{"product_id":"more-weight-a-salem-story-9781603095600","title":"More Weight: A Salem Story","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Every word is an accusation...and every whisper kills.\" This staggering graphic novel explores the infamous Salem witch trials and the long shadows they cast more than 300 years later.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Salem, Massachusetts, 1692 is a year of terror. When accusations of witchcraft plunge the community into paranoia and death, curmudgeonly farmer Giles Corey and his great-souled wife Martha are forced to confront their troubled pasts, fighting to hold onto their principles even at the cost of their lives. In the 1860s, famed writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow stroll the streets of Salem together, reflecting on their own dark connections to those wicked days. Today, graphic novelist Ben Wickey wrestles with the complex legacy of \"the Witch City\" and what it shows us about the best and worst of humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on true events, set in three centuries, and hand-drawn over a decade, \u003ci\u003eMore Weight\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning visual symphony -- a unique and profound inquiry into the infamous Salem witch trials and the long shadows they still cast on us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Wickey\u003c\/b\u003e is a Massachusetts-born artist, writer, and animator who graduated from the California Institute of the Arts. He is one of the contributing illustrators of Alan Moore and Steve Moore's \u003ci\u003eThe Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, the illustrator of Ki Longfellow's \u003ci\u003eThe Illustrated Vivian Stanshall\u003c\/i\u003e, and the director of several stop-motion animated short films, including the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Seven Gables\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2025, after a decade of development, he made his solo graphic novel debut with \u003ci\u003eMore Weight: A Salem Story\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in California with his beloved wife and cats.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Top Shelf Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51615672369426,"sku":"9781603095600","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_906ee749-cdb4-4fa2-a672-5f982c372dbb.jpg?v=1758106270","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/more-weight-a-salem-story-9781603095600","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}