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Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.

Andrea Sorrentino is an Italian artist who got his professional start illustrating licensed projects at Wildstorm before its closure in 2010. He's worked for many publications since then, and is the artist on Image Comics' GIDEON FALLS.

Dave Stewart is a multi Eisner Award Winning colorist who has worked for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and Image comics. Some of his award winning works include Hellboy, Star Wars, Human Target, Daredevil, Ultimate X-Men, Captain America, Superman, BPRD, The Goon, Body Bags and Fatale.

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The first book of the Eisner award winning horror series from writer Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Black Hammer) and artist Andrea Sorrentino (Old Man Logan, Joker: Killer Smile) collected in a deluxe edition hardcover!

The lives of a reclusive young man obsessed with a conspiracy in the city's trash and a washed-up Catholic priest arriving in a small town full of dark secrets become intertwined around the mysterious legend of The Black Barn―an otherworldly building alleged to have appeared in both the city and the small town throughout history, bringing death and mad-ness in its wake.

Rural mystery and urban horror collide in this character-driven meditation on obsession, mental illness, and faith from the creators that writer Brian Michael Bendis said “will go down as one of the greatest comic teams of all time!” Also featuring plenty of “extras” including a variant cover gallery from some of comics' best artists, like Cliff Chiang, Jock, Tula Lotay, Skot-tie Young, and many more!

Collects issues #1-16

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The first book of the Eisner award winning horror series from writer Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Black Hammer) and artist Andrea Sorrentino (Old Man Logan, Joker: Killer Smile) collected in a deluxe edition hardcover!

The lives of a reclusive young man obsessed with a conspiracy in the city's trash and a washed-up Catholic priest arriving in a small town full of dark secrets become intertwined around the mysterious legend of The Black Barnan otherworldly building alleged to have appeared in both the city and the small town throughout history, bringing death and mad-ness in its wake.

Rural mystery and urban horror collide in this character-driven meditation on obsession, mental illness, and faith from the creators that writer Brian Michael Bendis said will go down as one of the greatest comic teams of all time! Also featuring plenty of extras including a variant cover gallery from some of comics' best artists, like Cliff Chiang, Jock, Tula Lotay, Skot-tie Young, and many more!

Collects issues #1-16