Fenril
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http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/category/the-scariest-comic-books-of-all-time/
A few recommendations of scary comic books, with a few preview pages. Should be updated every other day, I assume.
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satirejohn
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I don't know if it's the scariest comic book of all time, but fans of horror and/or Cronenberg and Lynch will most likely enjoy Black Hole by Charles Burns.
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Fenril
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I don't know if it's the scariest comic book of all time, but fans of horror and/or Cronenberg and Lynch will most likely enjoy Black Hole by Charles Burns.
That's another great one; body horror stories are hard to do well, and this one manages to make ugly mutations a good metaphor for teenage isolation.
Seen the other ones on the link?
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What do you do when you are too smart for the freaks but too freaky for the smart ones?
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EK20
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I hope Clive Barker's Hellraiser gets a mention. The current run that is.
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ScaryLarry
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This is a very old thread, I know. I knew one of the two guys posting in here very well--haven't heard from him in a long while.
Anyways, just thought I'd say, Black Hole was great, but not really so much "scary". Strange, intimate, depressing--yes. Scary? Not so much.
I would have to bring up Alan Moore's first foray into American comics, Swamp Thing, as some of the most brilliant/horrifying comics, and much of that was due in great part to the artists Steve Bissete and John Totleben.
On the other hand, literary genius and horror don't go hand-in-hand so much--that's more like a sense of awe. What those guys did just overwhelmed you--left you with a sense of "Holy shit! These guys are amazing!"
Yeah so, as I said--a bit too intellectual to be "really" scary.
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ScaryLarry
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No, I would say that the most horrific stories are those which make no sense at all, those which seem like a living nightmare.
I suppose that's why I'm a fan of David Lynch. He captures that "nightmare" aspect very well. In my opinion, he's 50/50--he either really blows you away or it's laughable--and it's the same deal with my dreams.
Anyway, scary comic books:
http://www.justmegawatt.com/comics/enigmaofamigarafault.html
There's lots more of this guy's stuff in the links--all of it artistically excellent and very frightening. Turn out the lights and read this stuff alone.
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Fenril
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The enigma of Amigara fault IS very good, I like Junji Ito's works a lot. I'd recommend his short stories over his longer narratives, trough.
If you like, for lack of a better definition, fever dream horrors, you might want to check out Suehiro Maruo [Lunatic Lovers; The laughing vampire], who specializes on deeply disturbing images woven over basic plots.
Of the original list, I've read "Mermaid's scar", "His face all red", "The wolves of Saint August" and "24 hours diner", which were all quite good. I'd assume the rest of the list is at least near that quality.
Speaking of which, here's a better link, with the final 31 titles: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/10/01/the-scariest-comic-books-of-all-time-archive/
As for Alan Moore, his latest (and possibly last) "Neonomicon" was quite good --not nearly as trippy as his run on "Swamp thing", trough.
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What do you do when you are too smart for the freaks but too freaky for the smart ones?
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