Sight Unseen

by Robert Tinnell, Bo Hampton

Blind neuro-physicist Frank Byron is seeing things... dead things. The tension can be cut with a straight-razor in this brooding tale of supernatural terror penned by Robert Tinnell (The Black Forest) and drawn by Bo Hampton (Castle of the Bat). This book marks Hampton's return to the graphic novel medium after eight years.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

152 pages, Hardcover

First published July 5, 2006

Reviews

[Caroline Prevost-Levac]

I picked it up, not expecting much. It was a surprisingly pleasant read. Never have I been this genuinely scared by a graphic novel, I definitely should not have read it at night. I felt it managed to recreate the eerie quietness that makes the best horror films so chilling.

I counted four or five spelling mistakes, which looked like silly typos. This tells me it was produced quickly, with few revisions. But in spite of that, the story was nicely constructed, if a little short.

[JM]

Not terrible but too slight and the art is not quite my taste. I enjoy the concept and setting but there's not quite enough detail to really push this over the edge.

[Earline]

Although there are some really scary moments in this story, there were also a lot of lame sentimental moments and I'm kinda over blind people seeing ghosts. Too scientific and just not my kind of ghost story. It's worth checking out for the creepy silent ghost scenes, but I wasn't won over by the plot.

[Syon]

-Beautifully drawn, and detailed illustrations. A smudged, gloomy, and very fitting color palette.
-Fast paced, fairly original story, with a classic ghost story feel
-Interesting characters
-Pretty standard dialogue.
-Great ending.

Overall : 7.75/10

[beau]

6/10

Solid horror does not stand out