Echoes is an American five-issue comic book limited series written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and drawn by Rahsan Ekedal.
[1] Published by Top Cow Productions, it tells the story of Brian Cohn, a man with schizophrenia who learns his father may have been a serial killer.
[3] The art in Echoes is completely black and white, which was more affordable for the artists, but also because Failkov felt grayscale was more effective.
The artistic style was inspired by the Warren Publishing horror comic books Creepy and Eerie from the 1960s and 1970s, which both Fialkov and Ekedal enjoyed.
Ekedal said of the artistic style: "A lot of the look developed out of my attempts to visually represent what it means to suffer from a serious mental disorder.
The idea of the dolls made from victims' flesh came from Fialkov's research about voodoo, as well as his own interest in cults and secret societies.
[2] Fialkov described the series as "achingly dark", and said of writing it: "I haven't really done a hard horror book in a long time.
[2] Ekedal said the book's reception far exceeded his expectations, with four Harvey Award nominations and fans asking him about it more than two years after its completion.
Brian investigates the house and discovers a large pile of human bones and a box filled with small dolls made from flesh.