Tales of the Mist is a graphic novel of spooky folk tales set in 20th Century Spain, concentrating on topics such as religion and death.

I loved the style of the illustrations and how they perfectly enhanced the creepy atmosphere of the stories. My favourite aspect of this was the fact that the author included notes at the end of each section relaying the origins of each story, helping ground the sometimes paranormal stories in reality

Tales of Mist is a new graphic novel written and drawn by Laura Suárez, filled with short stories handed down to her from her grandmother. The book takes the old folk tales that her grandmother grew up with and presents them as short horror stories, and it works so, so well.

The book has a few short stories in them, each of which seems to deal with various themes of Spanish folktales, tying into fears of the time they came from, and a lot of them connected strongly to the religious nature of the country.

'The Santa Compana' tells the story of a fisher-woman and her cousin, a young woman who was one of the most beautiful women in their village. One day the two of them are walking through the woods together when they see a strange procession of shadowy figures. The narrator runs away, leaving her cousin to face these figures alone. When her cousin returns changed, she has to face the prospect that the ghostly Santa Compana are real.

'The Devil' sees a young man travelling with a local priest to assist a priest with two young women who has been accused of being possessed. This dark story has some really unsettling visuals, particularly when the young women begin whispering things to the man from inside their locked boxes, their words snaking and dripping across the pages.

'The Vidoiro' follows a young man when he begins seeing strange visions and ghostly figures after his grandmother dies. The story unfolds slowly over a number of years, and it keeps you on your toes as you try to figure out what's going on and just what is haunting him.

Thanks to the dark black and white artwork from Suárez the book instantly feels creepy, and she's able to convey a lot of atmosphere in its relatively short number of pages. The stories on their own would certainly be creepy, but with this style of artwork they work in concert to really amp up the feeling of oppression and tension, making the stories shine.

If I have on criticism of the book, however, it's that its too short. We get several stories in this collection, and they're all great, but I found myself reading through the whole thing quite quickly, and was just left feeling like I'd not had enough. This is a good criticism to have of something though, as it's always better to end up wanting more of something than feeling like a books overstayed its welcome.

Fans of horror will really enjoy this book, and its unique look and stories that aren't as well known will definitely make it stand out from other horror graphic novels vying for your attention.

The setting of the graphic novel in a small town in Spain was so atmospheric and interesting to read about. The art style only enhanced the experience.
The story overall was very creepy and paranormal, which I really enjoyed. However I found it a little bit hard to follow along at some points.

'Tales of the Mist' is a graphic novel with multiple stories dealing with death, sickness and other issues in an 1800-1900s Spanish setting.

Most of the stories are also typical superstitious ones that you can typically find in most cultures. Death & religion are common themes running throughout the graphic novel. Some of it might seem to be a bit tripe, but I found that the overall mix worked well.

If there is one thing I would change, it would be the length of some of these stories. A few of them ended abruptly and I would have to liked to spend more time with them.

Wonderful! Laura Suárez makes you feel the creepy vibes, thanks to her illustrations and the way each story is told.
I like the idea of retelling these stories through this format. It's original and it helps the reader to feel closer to the magical lands of Galicia and the characters from each tale.

I loved this graphic novel. I especially enjoyed the cultural references and the author’s notes about the origin of the stories. There were three engrossing, dark tales featuring people who lived in Spain in the 1930s. The art was excellent and was really one of the highlights of this graphic novel. The details in the all black-and-white art seemed to come alive through the telling of these stories. I thought it was quite creepy at some points and would actually categorize this as horror rather than SciFi/Fantasy.

Tales of the Mist is a chilling graphic novel full of death and mystery. Following the perspectives of different characters, the story discusses paranormal legends of spirits and darkness.

This graphic novel was creepy yet enchanting! The illustrations were stunning in a way that left me with goosebumps, and the whole atmosphere was captivating. Because it drew on real-life experiences from the author’s life and family, I was even more interested in figuring out what was going on. I wouldn’t consider this horror, but I definitely got those vibes as I was reading the story!

A huge thank you to NetGalley and Europe Comics for providing a copy of Tales of the Mist. This graphic novel was published on 5/20/2020.

There I was, scrolling through the "read now" section of NetGalley when I saw the cover of "Tales of the Mist" and thought "My god, how beautiful" and went to read the synopsis.

Then I read the words "Spain, 1930, paranormal, death, and told by your grandmother" and thought "my god I need this" and immediately clicked on "read now" and started reading.

And what an amazing book !! I loved everything: the lines, the stories, the drawings, EVERYTHING.

