Horror graphic novels?

I don't read many horror comics but there are a crap-ton out there. Most of which relate to zombies, but not all. If you're into zombies though, when wowio.com comes back up, you'll be up to face free zombie comics.

As for general comics recommendation, you've already read two of the best. I'd also recommend: Batman - Year One, Daredevil - Guardian Devil (which the creator of the Daredevil movie wanted to turn into a movie, but Kevin Smith doesn't want to write the story again in script form), the Sandman books, Marvel 1602 and Invincible.

If super heroes aren't so much your thing, I'd also recommend the Lullaby series (not dark, but still cool).

Sandman can be horror. Swamp Thing is a horror comic and a good one. Hellblazer maybe?

This is a good one, too...iffen I sez so myself.

And I do.

Out in October.

jessegrillofilm said:

What lullaby are you talking about? There is an anime one and another dealing with fairy tales. Any other recommendations that are not so main stream? Thanks

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It's not explicitly horror, but it's definitely not mainstream: Black Hole by Charles Burns. VD epidemic turns 1970s high schoolers into mutants.

I dug it.

Re: The Miskatonic Project--ah cool. I'll keep an eye out. I loves me some lovecraft.

jessegrillofilm said:

What lullaby are you talking about? There is an anime one and another dealing with fairy tales. Any other recommendations that are not so main stream? Thanks

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The fairy tale one.

As for not so mainstream, are you opposed to Web comics (some people are)? If not I could give you quite a few links after the weekend is over.

Um... stuff from the 30 Days Of Night series are considered horror. Anything Steve Niles is associated with is a good bet for horror.

Back in the day Brian Michael Bendis wrote a graphic novel entitled Torso, which dealt with a string of real murders in the 1930's. It's a true crime deal.

There's a popular series called The Walking Dead that deals with a zombie reality.

Hellblazer, which follows John Constantine borders on the horrific and the snide.

And Alan Moore's From Hell, which was a Johnny Depp movie. The one about Jack the Ripper, which is also called From Hell. I wouldn't exactly consider the gn scary though.

... I'll have to ponder on your inquiry for a while. Horror doesn't really spring to mind immediately when I think graphic novel. There may be a niche there waiting to be filled, eh? ^_^

-An

There is a Dark Tower graphic novel and if you were into the Western stuff there is the Preacher series. It's by Garth Ennis and runs through nine graphic novels. Very heavy with the sex, the violence, the nasty.

A friend of mine also mentioned We3. I believe it has a dog, cat and rabbit that proceed on a streak of bloody terror and mayhem. I haven't read it yet myself though. I'll keep fishing in my resource message board to get you more titles to choose from. ^_^

-An

Preacher; Walking Dead; Zombie World; the old EC Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, and Haunt of Fear are now out in bigger boxed sets; check out any GNs by Joe R Lansdale, he's done some freaky ones.

Ditto for Preacher - not traditional horror but it's the best series you'll ever read. (Can you tell I love it?)

We3 was fantastic. It's so unique, and I swear I almost cried at the end.

30 Days of Night is great - far superior to the crappy movie that was based on it. "Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse" is by the same artist as 30 Days. It's really weird but the artwork is worth it, imo.

I just picked up "House of Mystery" by Bill Willingham at Comic-Con. It's a montly series and I think they're at issue 4 or so. It was so freaking disturbing that I had trouble falling asleep. I think I may have to start reading this series.