10 Horror Comics That Prove Not Even Reading Is Safe

With horror films, tv shows, and books being such a massive industry nowadays, it seems crazy that horror comics are comparatively so obscure. In fact, the way comics are structured prevents a lot of the parts of horror people often complain about – as a good comic requires solidly spooky writing and visuals to create a genuine sense of fear.

There’s no ability to create fear through solely a soundtrack, like in some less than stellar films – or stay totally ambiguous, as is often the case in books. Horror comics are forcibly a best of both worlds scenario – or worst of both worlds, depending on how much you get hype about being terrified.

Combine this with a prolific amount of diverse comics, and regardless of what you look for in horror, there exists a comic in some dark, demonic corner, waiting to take your brain to some wonderful and hideous nightmare realm.

Should you wish to gain a lifelong fear of the everyday - such as ice cream men or monkeys - look no further than these wonderfully gruesome horror comics...

Elder House is a tragically short comic that mixes Cthulu-esque mythos and haunted house legends like a pro baker would ingredients for a cake. Given it's only 50 or so pages, it would’ve been easy for the whole to turn out formulaic, but Elder House still manages to present some unusual twists and turns in its Paranormal Activity type shenanigans.

For dyed in the wool horror fans, Elder House does also have a secret benefit: it is crammed full of endless horror references. From The Shining to Cloverfield, there are countless allusions and head nods to films and books that have provided us nightmares and heart palpations since their creation.

As such, the only criticism of Elder House is that at points it is perhaps more a love note to the horror genre than a horror in its own right. That said, it still contains an ending that more than makes up for this, so it’s still very much worth a read.