Hopeless, Maine

A strange and melancholy tale of isolation and transformation, Hopeless, Maine is a single-issue comic from Boom! Studios, published in 2013. Set on a remote, fog-shrouded island where the inhabitants are slowly turning into something other than human, the story follows a young girl named Salamander as she navigates a community haunted by its own creeping decay. Though brief, this debut issue established the atmospheric, folk-horror tone that would define the series, making it a distinctive entry in Boom!'s catalog for its quiet, eerie beauty.