A while back, I saw the ad for issue 1 of a comic called Evenfall in Previews. I ordered it, then never managed to read it or pick up any subsequent issues, as I moved right after and then stopped by single issues of things.
At the San Diego Comic Con this year, I was wandering through the small press region of the Exhibit Hall when I saw Evenfall sitting on the table in front of its creator, Pete Stathis. He had volume II for sale, and despite never having actually read volume I, I decided to follow through on my initial instinct and pick it up. I'm glad I did, too.
Evenfall volume II (subtitled Soul to Keep) follows the continuing story of Phoebe Shankar, who finds herself more or less dead at the bottom of a deep canyon. She steps out of her body and into a story that very much reminded me of "The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath," but with less abject creepiness and a lot more heart. Stathis takes a concept that can be cheesy -- person transported to another world -- and makes it work quite well. His storytelling is across-the-board sound, and his art is very good as well.
I'm going to go back and buy the first trade now, too. It's available from Amazon or directly from his website. I'm also looking forward to volume III, which will be the last in the series (so no indefinite milking of the story until it collapses after being stretched too thin). I spoke with Pete at the con. When I mentioned that I've stopped buying single issues, he said that he stopped making single issues, and he agreed that a trade is just a nicer format to work with as a reader. I imagine it also frees his storytelling up some, since things no longer have to fit into 22-page increments.
Also, if you like the Stathis visual style, you can have him make a custom comic for you, featuring you, your friends, your family, or whomever.
I don't know what initially caught my eye about it, but Evenfall volume II was definitely a good "gamble" of ten bucks.