A review by tomhill
The Cursed Hermit by Kris Bertin

4.0

I liked this second volume even better than the first. I'm excited to see that there are three more Hobtown Mystery Stories planned, and I hope that those end up being a reality. The Cursed Hermit gets dinged a little for its lack of any truly deep character development, but when it comes to originality, atmosphere, and just plain weirdness, it can't be beat. I liked that this story focused almost entirely on Pauline, who was definitely my favorite character from The Case of the Missing Men. I love surreal comics, and this one has a foot in reality too and in juvenile mystery series and cartoons of the past. It's set in 1996, but might as well be 1966. Very cool.