Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever #2

Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi
Art by John Severin

It's impossible to read this comic and not marvel at the artwork of John Severin.  Sure, he's always been a great artist, but to read this comic and realize that he's still drawing like this at the age of eighty-nine is astounding.

This volume of Witchfinder has been very different from the first.  It has Sir Grey tramping around the American Southwest looking for someone, and he's fallen in with a friendly man who seems only too happy to help him (although we as yet know next to nothing about this man, except that he helps take care of another man who is mentally challenged).

This issue has a witch ministering to an Aboriginal group, and a strange figure taking pot shots at Grey on the prairie.  Most interesting though are the scenes where Grey talks about hunting down a werewolf at the age of twelve.  Grey has often felt like a cipher in his own comics, so it's good that we're getting the chance to learn a little bit more about him and his background.  He's still a difficult character to get a solid hold on, which can be frustrating, but also makes the comic interesting.