Harrow County (series)

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***Harrow County*** is an American comic book series that ran from May 2015 to June 2018. It was created by writer Cullen Bunn and artist Tyler Crook, and published by Dark Horse Comics.

## Publication history

### *Countless Haints*

*Harrow County* initially began as serialized prose story called *Countless Haints* on Cullen Bunn's blog. Only nine chapters were completed, approximately covering the story from *Harrow County* #1 to page fifteen of *Harrow County* #3. In this version of the story, Emmy is called Madrigal (Madi for short), the town is called Ahmen's Landing, and the time period is not the 1930s but rather something close to modern day. Bernice, who is such a major character in *Harrow County*, did not exist in *Countless Haints*.

Though it was a story Bunn wanted to tell, he felt like the serialized format on his blog wasn't the right fit for it and set the story aside to return to it later. The original prose story is included in the special features of the *Harrow County – Volume 1: Countless Haints* collection and the *Harrow County – Volume 1* library edition.

### Development as a comic

Editor Daniel Chabon had worked as an assistant editor on Mike Mignola's Hellboy Universe with Tyler Crook, and when he transitioned to editing his own titles, he pitched the idea of Crook working on a creator-owned book. Chabon was also a fan of Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's *The Sixth Gun*, which Crook had also worked on, and so Chabon suggested Crook contact Bunn and see if he was interested on collaborating again. Bunn floated a few ideas and the one that clicked with Crook was *Countless Haints*—he particularly responded to the woods setting which was something he was excited about portraying in watercolor. The biggest change from the original idea was setting it in the 1930s.

*Harrow County* was announced for San Diego Comic-Con 2014 with a release planned for April the following year. Bunn wrote the series so that the first two arcs could stand alone and feel satisfying in case the series was canceled, but he always planned for the series to run thirty-two issues.

*Harrow County* #1 unused cover from CBR's announcement*Harrow County* sample page drawn for Bunn and Crook's original pitch
## Story arcs

1. *Countless Haints* (#1–4)
2. *Twice Told* (#5–8)
3. *Snake Doctor*
	* *Harrow County* #9
	* *Harrow County* #10–11
	* *Harrow County* #12
4. *Family Tree* (#13–16)
5. *Abandoned*
	* *Harrow County* #17–18
	* *Harrow County* #19–20
6. *Hedge Magic* (#21–24)
7. *Dark Times A'Coming* (#25–28)
8. *Done Come Back* (#29–32)

## Trivia

* While we know the series as *Harrow County* now, there were several other titles in consideration including:
	+ *Dare County*
	+ *Hyde County*
	+ *The Dare County Apparition*
	+ *In the Woods*
	+ *The Ballad of Emmy Crawford*
	+ *The Black*
	+ *Apparition*
	+ *Shadow of Evil*

## Foreign Editions

### French

*Harrow County* has been published in France by Glénat, though it appears they have stopped at the third volume.

 *Harrow County – Tome 2:Bis repetita* |  | November 2, 2016
 *Harrow County – Tome 3:Charmeuse de serpents* |  | June 7, 2017

### Polish

*Harrow County* has been published in Poland by Mucha Comics with translations by Tomasz Sidorkiewicz.

### Portuguese

*Harrow County* has been published in Portugal by G. Floy Studio.

### German

*Harrow County* has been published in Germany by Skinless Crow with translations by Katrin Aust.

## References

1. ↑ *Death Follows* Scribe Cullen Bunn on Crafting Horror Comics and Soul-Gnawing Dread
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 SDCC EXCLUSIVE: Bunn Takes a Backwoods Horror Journey to *Harrow County*
3. ↑ Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook talk *Harrow County*
4. ↑ Cullen Bunn Talks *Harrow County* and Exclusive Time-lapse Process Video
5. ↑ The Harrow County Observer: *Done Come Back* (Part IV)
6. ↑ *Harrow County – Tome 1*
7. ↑ *Harrow County – Tome 2*
8. ↑ *Harrow County – Tome 3*
9. ↑ *Harrow County – Tom 1*
10. ↑ *Harrow County – Tom 2*
11. ↑ *Harrow County – Tom 3*
12. ↑ *Harrow County – Tom 4*
13. ↑ *Harrow County – Tom 5*
14. ↑ *Harrow County – Tom 6*
15. ↑ *Harrow County – Tom 7*
16. ↑ *Harrow County – Tom 8*
17. ↑ *Harrow County volume 1*
18. ↑ *Harrow County volume 2*
19. ↑ *Harrow County volume 3*
20. ↑ *Harrow County volume 4*
21. ↑ *Harrow County volume 5*
22. ↑ *Harrow County volume 6*
23. ↑ *Harrow County volume 7*
24. ↑ *Harrow County volume 8*
25. ↑ *Harrow County 1*