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Elk’s Run centers on Elk’s Ridge, a town founded by Vietnam veterans that was envisioned as a Rockwellian utopia. When the residents grow restless and a fatal accident leads to mob justice, the community’s hidden evils surface. The graphic novel delivers a lyrically compelling narrative in stark, visceral artwork that underscores the unsettling reality of the town’s unraveling.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Fiction
Authors: Joshua Hale Fialkov
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