Does anyone else read horror comics. I'm a late bloomer I didn't really start buying graphic novels until six months ago. Now i'm hooked on comics like Walking dead, and Hack slash. Right now i'm limited to my purchases because I really don't know crap about comics so any input on some good graphic novels would be much appreciated.

I could not say enough good things about walking dead. If you want a comic though that has horror characters I would check out The Goon, by Eric Powell. Turning around and looking at myself I see.
Lost Squad- World War two/light hearted horror.
The Ballad of Sleeping Beauty - Western Horro
And on I found and love A Small Killing By Alan Moore

I definitely want to build up a horror collection. Horror is my favorite genre in movies so I see no reason for it not to be my favorite in comics. I'm sure there's a lot more awesome comics compared to movies.

I'll have to check out the titles you mentioned. Thanks.

I hate horror movies, but I love horror comics! Lots of times, it seems like horror movies are more preoccupied with startling you (different than scaring you), grossing you out, and having girls run covered more by blood than clothing, than actually telling a scary story.
With comics, since there's no cinematic music or people jumping out at you, the horror comes from the story.
Uzumaki is my favorite horror comic.

bah, get off that new shit lol.

go look up the old EC comics, then we'll talk about horror comics.

you need to go back 50 years and check out horror comics from then....
eerie tales of horror and suspense
horror comics
the vault of horror
tales from the crypt
tales from the tomb
weird science
tales too terrible to tell

these are just the more popular ones from that era, but there are TONS and they all have really great and creepy stories.

The Goon is great, I'm not sure I'd call it horror though. It has zombies but there's nothing scary about the comic. Hellboy is more of a horror comic than Goon and I wouldn't call Hellboy a horror comic either.

Walking Dead would definitely be horror, and I enjoyed it up until book 8 or so. Something about the whole turned me right off it. Plus

I would say for those two reasons you mention Walking dead is a great comic.

I read the first two of those. To be honest it made me a little nervous around spirals for a time. =P

Is friggin' awesome! I was so sure that everyone forgot about that one too.
Also check out Black Hole by Charles Burns, Nightmares and Fairytales by Serena Valentino. Concrete by Paul Chadwick has some great horror stories in the back as well.

Oh man. I loooooooove EC comics!

Concrete by Paul Chadwick has some great horror stories in the back as well.
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I'll second that, Concrete is art. For lack of a better word. I only have the first volume so far but it is remarkable. Not to mention unnerving, glad someone else mention it, I debated but figured it wasn't horror enough.

Walking dead is horror? Its one of my favorite comics, the fact that kirkman isn't afraid to cut off his main characters arm and make him nearly insane is just so admirable.( Most comics carry their mains as some sort of perfect messiah with only slight personality problem or a stupid 'dark past'

I would suggest you pick it up again skool, those chapters were kinda weak but it goes way uphill afterwards.

I've been thinking about it (there's only one more book out, I don't do issues) but I dunno how interested I would be after the rather drastic changes in the previous book.

lets be careful not to spoil walking dead guys

NickGuy, i think we're the only ones here who give a crap about classic horror comics.

I do like horror comics. (not as scary as the live action movies.)

Does Berserk count as Horror? I have seen it listed as horror fantasy.

Also Elfin Lied and Gantz.

Also the webcomics Last Blood and The Zombie Hunters are good.

Megan Rose does too, if you scroll up a little ^_^


Oh,oh, and me too! *waves hands* Hooray for Kurtzman and Feldstein!
If I had the big bucks to lay down for the collections, I would...for now comic store trips only get me the latest issue of Deadpool (not horror, I know!) so I can complain about how much the writer doesn't know how the hell to write for the character at all. I've also been meaning (by that I mean "too broke" ) to pick up more on the ultimate cheesiness of the Army of Darkness line, "Ash versus Guest Monster" but so far the writers have been too timid and not ventured beyond things that already happened the same way in the movies. (plus I have favoritism for Nick Bradshaw's art and am disappointed when he's not the artist for an issue)

I think I'd get into more "modern" horror comics if i liked more of the art, I feel like I'm the only person sometimes that doesn't like the "30 days of night" scratchy style art at all (I tried checking out the Silent Hill GN and couldn't stand it, particularly also because the atmosphere in the writing was completely off, more like they tacked on the name because they knew people would by it based on that alone) and I'm getting a little weary of the "one person versus zombie horrrrrde!" style stories (well, yes sometimes it's a group of people versus the zombie horde...)
and then stuff like "Anita Blake, Vampire Humper" that has at least decent art but I can't staaaand the trollop of a main character and her prettyboy vampire harem (or, his-em?)!
So far "The Goon" is looking like the only thing that'll appeal to my tastes...
I haven't been able to get my hands on it yet, but from what I've seen it has just that right combo of good visual and pitch-black humor I enjoy ^_^
I wanted to try Hellboy but yet again...picky about the art. I might look into it anyway, since it's not THAT bad. With limited budget I gotta be picky though!

