The Adventures of Polly and Handgraves: a Sinister Aura ‘Loosely Based on Real Events’ by Brett M. Herholz (with assistance from Rori Shapiro and Peter Simeti) and published by Alternia Comics. It is a seventy four-page product (six of which are adds for other titles) with a few title pages scattered throughout.

The comic is drawn in a style reminiscent of Edward Gorey, which suit the 1920s occult/mystery mood this work is trying to evoke. It also, however, make no attempt to be realistic being highly stylized. Still, a pleasant style and not at all confusing.

The Polly and Handgraves comic takes about 50-pages of this product. It is story is well told even if the ending leaves a little to be desired. A nice blend of mystery and suspense with a touch of the supernatural. I found it quite an enjoyable read.

The author provides a text piece called “The Truth is Stranger than Fiction” which explains the ‘Loosely Based on Real Events’ on the comics cover as well as letting us look into the author process of creating this piece and the characters involved. A nice touch and quite interesting.

Lastly, another short comic “The Austerfield Family Reunion” is included, which is very much in the Edward Gorey vein.

As I am primarily a game product reviewer, I will mention that this work would be good inspiration for a 1920s occult or mystery game. In closing, this is the sort of thing you will like if you like this sort of thing.