Top 13 Best Horror Graphic Novels!
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- Today, Wonder Maddie goes through her list of her 13 favorite Horror comics in Collected Editions format!
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This is why I miss you so much Maddie! You were born to do this busy business lady! Great picks! Read most of them but I got blood feud from today and i am so excited to read it. Do the these recommendation videos often! Omar make her!
Lohit, you always know how to put a smile on my face!! I hope you like Blood Fued! - Maddie
@@NearMintCondition and you do the same for me Catlady! Minties & Fangirlz rule!
I'm currently re-reading Hillbilly by Eric Powell about a man Called Rondel who basically wanders around the countryside killing witches/demons etc. Awesome books with beautiful art. Can't beat anything done by Junji Ito. He really knows how to get under people's skin. Thanks for the video and recommendations.
hillbilly is on my list , it looks really good
Ooooh! Hillbilly definitely sounds like something I'd like! - Maddie
@@NearMintCondition Goon is Powell's better stuff, but Hillbilly is good.
Gideon Falls
Great video by the way! I really love the larger paperbacks like the “Rachael Rising” that you’ve shown. They’re such a great value…
Totally agree! I know people prefer the hardcovers but I honestly feel like those lay better and are easier to read! - Maddie
The meowing is great. :D Great list and great video, Maddie!
Thank you, Justin! - M
Great video! Thanks for the recommendations. You gave me a couple of great new reads for spooky season. My recommendation is a series that was just coming out when you posted this video: The Me You Love in the Dark. It's a beautiful, dark, and disturbing story about an artist who moves into an old house in a small town to gain inspiration but not at all what she was expecting. It's from Skottie Young and Jorge Corona. Just gorgeously atmospheric and creepy.
Thank you so much for your great recommendations. Love your collection of boardgames in the background too.
Glad you like them!
Giving my boi Swampy some love! I'm also a proud Absolute ST owner too! Such a great story :)
Of course! Beautiful book, beautiful story! -Maddie
Love these reviews! Thanks for the great recommendations!
Thank you for watching, Scotty!!! - M
Maddie.
Great video as always and You look beautiful. I went to get "Harrow County"on that beautiful cover but it is not longer available, so I get the omnibus version (volume 1 and 2). The Bad news is the omnibus 1 will be available on December. Thanks for the video. Take care.
Some oldies - Leave it to Chance, anything Mignola, including the Black and White version of 'Dracula'
whenever Maddie posts a vid, I can't click fast enough!!!
Aww! Thank you! - M
After watching this video, I started searching my local comic book shops to see who would possibly be carrying these comics. But after googling a bit, I thought about maybe seeing if a local library had any. I haven't checked out a book from a library in over 15 years. But to my surprise, the three I wanted to check out (Archie, Harrow County, and Abbott) were on the shelves of the library 1 mile from my house. I know it might not be the same for everyone, but I do recommend using your local library to check out new comics. Thanks so much for these recommendations!
Thanks Maddie! Love the list.
Thanks for the video and recommendations! Uzumaki is one of my favorites. I'm currently re-reading Tomie.
Afterlife With Archie is good, I think you'll enjoy. If you do check out Jughead: The Hunger.
Thank you for the suggestion. I Will definitely read Jughead next. I enjoyed Afterlife! - M
A few witchy or horror recs are: Morning Glories; Spell on Wheels; Willow; Lady Mechanika;
Ahhh! Those have been on my TBR. Especially Lady Mechanika. It looks like my type of book, for sure - M
If you’re a Cullen Bunn fan, I have an older supernatural series to recommend: The Sixth Gun. 😊
People have been telling me that for so long! I really need to finally read it - M
I will be picking up Death wins a goldfish,it sounds like a fun book to read. When reading this book I will hear the late great actor Norm McDonald voice in my head and remember him as playing death on the Family Guy tv show.
You know, that definitely fits the book perfectly - M
Great picks!
Red mother is a good series
Fun video to watch thank you!
Man I live for these, I already got a full Amazon cart with horror GNs but now I’m about to go check/add some of these lol.
Love being a bad/good influence :P - M
Great video! Always good to see some Cullen Bunn love, the man is like a horror machine, always writing great books. Really enjoying the books he is putting out right now (The Last Book You'll ever Read, Lucky Devil, Parasomnia & Basilisk).
I'd like to recommend the Vault Comics stuff: their books are almost all amazing and their horror line is out of this world! They released some of the best horror books of the last few year, like The Plot, The Autumnal, These Savage Shores, Black Stars Above and Shadow Service. Also Image's Killadelphia (the book is so good!) and the DC horror stuff, Joe HIll's inprint in great!
