Harrow County is an American comic book series that ran from 2015 to 2018. It was created by writer Cullen Bunn and artist Tyler Crook, and published by Dark Horse Comics.
Characters Emmy Crawford An eighteen-year-old young woman and witch, presumed to be the reincarnation of the witch Hester Beck. She has godlike abilities that allow her to reshape reality at will.
Bernice Anderson Emmy's best friend, granddaughter of Riah Anderson, and student of Lovey Belfont. She lives in the Black community of Mason's Hollow. She is the protagonist of the sequel series Tales from Harrow County.
Kammi Emmy's evil twin sister and one of the primary antagonists of the series. She grew up in New York City.
Isaac Crawford Emmy's adoptive father. He was created by Hester and was one of the townsfolk that murdered her.
Lady Lovey Belfont An old woman that has spent her life capturing the servants of Hester Beck. She lives alone in Mason's Hollow, where she is shunned by her community for being a witch. She teaches hedge magic to Bernice and tasks her with protecting Harrow County.
Haints The Skinless Boy / The Tattered Skin Emmy's mute familiar. He was summoned from the nightmares of a child. Emmy carries his skin around in her satchel and he whispers secrets to her.
Priscilla A goblin that befriends Emmy.
The Family Malachi The head of the Family in the old days, until he became the Abandoned and settled in Harrow County.
Hester Beck The primary antagonist of the series. She was a god-like witch who was killed by her own creations. Of all of Malachi's children, she was the youngest and his favorite.
Amaryllis A kindly old woman and the most powerful in the family. Like Hester, she was capable of bending all of reality to her will. Hester murdered and cannibalized her to gain her powers.
Odessa The head of the family after Malachi leaves. She has a connection to the woods and their animals.
Levi A psychopomp. He guides the dead to the afterlife. When Malachi was the head of the family, Levi would try to find ways to undermine him.
Other Family members include Mildred, Willa, Kaine, Corbin, and Old Buck.
Publication history Harrow County Harrow County began as a serialized prose story called Countless Haints, written by Cullen Bunn and released on his website.Carroll, Tobias (May 26, 2016), "Death Follows Scribe Cullen Bunn on Crafting Horror Comics and ... ," Paste Magazine (accessed June 9, 2016) Countless Haints ran for ten chapters before it was retired. Later the story was repurposed as an ongoing comic with artist and co-creator Tyler Crook. The main character Madrigal was renamed Emmy, the time period was shifted from present day to the 1930s, and the location was changed from Ahmen's Landing to Harrow County.
When Bunn began working on the series, he wrote the first two arcs so that they told a fairly complete story, though he hoped Harrow County would be popular enough to become an ongoing series. Crook chose to do the book in watercolors to get away from the computer and to make the project more fun for himself. As part of the promotional material for the comic, he created a special ordering form and made process videos showcasing his watercolors. He even wrote music for the first two arcs.
During Harrow County’s run, Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook regularly shared their process in a column called The Harrow County Observer, Tyler Crook's YouTube channel, and in the extensive sketchbook sections of the trade paperback collections.
