\u201cEvery word is an accusation\u2026and every whisper kills.\u201d MORE WEIGHT: A SALEM STORY by Ben Wickey is a staggering graphic novel that explores the infamous Salem witch trials and the long shadows they cast more than 300 years later.<\/p>\n
In Salem, Massachusetts, 1692\u00a0is a year of terror. When accusations of\u00a0witchcraft plunge the community into\u00a0paranoia and death, curmudgeonly farmer\u00a0Giles Corey and his great-souled wife\u00a0Martha are forced to confront their troubled\u00a0pasts, fighting to hold onto their principles\u00a0even at the cost of their lives. In the 1860s,\u00a0famed writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and\u00a0Henry Wadsworth Longfellow stroll the\u00a0streets of Salem together, reflecting on their\u00a0own dark connections to those wicked days.\u00a0Today, graphic novelist Ben Wickey wrestles\u00a0with the complex legacy of \u201cthe Witch City\u201d\u00a0and what it shows us about the best and worst\u00a0of humanity.<\/p>\n
Based on true events, set in three centuries,\u00a0and hand-drawn over a decade,\u00a0More Weight<\/em>\u200b<\/em>is a stunning visual symphony \u2014 a unique and profound inquiry into the infamous Salem witch trials and the long shadows they still cast on us all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n