EDIT: oh, and speaking of Swamp Thing, Ram V's current run is easily one of the best books around right now
Honestly, if I had a copy of These Savage Shores, I would have added that to my list! Ram V is my favorite! - Maddie
@@NearMintCondition Same here! We are lucky to have such a unique and creative voice in Ram V these days! I'm still recovering from that thing of beauty that was The Many Deaths of Laila Starr! Such a special book
Great list,thanks.
Maddie, your cat's meows are perfectly timed, lol.
She somehow always knows when I'm shooting a video. I have to make so many cuts because she's always meowing and walking around - MAddie
@@NearMintCondition It's okay because she's adorable!
Thanks Maddie! Your hair looks great!!!!!
Trying to get vol 3 of nailbiter and vol 2 of Harrow County is like trying to find Rocking horse crap..any chance Omar could work his magic and get Reprints of said Novels..??!!!
Was looking for both of these the last 5/6 months with no joy. Managed to get both within a week of each other this very week. Nothin better than completing a run! Keep looking , they’re out there 👍🏼
@@paulhills1816 nice one..!!
If only! I got really lucky when they were crazy on sale on IST - Maddie
My favorite horror graphic novels are Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Jamie Delano's Hellblazer, & Neil Gaiman's Sandman. Basically I'm a big Vertigo fan. Those are the big three for me.
Great picks! I still need to read some hellblazer - Maddie
That's an awesome top 3 right there and all 3 of them are on my list as well. Along with Moore's Providence Trilogy from Avatar and the Mignola-Verse (mainly Hellboy and the BPRD spinoff series) from Dark Horse.
Good video , really enjoyed this
Great video as always
Thank you!
I'd very much like to recommend a mini-series called Black Hole by Charles Burns. Originally published by Fantagraphics in the late '90's.. You can find TPB and HC editions from B&N or Amazon. The fact that it is still in print after 20+ years says a lot about the quality of the series, and I can't recommend it highly enough.
Great! I'll put it on my list! - Maddie
Love Harrow County - when are we going to see the Library Editions of the following volumes!? Great video thanks.
I still need to buy the other LEs! D: - M
Just finished yesterday the Deluxe Edition of Hack / Slash and even though not all of the One Shots have the greatest story it was a fun read and I'll probably read today the second Deluxe as soon as it gets delivered. Besides that I'm also planning to give Swamp Thing a re-read and finally start with Giddeon Falls (I do have the trades sitting on my shelf since they first released thanks to not having enough time)
I recommend Cthulhu Tails published by Dark Horse. I Have it as a four volume paper back.
I definitely love lovecraftian lore so I'm in -M
I have to say Im tempted by a lot of these. I love horror . I also loved buffy so rachael rising seems like it might be my next stop
BPRD: Vampire takes the crown for spooky read of the year. I read Katie Skelly's Maids and some of Harrow County earlier in the summer too.
I just read my first BPRD this past week. Definitely need to read more - Maddie
Great list.
Ik I'm late, one of my favorites is definitely Sea of Sorrows from IDW. The art for the underwater setting is spectacular. Its a shorter read, just a bit over 120 pages, but my god the underwater's darkness is so ominous and is done so well. Dont want to spoil even the premise, its a great read!
Here’s what I read this year that fit the criteria for spooky: Stray Dogs by Tony Fleecs, At the Mountain of Madness, The Hound and other stories by Gou Tanabe, & The Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Suehiro Maruo.
Those sound great! - Maddie
Glad to see Mad's again, maybe seeing if i can still get the swamp thing absolute.. heard a lot of good about that book.. otherwise, not really in too Horror books, other then the classic EC stuff.
Aww thanks! I do super recommend the SW Absolute. It's beautiful - Maddie
I don't see it mentioned, but Dark Ark by Bunn is another good horror series. It's about a second ark that was built while Noah built his ark. The "dark ark" saves all of the monsters from the flood.
I haven't read any of these but they sound like some good reads, especially nailbiter. When it comes to horror comics I highly suggest Coffin Hill.
I'll add it to my TBR! - Maddie
Mermaid's Scar - Rumiko Takahashi. Recommended.
Thank you for the recommendation!
Good timing on this video. Planning on traumatizing myself by reading Neonomicon tonight.
