This is another book written by Matthew Sturges. However, I think, without the influence of Bill Willingham . . the story flows a little smoother. We're up to issue #4 now and so far this series isn't much like the old one. First of all, I don't think we've even seen Cain or Able yet. But, there is the required story of murder and mayhem that's added in to the middle of the book, much in the same way it was in the old title. And this title focus' more on the actual house . . the House of Mystery. In the old series we saw the house, and occasionally visited it, but it wasn't ever, as I recall, the focus of the story or an entire story-arc. Which is also how this book varies. In the old series each book was pretty much a self-contained entity. Really, the only thing tying the book together from issue to issue was Cain and Able. So anyways, with this series we do actually have a cast of characters. I don't know that we've met them all yet, but the main ones are Fig, Cress and the bartender, Poet. There's a couple of others, but we haven't gotten to much in to their stories yet. So far with this first story-arc we seem to be focusing mainly on Fig. Somehow, she's intimately connected with this house. She can feel what the house feels, and . . she can talk to it. Which to the people that live and visit here . . . it's even a little weird to them. My only question is, there seems to be a steady flow of characters that come through this house . . . where are they all coming from? In the first or second issue they talked about it a little bit, but the explanation was a bit hazy to me. Anyways, I think it's a neat series. Luca Rossi does the art for the framing story. I like his style. He's got some major talent and potential. He's not quite there yet, but . . I think he will be soon. Then we get all kinds of different artists for the middle story. Hopefully in the next couple of issues we'll find out just what Fig's secret is.
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