is found and is trying to fin…