I had just finished reading an article about "In The Pines" (covered by Nirvana), so when I saw this graphic novel later the same day, I had to pick it up.

It's fine. 5 short graphic stories about old, fabled murders. I was hoping there'd be more of a "musical" hook to it, since it's expressly about murder ballads. ( )

These goofy tales are not so much adaptations of murder ballads as they are twisty crime stories in the style of the old EC Comics line that take their cues from the songs' lyrics but often dramatically add to and change the stories contained therein. And not for the better. I was hoping for something a little more true to the source material. ( )