The lands between the coasts are vast, slow to change, and full of hidden magics. Mistakes have been made, and in this NEW ONGOING SERIES, an unwitting adventurer searches for answers to quell a coming storm that knows his name. From author SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, Deadpool) and artist JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Feathers, Big Trouble in Little China: Old Man Jack) comes the tale of Abel, a young boy who must navigate an old land in order to reconcile his family's history.

Stowaways! As Abel and Fox tumble out of Farmington they must quickly land on their feet. The protections of home are gone and they find themselves in a hungry, wild new world.

Abel and Fox learn that there may be someone who can help the boy's worsening condition. But the road to reach her is long and unpredictable—and not everyone they run into along the way is anxious to let them pass.

Abel and the fox have wandered into a small-town carnival where they should be able to find the healer they seek. While they search, Fox teaches Abel that survival sometimes means bending the rules a bit.

Care and compassion are not concepts that Abel has previously associated with his action’s repercussions but Magdalena’s carnival is nothing if not unpredictable.

A messenger arrives with news of the storm brewing in Abel and Fox’s wake. Maggie’s carnival has changed its schedule to stay ahead of the tempest as Abel’s debt is paid and he’s offered the chance to choose his future.

Just as the chance for a new life was starting to come together, Abel spirals out of control again and his adoptive family gets caught in the storm.

Maggie’s band of nomads try to pick themselves up after a break in the storm. Meanwhile, Abel and the fox discover the forest they’ve been wandering in has been watching.

A despondent Abel, carrying the weight of what he’s learned in the Winter Woods, angrily parts ways his companion. Fearing for the boy’s safety in the run-down Rust Belt city they wandered into, Fox returns just in time to find Abel snatched and in a heap of trouble!

When a violent storm levels his sleepy Middlewest town, Abel and his childhood companion, Fox, must hastily flee into a world of mystical carnies and soothsayer hobos, bridge trolls and wilderness spirits, endless forests and forgotten children. SKOTTIE YOUNG (Strange Academy, I HATE FAIRYLAND) and JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Feathers), with colorist JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU and letterer NATE PIEKOS, collect the complete Eisner Award-nominated tale of Abel, a boy who must navigate a strange and mysterious land in order to discover who he can become. Collects MIDDLEWEST #1-18, with exclusive bonus features!

Depuis le départ de sa mère, Abel est élevé d’une main de fer par un père rongé par le chagrin. Un mot, un geste, un affrontement de trop, qui laissera dans le coeur d’Abel des séquelles profondes et, sur son torse, une marque indélébile. Accompagné de son ami le plus fidèle, un « Jiminy Cricket » aux allures de renard, le jeune garçon choisit de fuir pour mieux se reconstruire loin de la violence paternelle. Un périple à travers un pays fantastique marqué par l’enchaînement de rencontres imprévues, au cours duquel Abel devra se poser les bonnes questions s’il veut surmonter ses erreurs passées et se réconcilier avec son histoire de famille.

Abel's journey to deal with his family legacy continues as a newfound sense of stability slips through his fingers. Writer Skottie Young (I Hate Fairyland, Deadpool) and artist Jorge Corona (No. 1 With a Bullet, Feathers) take Abel to some places both familiar and inevitable, others wild and new. The journey across Middlewest has shown these travelers that their homeland has more hidden away than they could have ever thought. Collects Middlewest #7-12.