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FOLKLORE REIMAGINED

FOLKLORE REIMAGINED
The creators of new comic book Hollow take us into their imaginative remix of American folklore classic, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Some stories endure and, as the decades roll by, each generation finds itself reimagining, reinventing, and repurposing that original story to make it anew. That’s what makes a classic a classic: it has staying power and it’s a two-way conversation between the storyteller and the reader. It’s an enchantment, we might say. It’s this kind of process that’s at the heart of the work of the team who have brought Hollow to life on the comic book page.

Due for publication in late September 2022, Hollow will be published by BOOM! Studios and comes from the creative triumvirate of Shannon Watters, Berenice Nelle and Branden Boyer-White. Shannon and Branden (based in the US) are the writers of Hollow, and Berenice (based in Germany) is the project’s illustrator.

The conversation begins with Shannon reflecting on what makes the comicbook medium so distinct and special. “I think comics are a really beautiful, interesting medium because they offer such an intimacy of sequential storytelling,” she observes. “When somebody is sitting down with Hollow, or any

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