There are four stories of horror, paranormal, strangeness that give a fear and are incredible.

A quick, atmospheric read with unique, haunting, beautiful illustrations. "Tales of the Mist" takes on few legends/tales told by grandmothers to their grandchildren. My only compaint was it felt too short, like some stories were missing.

Remember when you were younger and a grandparent, or other elderly relative, would sit you on their knee and tell you stories. Stories of your family, of your past, of their childhood, of rumours, fears, myths, and legends. These feelings of nostalgia and suspense are evident in this graphic novel. With eerie artwork reminiscent of Tim Burton and equally eerie stories that leave you wondering "did that actually happen...?". All the stories take place in 1930's Spain, focused around Galacian lore; a lore I was not at all familiar with when starting this. The style had me entranced and drew me into reading this one, as well as a love for myths and legends of other worlds. Some of the translation I believe was lost in it's conversion to English, this didn't take away from the stories but caused me, with a curious enough brain, to pause and Google what the words actually meant. I feel that the authour could have possibly provided a small index of words to help familiarize readers with the words AND how they are pronounced. The authour did provide nice bits of insight after each tale which was a nice touch so I could fully digest what the story was getting across and where it's roots were. The book is also categorizes itself as 'sci-fi and fantasy', which, in a sense, fantasy fits but I would consider maybe classifying it as a cultural book with a hint of a thriller.
All in all it was a nice, short read with interesting art and stories, just small things that could have improved the reader experience greatly would be needed!

Fantastic, atmospheric, even a bit creepy this comic book felt original. I love the art. I love the stories. I can't recommend it enough!

This graphic novel reminds me so much of 'Through The Woods' by Emily Carroll which I recently read and loved.

These two graphic novels are similar in terms of the stories told, the illustrations, the small town community, the presentation of the paranormal characters, the artstyle as well as the dialogue deliverance.

I wish the story was more complete and didn't break in between now and then.

Liked the chilly vibes. It does what a horror, gothic book does.

Thank you, authors and the publisher, for the advance reading copy.

Thanks Netgalley for this opportunity to read this graphic novel in exchange of my honest review.

Tales of the mist tell us literally 5 tales that are supposed to have occurrence on Spain in 1930, and this tales might give you nightmares.

I loved that this make us know more about more cultural things and horror stories, and the illustrations on this book were totally amazing, it gave me a lot of thrill just seeing them in black and white only, and this is more interesting as you get into it.

I totally recommend this, this could be one of the great horror stories that I've read about, my favorite story is the Santa campaña I think that's the name of it. But anyways, you got your 5 stars with this book that you could read in less than thirty minutes.

A young adult graphic novel of frightening vignettes set in Spain during the 1930s, Laura Suárez created a haunting atmosphere of gripping horror based on authentic Spanish folklore and legend. Artwork is comprised of black and white panels that establish a ghostly and stark quality, with each story including a description of the folk origin of each tale. Vividly portrayed, this will keep young adults who crave a bit of supernatural without the gore up at night. Highly recommended.

Well, let me remain grateful for a glimpse into the macabre, Galician-style, but let me remain disappointed it came this way. Yes, the sunny climes of northern Spain are not really what you'd expect to be the location for tales of the undead processing across the hills, with the human at the front of them either dead by sunrise or desperate for someone to pass the baton on to, or people assuaging the spirits of the dead to get rid of their own malaise, but that's what happens here, alongside possession and unearthly visions. It's just it's an awkward fashion in which to do it. We see the dramatisation and then the explanation from our creator (an explanation which is certainly needed at times), which kind of guarantees we see things as artificial and not real, however much the full-of-praise foreword from someone else talks of being led by the hand to a realm of fear. But also keeping us from feeling much beyond 'meh' is the brevity here, with it barely taking minutes to read each chapter, and the very style, a clumsy one very much the creator's own, and not to my liking. It comes across as a dreary monochrome, when we all should expect our deathly horrors to be a bit more coloured with reality. Bloodless.

A small village in northern Spain in the 1930s, where light had not yet reached the roads. Timeless legends in which pre-war realism and the paranormal would come face-to-face. A way to make sense of the darkness, death and mist of a demanding land. The tales of the mist are those you were told as a child, time and time again, on rainy afternoons and winter nights. They were told to you by your grandmother, your mother or even a neighbor, so that you would behave. You don't know if you believe them, but they are told in your village, in the neighboring one and in the whole region... so, they must be true, right?
The artwork was really great! The story was interesting too!~