Scary Adult Graphic Novels

There are lot of chills in graphic novels for adults beyond The Walking Dead and The Sandman.

Updated October 19, 2023
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Anthony Bourdain's hungry ghosts
Bourdain, Anthony
Paper Book
On a dark, haunted night, a Russian Oligarch dares a circle of international chefs to play the samurai game of 100 Candles - where each storyteller tells a terrifying tale of ghosts, demons and unspeakable beings - and prays to survive the challenge. Inspired by the Japanese Edo period game of...
The Empty Man
Bunn, Cullen
Paper Book
It's been one year since the first reported case of the Empty Man disease, and no drug has been able to slow its progress. The cause is unknown, and the symptoms include fits of rage, hideous hallucinations, suicidal dementia, followed by death, or a near lifeless, "empty" state of catatonia. As...
At the mountains of madness : a graphic novel
Culbard, Ian.
Paper Book
I am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my advice without knowing why.   H.P. Lovecraft's terrifying horror story gets an illustrated interpretation by one of today's finest graphic novel artists. Geologist William Dyer--the narrator of...
The facts in the case of the departure of Miss Finch
Gaiman, Neil.
Paper Book
Come, come and hear of the strange and terrible tale of Miss Finch, an exacting woman befallen by mystery and abduction deep under the streets of London! New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivers another stunning hardcover graphic novel with longtime collaborator Michael Zulli...
Basketful of heads
Hill, Joe
Paper Book
#1 New York Timesbestselling author Joe Hill asks, "With a cursed Viking axe, what can you accomplish?" and June Branch is ready to answer! Heads will roll... June Branch is in trouble. She's trapped on Brody Island with nowhere to run. Her boyfriend, Liam,...
Wraith
Hill, Joe.
Paper Book
In his New York Times bestselling novel NOS4A2,Eisner-Award winning author Joe Hill unveiled theterrifying fun house world of Christmasland and theageless mad man who rules there- Charlie Manx. Now, in this graphic novel,Hill and artist Charlie "Talent" Wilson III...
Where black stars rise
Shammas, Nadia
Paper Book
AN IGNYTE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST COMICS TEAM! "Where Black Stars Rise boldly pushes the limits of what a comic can do. ...It's a gorgeous work. I loved it." --Trung Le Nguyen, author of The Magic Fish Nadia Shammas and Marie Enger's<...
DCeased : hope at world's end
Taylor, Tom
Paper Book
In Earth's darkest hour, heroes will bring hope in this new addition to the DCeasedsaga, taking place within the timeline of the original epic! DCeasedbecame a smash horror hit in 2019 by offering a twisted version of the DC Universe infected by the Anti-Life...

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