Thank you to NetGalley and Boom! Studios for providing me with this graphic novel.

Something is Killing the Children was a promising first issue. It introduces the reader to a world in which nightmarish events occur and children are the main target. This is not the most original plotline but it's only the beginning. Moreover, the main character is a mysterious badass and you'll want to know more about her. As for the art, it was good, not my favorite but still good.
Excited to read book 2!

What a great book! The only problem I have with it, is that I can't wait for volume 2. I'm seriously tempted to read it monthly.
The blurb compares it to "Stranger Things' and there is some truth to it, but there is also a "Buffy" vibe here with a girl in a role similar to the slayer.
But this is not important. What IS important, is how great both the story and art are.
This is a tale of a strange girl, who comes to a small town, where children are mysteriously dying. I don't want to give out the rest - read it for yourself. You won't regret it.

Thank you Netgally and the publisher for the gifted copy. All thoughts are completely my own.

I love the art style of this first installment. It's fantastic! As for the writing I was left a little confused. I'm not sure if I didn't get the full download or if it's suppose to jump like that. It's definitely a promising start.

My Rating:4.5

The story follows a boy James after a traumatic incident in which all his friends were killed but him. People start gossiping and he ends up being bullied and ostracized. When suddenly Erica Slaughter arrives in town and everyone starts thinking she's the one who has been kidnapping the missing children and killing them in atrocious unthinkable ways.
James decided to join force with Erica and go monster hunting.

This was awesome! I loved the art style and how the drawings were able to expose what the characters were feeling. The plot was interesting and so were the characters. I'll definitely can't wait for the sequel.

I really wanted to like this book but somehow couldn't connect to it.
Avery confusing set up or I didn't get the correct copy I didn't understand it ..Illustrations are well designed.

Wow, I'm just saying. Something is Killing the Children is like Vaughan's Saga, just mind-blowing, disturbing and amazing. James, you surely nailed this! There's a hint of Stranger Things in this, but this is darker and better actually. Archers Peak is a small town, where children go suddenly missing. The few who come back have terrible stories of monsters to tell and bodies are dismantled, blood everywhere. Then comes a weird girl with a stuffed animal, Erica Slaughter. She believes and promises to get rid of the monsters, but the adults cannot see them. This is such a great comic and it's not a hero type of thing as such, but more like the necessity to do what needs to be done. Nothing is explained, which I adored and this was full blast with calm and terrible serenity at the same time. Even the cover is perfect and the atmosphere is out of this world!

The art looks so awesomely fine and works so well with the heavy feelings. The blood and splatter are just enough not to be macabre and the comic is purely beautifully nasty. It's hard to do that well so that the balance stays. The pace is wonderful and suffocating and I cannot wait to read what happens next. This is horror, but not per say really, which is great, since I'm not a fan of horror. It's one of those comics you know are right on the spot and something else. Just wow, try this!

Oh, man, I loved this SO MUCH. My heart hurt for poor little James and everyone else in this town, but it's hard to focus for long on the tragedy of these missing and murdered children when this incredibly badass monster hunter, Erica Slaughter, arrives. I loved everything about her character and I seriously need to know more of her back story ASAP. Everything from her character design to her snarky attitude to her fearlessness in the face of monsters had me totally rooting for her and I can't wait to read more!

Definitely a book for adults, this tale is a modern day horror story that doesn't leave out the language or the guts. Something is happening in a small town, and the fingers point to one teenager who survived the onslaught. But what is really behind this? This graphic novel is a fast-paced tale and ends with a cliffhanger, pointing to a sequel.

This is a big step out of my usual, but I thought the story was cool and the graphics are awesome! I am glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and gave it a try.

Wow! Okay I loved this more than I expected to. I liked how it set up the story for the future and I will read the next one. I enjoyed the female character and I felt connected to her. I enjoyed most things about this book, it is fast paced and short which made it a quick read. I will be recommending this to my friends as I loved it.

This was a great read! Volume 1 has just enough issues to really set the story up for the series while leaving you wanting to know more. It’s gory and dark - just the things I want from a horror title with monsters running amok.

Wow! What a strange and twisted comic! Honestly, being someone who grew up on the old horror comics and magazines of the ’70s like “Creepy and Eerie Magazine”, I knew this would be right up my alley.

When the children of Archer's Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless and everyone is a suspect. Most children never return, and some are found in pieces. Tron apart by someone or something that can rip them in half before eating them. The kids that do survive and those are few and far between, have terrible stories—impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only one who sees what they can see.

Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it must be done.
Erica Slaughter is a badass! I love everything about her. Like she says when it comes to monsters; “Believing is different than knowing.” The kids can see what the adults cannot. A common theme in monster stories but the reason is always true. Kids don’t care about logic or the fact that something supposedly cannot be...they believe what they see, what they feel, what they know to be true. I need the next issue!

I received this comic free from BOOM! Studios and Netgalley for my honest, unbiased review.
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Wow.

Tynion IV doesn't pull any punches but he knows what he's doing. In Something is Killing the Children, he finds a perfect balance between a morbid, disturbing atmosphere and dramatic writing. Add haunting artwork to the mix, and you get something special.

Loved it.

I attended a signing at my local comic store last fall to celebrate the release of issue #1. I devoured it once I got home. It was great and I was intrigued as to where this was going to go. I wish I had been able to keep up with the series but I'm so grateful to have been granted access to Vol. 1!

