Dreadful Ed and Mary Scary (Family Comic Friday)

When your father is the Boogeyman, you grow up with the expectation to be scary. However when it comes to young Ed, scary just isn't in his DNA! That's because he's a human who was switched at birth! Where's the real heir of the Titan of Terror? Why, she is having a hard time adjusting to being normal in the mundane world. Join Family Comic Friday as we review the strangely charming adventure of Dreadful Ed and Mary Scary.

Dreadful Ed and Mary Scary
Written by Andrew Cosby
Art by Troy Nixey
Published by Dark Horse Books
Pages: 112
Retail: $19.99

Who says that books about monsters and the bizarre can't be appropriate for all ages? This book is one part graphic novel and one part poem about a switcheroo that proves the theory of nature vs nurture. Eureka's Andrew Cosby pens an epic that delights in the macabre without being scary. But it's the artwork of Vinegar Teeth's Troy Nixey that really completes this fanciful tale!

This edition of Dreadful Ed and Mary Scary combines the 2006-07 two-part adventure for the very first time. It's really an unusual yarn that I feel completely in love with. Tim Burton just oozes throughout this volume. I also felt that there was a whimsical touch of Doctor Suess with the creative rhymes of each quatrain.

With the reissue of both books, I thought that maybe there was a Dreadful Ed and Mary Scary animated movie on the way. But a quick Google search reveals that other than a development deal with Universal Studios in 2010, that doesn't appear to be the case. Hopefully this collection will reignite interest in a full length feature. Could we possibly get The Nightmare Before Christmas creator in on this project, please?

A book filled with kid friendly ghosts and goblins, Dreadful Ed and Mary Scary is a pair of stories that will delight readers of all ages during any season of the year too!

Dreadful Ed and Mary Scary will return to print on February 12, 2019. It will also be available in digital formats as well!

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.

This review was concurrently published on Outrightgeekery.com.