I followed this webcomic from its early days and loved it--the beautiful art (of course), the characters and their designs, the worldbuilding, and (also of course) the way small incidents early on tied into bigger reveals later. I also adored the final "punchline"--the fact that the whole story seemed to have been worked backwards from one idea: who is the grim reaper, and what made them what they are? (Obviously I can't really know whether this was the author's starting point, but I liked the feeling of arriving at a single destination at the end of a long journey.)

I reread it in 2020 and was struck by how the villagers in Esk had to cover their mouths outdoors--2020 being, of course, the year of the coronavirus pandemic.

The last time I checked, the author/illustrator had not published the entire run in print, but if she ever gets around to it, I would love to buy the entire series to have on my shelf. ( )

Well, this was an unexpected pleasure to read! ( )