Was it revulsion I felt? . Like many before her - none of whom have returned - she's determined to snuff out the horrors within. But could she ever be prepared for what hides within its turrets; . .
Emily Carroll's hair-raising tale, charged with eroticism, won't just make your skin crawl - it will crawl underneath it.
'Drawn solely in black, white and deepest, dankest red, Castle is dipped inthe old magic of fables and the contradictory, shifting logic of dreams.',Seamas O'Reilly,
The Irish Times'Clever, dirty and incredibly scary, it's an announcement of vaulting ambition-and a welcome one.', Sam Thielman,
Guardian, 'The best comics of thedecade' (2019)
Emily Carroll is a writer and artist of numerous short comics, both online and in print, many of which are available to read at her website www.emcarroll.com. Her 2014 book
Through the Woods, a collection of horror comics, won an Eisner Award, Ignatz Award and the British Fantasy Award for Best Comic/Graphic Novel. It was followed by
A Guest in the House in 2023, a
Guardian,
Irish Times and
Prospect Graphic Novel of the Year. Emily lives with her wife Kate and their two dogs in Ontario, Canada.