Bibliograph

Jessica Farm, volume 1 (drawn 1 page a month January 2000-December 2007), Volume 1

Type

Label

Jessica Farm, volume 1 (drawn 1 page a month January 2000-December 2007), Volume 1

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Rated M

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Jessica Farm

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

volume 1 (drawn 1 page a month January 2000-December 2007)

Summary

Jessica Farm fuses serialized adventure, fantasy and psychological horror and stamps it with Josh Simmon's signature macabre sensibility. Like a Lynchian take on Alice in Wonderland, Jessica Farm opens with an exterior of what could be any Midwestern farmhouse. Once inside, we track our titular heroine as she bounds out of bed on Christmas and goes about her morning routine, eventually breakfasting with her grandparents. The banality of the situation is subverted by a ratcheting sense of dread, as we discover that Jessica's increasingly nightmarish house is filled with creatures around every corner: some whimsical, some sexual, some despairing and some malevolent. Most terrifying of all is Jessica's father, whose promise of presents under the tree is loaded with the threat of violence

Target audience

adult

Classification