10 Horror Comics That Prove Not Even Reading Is Safe
3. And Then Emily Was Gone
The beauty of horror is that there is no wrong way to do it – anything can be scary if done effectively, which is what makes the genre so dang entertaining.
However, there are certain works that create horror in a totally unique way, and this always carried a certain awful magic with it in terms of making you keep the light on at night. And Then Emily Was Gone is king of this, as the childlike yet all too detailed art style serves to create all new levels of fear in the comic.
It’s like a children’s folktale – only the old gruesome ones, where the Little Mermaid turns into sea foam, or Snow White is enslaved by the Seven Dwarves. This only serves to make it all the darker, as it makes it feel as though the child protagonist is actively telling us her awful story.
That and it makes the villain even more completely spine-chilling – which, as an eyeless abomination with more teeth than morals, maybe wasn’t necessary. Thanks for the nightmares though!