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Previewing Snow Angels Season 2... Jeff Lemire and Jock are back with Season 2 of their hit comic Snow Angels.  What's it all about? Well thankfully we've got the synopsis and an extended preview below... 'Milliken and Mae have never left The Trench—it’s all they’ve ever known. They were born in The Trench, and they’ll die there, just like all their people do. The two girls, eight and eleven, are a part of The Trenchfolk, a sprawling settlement of people living inside the massive ice walls of a vast, seemingly endless frozen trench carved into the surface of an otherwise icy wasteland. The Trenchfolk survive in this hostile world by following The Three Testaments of The Trench—golden rules repeated like a mantra from birth to death… 1. YOU MUST NEVER LEAVE THE TRENCH. 2. THE TRENCH PROVIDES. 3. THE TRENCH IS ENDLESS. Milli and Mae don’t really know how their people came to live here. No one does, not even their wise and gentle Father. On Milliken’s twelfth birth...

Rob reviews Snow Angels #3... Don't shoot me! Yes, I may have missed out on reviewing Snow Angels #2 . No excuses really, I just plainly forgot! I really need to invest in a diary.  Anyway, apologies aside. I'm back with a look at Snow Angels #3 ... Jeff Lemire and Jock's Snow Angels has been a fantastic series so far. While we're only three issues in, it's been a great mystery that's delivering some fantastic tension within its bleak, snow covered world.  The story so far has followed a Father and his two Daughters who survive this harsh world in the embrace of a vast spanning trench. In the opening issue their settlement was attacked by a mysterious character called the Snowman. Issue 2, then picks up with the family struggling to outrun not just the Snowman, but also the other horrors that lurk in the trench. This time around Snow Angels #3 sees Lemire and Jock deal directly with the Snowman whilst opening up more of the mystery of ...