Something is Killing the Children takes place in a town called Archer's Peak where children are suddenly going missing. Or turning up dead. The ones who survive have horrific stories to tell that are frankly unbelievable. After all, who wants to believe that monsters are real?
Enter Erica Slaughter. A bad-ass monster slayer who is somehow the only adult who can see them. The inhabitants of the town don't trust her so they view her as the enemy. She does arrive mysteriously and doesn't have the best attitude though so it's not surprising.

I LOVE the artwork - the style and color scheme work perfectly here.
I will say if you like a lot of backstory you may be a bit disappointed. There's very little but I personally enjoyed that. It adds to the mystery, especially when reading horror. It's one of the rare times I don't mind waiting for the story to unravel. I'm excited to learn more about Erica and the organization she works for!

I can definitely see how this can be compared to Stranger Things BUT when my comic store described it they said to picture Buffy the Vampire Slayer (my all-time fave!) as if she were operating out of Derry from IT. Obviously I had no choice but to give it a shot.

Something is Killing the Children is dark, mysterious, gory. I'm dying to know what happens next!

A promising introduction to a new graphic novel series. While I found the illustration style to be right up my alley for horror themed comics, I did feel like there was a lot of substance left out for this to have been the entire first volume. I definitely enjoyed the monster-slaying heroine Erica Slaughter, but I would have liked to have had just a little more clarification on her whole backstory.
This gave off some pretty good Stranger Things vibes, and I am definitely looking forward to the next installment in this series.

Thank you Netgalley and BOOM! Comics for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I enjoyed this one! I don't think it has the 'wow' factor that The Woods had, but it was definitely enjoyable and made the horror lover inside of me happy. The formatting of the ARC was a little off and I think that might have sapped some of the "good" out of the story itself, but it was definitely worth the read.

This was creepy, but maybe not quite for me. I liked The Woods Vol 1 and The Backstagers Vol 1 & 2, so I requested this ARC even though horror isn’t really my jam. There’s nothing that I feel like was wrong, exactly, so I think horror fans would really enjoy this.

There were some pages that I found confusing but I think it was a problem with the ARCs formatting - the panels went across two pages, so I had to realize it and then flip back and forth between them - in a physical spread this wouldn’t be an issue at all, and if this had been on kindle where I could narrow to panel by panel I wouldn’t have noticed.

I would maybe be interested in continuing, though.

BOOM! Studios continue to show me love, giving me this amazing collected volume to read ahead of its UK release in June of this year. It's a blinder of a title and writer James Tynion IV and artist Werther Dell'Edera (and aren't those a couple of names to conjure with?) are instant follows for me on the back of it.

I first saw mention of this title in an SFX review in January, based on issues 1-3. This volume collects issues 1-5 and rounds out the opening mystery for protagonist Erica Slaughter, two-fisted monster killer. Comparisons with Buffy are obvious, but this is a rich world all its own with a much darker heart. The art and the tone are immediately reminiscent of 30 Days of Night, with Dell'Edera's scratchy, grimy art very much in the Ben Templesmith vein. It immediately puts to rest any feeling that we've seen this story before, despite the clear kinship with Stephen King, Joe Hill, Stranger Things and the folk horror trend we're currently enjoying.

Children are being murdered, horrifically, in the town of Archer's Peak, and no one seems to be able to stop it, until Erica Slaughter arrives in town, under orders from a shady, unseen power. Aided, willingly and unwillingly, by survivors, cops and relatives of the missing and dead, she intends to put the killer down. What reads as a simple premise is enriched by realistic characters who all have depth and all make a contribution, and an unfolding background universe that promises to be both weird and wonderful, and morally complicated. The agendas of whoever or whatever commands Erica's actions are far from black and white. Knowing who is on whose side is a challenge. the script - in contrast to the art - is clean but it doesn't lack for twists.

I loved this book, and I'll be keeping up with it.

I enjoyed this. It wasn't anything mind blowing or special, but it certainly didn't disappoint either. The plot is in the title really... something is killing a bunch of children. In comes Erica Slaughter, monster slayer. I really liked her. She definitely has an attitude and some communication issues. But at the same time this brings some humor to the story. She is set up to be an interesting character for sure.

The atmosphere in this is great. We get to see snippets of the killings (including some gore) and there is enough action. But the important characters also get plenty of page time to establish themselves.

 I really like the art, it works very well with the story. It didn't show up all that well on my Kobo, but that isn't the fault of the book. 

Overall, this was an interesting first volume of a series I will keep an eye on for sure.

Besides no explanation and characterization and backstory of the people there, there were a million other things that pissed me off during reading this. It was written in that style that reminded me of The Woods (which I liked), so it felt like reading it again. I irritated me to look at those big eyes of Ms. Slaughter (oh god, really, that name?) and in general, at the most pages, I looked with disgust because there were drawn really bad sometimes. The characters were dry and unnatural, as much as their actions. Although the whole story has its magic and original things here and there and I believe, all will be explained in the next volumes. So I am looking forward to that. Because if not, I will stop - I do not want to look at just ripped bodies and macho girl with depressed eyes who massacres monsters in the woods.
+ reading this digitally was hell with that paneling, but I am really glad to see what I am going to buy before I will actually buy it