Title: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: The Crucible Volume 1
Author: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Artist: Robert Hack
Genre: Horror / Drama / Romance / Witches / Family
Year Published: 2016
Year Read: 10/31/2018
Publisher: Archie Comics
Series: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1
Source: Purchased
Content Rating: Ages 15+ (Scary Content and Some Language)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
Introduction:
After reading “Afterlife with Archie,” I was
definitely looking forward to reading “Chilling
Adventures of Sabrina” and see how this compares to the “Afterlife with Archie” series. I also
wanted to read this graphic novel because I wanted to read it before I watch
the new Netflix series “Chilling
Adventures of Sabrina!” Written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the same writer
of the “Afterlife with Archie”
series, along with artwork by Robert
Hack, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Volume One: The Crucible” is
definitely worth the read!
What is this story
about?
Sabrina Spellman is not your average teenage girl. She is actually a half witch (her father was
a warlock who married a mortal woman). According
to her aunts Zelda and Hilda, Sabrina has to be baptized on her sixteenth
birthday in order to become one of the Devil’s handmaidens. But, there are a couple of things that will
complicate Sabrina’s demonic ceremony.
One of them is her love for a mortal teenage boy named Harvey Kinkle, as
she cannot tell him that she is really a witch and that she will be celebrating
a forbidden ceremony for witches. Another one is that an enemy named Madam
Satan is going after Sabrina and is doing everything in her power to make
Sabrina’s life miserable, due to Sabrina’s father choosing a mortal woman over
her. With her sixteenth birthday fast
approaching, Sabrina must decide about what she really wants in her life and
what she is willing to sacrifice to get the life she really wants.
What I loved about
this story:
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s writing:
Wow!
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has
done it again with his stellar writing on the darker retellings of the characters
from the Archie Comics! When it comes to
darker retellings of the characters from the Archie Comics, I believe that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is probably the
best suited at writing these characters due to making the characters so
intriguing! I am also usually shocked at
how dark Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa can
make these characters as I would not believe that these characters from the
Archie Comics would do such heinous crimes, if it was not for the fact that
these are darker retellings of the characters.
I also really liked the dark and mysterious atmosphere of this story as the
witches are shown in a much more menacing and frightening light here than with
what you would see in the regular “Sabrina
the Teenage Witch” series. The fact
that Satan is the being that the witches worship makes this story even darker
in tone. I also liked the way that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa made the story
extremely emotional, especially for Sabrina since I really wanted to see
Sabrina and Harvey stay together through all the terrifying events going on in
this volume.
Robert Hack’s artwork: Robert
Hack’s artwork was just so gorgeous and frightening to look at! I loved the way that Robert Hack made all the characters look extremely realistic,
especially with their facial expressions.
I also loved how detailed the images can be during scenes of horror and
violence and I found myself cringing a bit at some of the artwork because of
how realistic they looked.
What made me feel
uncomfortable about this story:
For anyone who does not like scary content, this volume has
a surprising number of terrifying moments such as a witch ripping off the face
off a person or a satanic ritual with the witches.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Volume One: The Crucible”
is a
truly fantastic graphic novel that manages to make a darker retelling of “Sabrina
the Teenage Witch” worth the read!
AWESOME review! I loved this comic! The artwork was so intense!!
ReplyDeleteAgree!
DeleteI am a huge scaredy cat so this probably isn't for me. I'm glad you enjoyed it though!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing,
~Brittany @ Brittany's Book Rambles
Thanks!
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