The Sandman Presents: Thessaly - Witch for Hire (2005)

Thessaly - Witch for Hire (2005)

Author: Bill Willingham | Illustrator: Shawn McManus | Page Count: 96

"Anything that exits can be destroyed in some way. It's just a matter of finding the right sprig of mistletoe."

Witch for Hire picks up the story of the last of the Thessalian witches two years after the end of The Thessaliad (2002), a four-issue miniseries that you can also find collected in the Taller Tales (2003) TPB.

If you haven't read the previous adventure, there's some catch-up text at the beginning to get you up to speed.

If you have read it, you'll maybe remember the big unanswered question surrounding the main supporting character. Bill Willingham expands upon that aspect.

Fetch is back, like a bad smell carried by an ill-wind, with a complement of ideas above his station (his station being that he's dead - that's not a spoiler).

He's still lusting after the aeons-old witch, but his courtship methods are far from traditional. Nevertheless, he persists, undeterred by the fact that what they each want from the 'relationship' differs greatly.

The ending could just as easily be seen as another beginning leading into a regular series, but that didn't happen. Maybe the readership had grown tired of Sandman spin-offs, or the writers had? I don't know, but if Dead Boy Detectives can make a comeback, there's hope for Thessaly.

The book collects together all 4 issues of The Sandman Presents: Thessaly - Witch for Hire.