Harrow County issuesStory arcIssueRelease dateStoryArtExtrasCountlessHaints#1May 13, 2015Second Printing:June 17, 2015Halloween ComicFest:October 29, 2016Cullen BunnART: Tyler CrookCOVER: Tyler CrookJason Latour (HeroesCon variant)Jeff Lemire (Four Color Grails variant)Tyler Crook (Second printing)Tyler Crook (Halloween ComicFest)Tales of Harrow County: Baptism Let's Talk About the Tree (essay)#2June 10, 2015Tyler CrookTales of Harrow County: What was Lost Let's Talk About Ghosts (essay) Pinup by Joëlle Jones#3July 8, 2015Tales of Harrow County: All Hallows' Eve Sleeping with Water Moccasins (essay) Pinup by Shane White#4August 12, 2015Let's Talk About the Farmhouse (essay)TwiceTold#5September 9, 2015Cullen BunnTyler CrookTales of Harrow County: The Bat House El Guapo, Ghost of Tower Plaza (essay) Pinup by Cat Farris#6October 14, 2015Tales of Harrow County: The Hunter Letters column Pinup by JOK#7November 11, 2015Tales of Harrow County: Daughters Letters column Pinup by Bryan Fyffe#8December 9, 2015Tales of Harrow County: Mold Letters columnSnakeDoctor#9February 10, 2016Cullen BunnART: Carla Speed McNeilCOLORS: Jenn Manley LeeLETTERING & COVER: Tyler CrookTales of Harrow County: Friends#10March 9, 2016Cullen BunnTyler CrookTales of Harrow County: The Butcher#11April 13, 2016Tales of Harrow County: Haint Train Fear and Love of the Devil Himself (essay) Letters column#12May 11, 2016Cullen BunnART: Hannah LavenderCOVER: Tyler CrookTales of Harrow County: The HollerFamilyTree#13June 8, 2016Cullen BunnTyler CrookTales of Harrow County: The Butler (Part 1) Letters column#14July 13, 2016Tales of Harrow County: The Butler (Part 2) Letters column#15August 10, 2016Tales of Harrow County: The Butler (Part 3) Letters column#16September 14, 2016Tales of Harrow County: The Butler (Part 4) Letters columnAbandoned#17October 19, 2016Cullen BunnART: Carla Speed McNeilCOLORS: Jenn Manley LeeLETTERING & COVERS: Tyler CrookTales of Harrow County: The Tithe Letters column#18November 23, 2016Tales of Harrow County: Priscilla (Part 1) Letters column#19December 28, 2016Cullen BunnTyler CrookTales of Harrow County: Priscilla (Part 2) Letters column#20January 25, 2017Tales of Harrow County: Priscilla (Part 3) Letters columnHedgeMagic#21March 8, 2017Cullen BunnTyler CrookTales of Harrow County: Priscilla (Part 4)#22April 12, 2017Tales of Harrow County: Worship Music#23May 10, 2017Tales of Harrow County: The Possum Lady#24June 14, 2017The Devil's Hoof Prints (essay)Dark TimesA’Coming#25September 13, 2017Cullen BunnTyler CrookGranddad's Rocking Chair (essay)#26October 11, 2017Tales of Harrow County: Exterminator#27November 8, 2017Tales of Harrow County: Combine#28December 13, 2017Tales of Harrow County: The RadioDoneComeBack#29March 21, 2018Cullen BunnTyler CrookTales of Harrow County: Henry Church Camp, Broken Pinky-Toe, and Floating Coffins (essay)#30April 25, 2018Tales of Harrow County: Scripture#31May 30, 2018—#32June 27, 2018
Tales of Harrow County Most issues of Harrow County include Tales of Harrow County backup stories. This extra material is only collected in the hardcover library editions. The one-page story "Lovelorn" (story by Cullen Bunn, art by Tyler Crook) was accidentally left out of Harrow County #31, so Dark Horse Comics debuted it as a free online comic.
Tales of Harrow County short storiesTitleStoryArtColorsAppeared inBaptismCullen BunnOwen GieniHarrow County #1What was LostHarrow County #2All Hallows' EveHarrow County #3The Bat HouseTyler CrookMa'at CrookHarrow County #5The HunterHarrow County #6DaughtersTyler CrookCat FarrisHarrow County #7MoldSimon RoyHarrow County #8FriendsJessica MahonHarrow County #9The ButcherDavid RubínHarrow County #10Haint TrainKate LethHarrow County #11The HollerKel McDonaldHarrow County #12The ButlerBrian HurttMatt KindtHarrow County #13–16The TitheCullen BunnOwen GieniHarrow County #17PriscillaTyler CrookAud KochHarrow County #18–21Worship MusicChris SchweizerHarrow County #22The Possum LadyHarrow County #23ExterminatorTyler CrookAlise GluškovaHarrow County #26CombineHarrow County #27The RadioRhiannon Rasmussen-SilversteinChristianne GoudreauHarrow County #28HenryTyler CrookHarrow County #29ScriptureTyler CrookCat FarrisHarrow County #30LovelornCullen BunnTyler CrookDark Horse blog
Tales from Harrow County On September 10, 2019, Dark Horse Comics announced the spinoff series Tales from Harrow County (not to be confused with the Tales of Harrow County short stories). The series was initially announced as a way to tell stories with different main characters from many different time periods of Harrow County. Misfit City artist Naomi Franquiz drew the first miniseries, Death's Choir, with Bernice as the protagonist. Emily Schnall later joined the Tales from Harrow County team for the second arc.
