SCHOOL BUS GRAVEYARD

Ashlyn Banner would prefer to be left alone, but newcomer Aiden Clark pesters her relentlessly. They’re stuck doing a semesterlong project together, and Aiden also pressures Ashlyn to join an optional field trip to Savannah, Georgia, where they, along with a few classmates, tour a house that’s rumored to be haunted. Ashlyn at first tells herself she’s having visual and auditory hallucinations, but she discovers that the others perceive the same inexplicable phenomena she does. The teens realize that far from being a prank for a reaction video, the terrors they experience show up in the real world. Ashlyn’s sensitive hearing—she wears earplugs to muffle sounds—allows her to sense the presence of phantoms before the others. Eager to restore balance to their waking lives, the teens, who largely present white (other than twins who are cued Latine), gather data and make plans. This print edition of entries from a WEBTOON comic features anime-inspired art with bold lines and movement, but the characters are rendered with seemingly random inconsistencies and ambiguities and some backgrounds feel unfinished. The character development is light, and Aiden’s borderline stalker-ish behavior is never addressed. The creepy phantoms and high action offer horror fans a fast-paced adventure. Future installments may flesh out some of the scattered plot elements.