Cradlegrave

Cradlegrave is a horror strip by John Smith and Edmund Bagwell, first published in 2000 AD progs 1633 to 1644 (in 2009) and later published as a trade paperback (pictured). The title is the nickname of the Ravenglade estate in Lancashire, where the story is set. The protagonist is a young man called Shane Holt who returns to the estate after serving eight months for arson in a Young Offenders' Institute (i.e. Borstal). He quickly discovers that something is wrong, very wrong, with his home turf, and the eldritch corruption lurking at the core of the estate won't disappear by being ignored...