Tales from Harrow County issuesStory arcIssueRelease dateStoryArtDeath'sChoir#1December 18, 2019Cullen BunnNaomi FranquizLETTERING: Tyler CrookCOVERS: Naomi FranquizTyler Crook (variants)#2January 15, 2020#3February 12, 2020#4March 11, 2020Fair Folk#1July 21, 2021Cullen BunnEmily SchnallLETTERING: Tyler CrookCOVERS: Emily SchnallTyler Crook (variants)#2August 18, 2021#3September 22, 2021#4October 20, 2021Lost Ones#1May 11, 2022Cullen BunnEmily SchnallLETTERING: Tyler CrookCOVERS: Emily SchnallTyler Crook (variants)#2June 15, 2022#3July 13, 2022#4August 17, 2022
Trade paperbacks The trade paperback collections of Harrow County generally come out around four to five months after the final issue of the arc being collected.
Trade paperbacksSeriesVolumeTitleRelease dateMaterial collectedExtrasISBNHarrow County1Countless HaintsDecember 2, 2015Harrow County #1–4 24-page sketchbook The original Countless Haints prose story from Cullen Bunn's blog2Twice ToldApril 13, 2016Harrow County #5–8 17-page sketchbook3Snake DoctorSeptember 14, 2016Harrow County #9–12 35-page sketchbook4Family TreeJanuary 25, 2017Harrow County #13–16 9-page sketchbook Issue #15 script and layouts5AbandonedMay 24, 2017Harrow County #17–20 18-page sketchbook6Hedge MagicOctober 11, 2017Harrow County #21–24 6-page sketchbook 8-page bestiary7Dark Times A’ComingMarch 21, 2018Harrow County #25–28 5-page sketchbook8Done Come BackOctober 3, 2018Harrow County #29–32 Afterword by Cullen Bunn and Tyler CrookTales fromHarrow County1Death's ChoirJuly 8, 2020Tales from Harrow County: Death's Choir #1–47-page sketchbook Cover gallery2Fair FolkMarch 23, 2022Tales from Harrow County: Fair Folk #1–47-page sketchbook Cover gallery3Lost OnesJanuary 4, 2023Tales from Harrow County: Lost Ones #1–48-page sketchbook Cover gallery
Library editions After Harrow County finished, Dark Horse Comics announced that the series would be recollected in library editions. These hardcover volumes print the comics at a larger size and collect all the special features from both the original issues and the trade paperback collections.
Hardcover library editionsTitleRelease dateMaterial collectedExtrasISBNHarrow CountyVolume OneNovember 14, 2018Harrow County #1–8Countless Haints special features Twice Told special features Tales of Harrow County Baptism What was Lost All Hallows' Eve The Bat House The Hunter Daughters Mold Essays: Let's Talk About the Tree Let's Talk About Ghosts Sleeping with Water Moccasins Let's Talk About the Farmhouse El Guapo, Ghost of Tower PlazaHarrow CountyVolume TwoMarch 20, 2019Harrow County #9–16Illustrated introduction by Chris Schweizer Snake Doctor special features Family Tree special features Tales of Harrow County Friends Haint Train The Holler The Butler The Butcher Essays: Fear and Love of the Devil HimselfHarrow CountyVolume ThreeJuly 24, 2019Harrow County #17–24Illustrated introduction by Chris Schweizer Abandoned special features Hedge Magic special features Tales of Harrow County The Tithe Priscilla Worship Music The Possum Lady Essays: The Devil's Hoof Prints New sketchbook materialHarrow CountyVolume FourOctober 23, 2019Harrow County #25–32Illustrated introduction by Chris Schweizer Dark Times A’Coming special features Done Come Back special features Tales of Harrow County Exterminator Combine The Radio Henry Scripture Lovelorn Essays: Granddad's Rocking Chair Church Camp, Broken Pinky-Toe, and Floating CoffinsTales from Harrow CountyVolume OneOctober 5, 2022Tales from Harrow County:Death's Choir #1–4 Tales from Harrow County:Fair Folk #1–4Death's Choir special features Fair Folk special features
Omnibus editions