Jeff Lemire’s Essex County gets its first trailer

Jeff Lemire‘s Essex County is finally coming to television. The collection of short stories was published in 2008 and was one of the projects that put Lemire on the map.

The series follows a young boy who is forced to live with his unclues after his mother’s death.

Essex County was published by Top Shelf Productions in 2008 and Lemire went on to win a Harvey Award for “Best New Talent” that year.

The show will be released on Canada’s Gem streaming service from the CBC on March 19th and Lemire has stated that international and US details will be coming!