But the EC line is still where it's at for me, too much stuff these days that tries to pass itself off as "horror" is just too wangsty for me. Yes, sometimes the twist endings were predictable in those "New Trend" comics, but that's because I've been subjected to numerous copycats since the original creation of these comics. I borrowed some from the library a while ago and I loved them! It reminds me of when I was pawing through a musty box of old comics at my grandparent's place, when I was very young. There were some Disney and Harvey comics and some Sgt. Rock and a couple of MAD magazines, and then the lovely horror comics. Marvelous! The first comic book I can recall ever reading was a horror one, when I was ten...it was actually a promo comic for the movie "The Dark" (from 1994) but besides the point, it got me interested in horror comics rather than only horror movies!

At least there's decent horror webcomics out there though, in contrast to what I haven't been able to pay attention to on the racks. I'll keep an eye on this thread too, to see what else comes up! ^_^

true that. look at the two images i posted above, thats what im talking about! while 30 days of night had a abstract style that worked for that story, It is being overused IMO. not to say that horror comics cant be abstract, but why cant they get the same level of creative genius that they used to? guys like Wrightson and Buscema used to rock that shit.



I despise Anita Blake. I read the first book and thought it had a really good premise but instead of taking the opportunity to have a deep meaningful statement on society and the like, the writer instead chooses to write action smut. The comic was alright, I like Brett Boothe, although he needs to get off the Jim Lee style.

The Filipino horror comics (and movies) just scare the daylights out of me.

I swear by Uzumaki. Junji Ito hit that one out of the park as far as I'm concerned. I really consider it an act of brilliance to make the abstract of a spiral as a subject so intensely horrifying.
*metal fist*

Avoid the movie, though. It's unrelated gibberish.

Cherno beat me to recommending Uzumaki(A masterpiece, BTW), so I'll add to the Ito list with Gyo. There is a little bit of unintentional comedy at times, but if you get past that you've got a rewardingly atmospheric horror story.

You could try Wes Huffor's horror-themed anthology comic, Charnel House. First issue is available now and Wes's art is superb.

Check out Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows' The Crossed. They're not technically zombies but the comic is purely zombie inspired. It's pretty gory and intense.

I only read one, and it's on this website.

Jack Lander.

I read a lot of horror comics, but it's mostly the usual suspects. Most of them have already been mentioned.

I'm a big fan of the EC stuff. They have pretty much the best art in all of comics. However, I'm actually more fond of Warren books like Creepy and Eerie. I know that sounds like blasphemy, but that's my preference.

I also read and enjoy the 70's DC books that work with the same formula. House of Mystery and House of Secrets aren't even remotely in the same league as EC and Warren, but I've gotten some entertainment out of them. The recent Vertigo incarnation of House of Mystery has been a solid read as well.

Being a big Gene Colan fan, I am quite fond of Tomb of Dracula. Those big Marvel Essentials phonebooks are a cheap and effective introduction to that stuff. (Colan's work is much better in black and white) Marv Wolfman does a good job writing the series too, especially in the last third of the title's lifespan. If you only know him through Teen Titans and Crisis on Infinite Earths you should check out his stuff here.

I'm quite fond of Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run, but that's generally considered a classic. Steve Gerber's stint writing Man-Thing, however, is something I consider massively underratred.

The Walking Dead is a stone classic as far as I'm concerned. I'm also fond of Astounding Wolfman if that counts.

And hey, if I'm throwing in comics that are only sorta-horror I'll include The Goon and Hellboy.

I have some of those books too ^^ they are awesome!

I disagree with this one. I don't wanna get on too much of an Ennis rant here, but there is only so much of his hack/shock value/Writing I can take.

Your entitled to your opinion, but this book as about as much of a horror book as those Eli Roth torture porn movies.

Oh I agree on it being shock based and pretty light on social commentary. Ennis sure does know how to polarize an audience. But I'm a fan of the artistry of Jacen Burrows foremost. I've read Preacher and The Boys and I dig Ennis a lot but I know he's a guy who likes to push the boundaries of taste. I appreciate his audacity and providing a range of how far comics can be taken. Is he my favorite comic creator. No. But he's interesting and definitely not safe or boring.

What do think of Warren Ellis? Have you read his No Hero comic.