Hope you weren't too traumatized! - M
@@NearMintCondition Not yet, but it’s some vintage late era Alan Moore, that’s for sure
I love Uzumaki it's such a wild ride and love the aspects of the spiral that's affecting everyone and everybody in the town. I can't wait to see the anime tv series and saw the teaser trailer it's looks like the drawings from the manga
Uzumaki is so good! I hope that we finally get a animated version that does it justice. - Maddie
Sucha babe! Oh and something is killing the children is an awesome read.
Thank you!
After life with Archie is more like Archie meets walking dead. It's not like any other Archie book I've ever seen, but I do think it's my favorite Archie.
Yeah, I'm not a huge Archie fan but I definitely enjoyed that one. The perfect amount of spooky and camp. - M
I would recommend checking out the Bump mini series from 2017 Fangoria comics. Really backwoods creepiness
Great recommendations! Why did you not like Sabrina Chilling Adventures comics vs the Netflix series?
If you like Death Wins a Goldfish, check out Death and Sparkles. Death and a unicorn named Sparkles become best friends. It's adorable, funny, and covered in glitter. How can you lose?
I really felt like the chilling adventures comic was pretty boring and the art didn't lend itself to the story well. I felt like the show did a much better job exploring the themes and characters. Really brought it to life.
Death and sparkles ABSOLUTELY sounds like my kind of fun book - M
What about Gideon falls? Really liked it.
I've never read it, actually! But everyone keeps mentioning it in the comments so I guess I need to fix that -M
Awesome video.
Great recommendations! Not a fan of horror, but I now want to check out Death wins a gold fish, Yon & Mu, and Margo Maloo!!!
Aww! I hope you like them! They're definitely good spooky books for the non-horror fans
PSA: Nailbiter HC’s all are OOP!, very, very hard to find. ALL three HC volumes if found, are super expensive.
Great Reviews! Great choices! Will pick up Rachel Rising Omnibus due to your recommendation.
Hey Kidflash!!! Long time no see! I hope you like Rachel Rising!
I seriously have 7 of the books you recommended…I recommend Through the Woods by Emily Carroll.
Aww yay! And I'll add that to my list! - M
Reading Locke and Key, Low Low Woods and Wytches
Nail biters was definitely a WTF (in a good way) read for me.
I could never truly tell if Edward 'Nailbiter' Warren was a true psychopath or if most of it was in his head?
Damn now I'm gonna have to re-read it.
I haven't read any of the others but I definitely give them a read.
I'm currently reading Spawn.
I'm on issue 98.
It's surprisingly well written and at times philosophical
As well as dark and gritty.
Perfect for Halloween.
Thanks for the list.
+1 for Gideon Falls. I've enjoyed the Sixth Gun as well.
Definitely have to read both after these comments! - M
Missed you Maddie ❤️❤️
An ongoing series, but Nocterra by Snyder & TSD is really great. A good mix between horror and action, and the trade is only $10 MSRP for 6 issues! The whole “darkness trucker” thing sounds crazy, the book really does a solid job of worldbuilding and has a really interesting visual style.
Walking Dead is also a must-read horror book. 140 something issues spread across 4 compendiums, but it is incredible. A horror comic that made me cry, laugh, and be frightened, and the way it’s written, you’re never sure who’s safe.
Nocterra sounds great! and that price!
I've read through Walking Dead and I wish I liked it as much as I love the telltale game - Maddie
The best serial killer graphic novels : 1) My Friend Dahlmer 2) The Ed Gein Story and 3) Torso by Brian Michael Bendis about the unsolved Cleveland Torso killer and the legendary Elliot Ness who would have caught him were it not for the corruption of money and power. The Green River Killer was a total complete disappointment hardcover edition from eBay still shrink wrapped totally high expectation let down .
Moore's Swamp Thing is good, but if you like the souther horror feel, try Nancy Collin's run on Swampthing. There is a beautiful omni out.
I just bought it a while back, waiting on the 3rd alan Moore absolute to come out so I can just read all the swamp things in order
Great rec!
Thank you for the recommendation! Hopefully it's still easy to come by - M
I love Terry Moore's comics ♥
No love for Gideon Falls?
I haven't read it!
@@NearMintCondition I'd highly recommend it. It could probably best be described as "Gothic Horror," although it later transitions towards more sci-fi. Very Twin Peaks-esque.
This month I have read the Johns Aquaman Omni, Batgirl Omni, Black Hole, Beautiful Darkness, The Daughters of Ys, The Darkness vol. 1, and I am currently reading From Hell. So far, nothing really wowed me. I am hoping From Hell is good. I am getting discouraged. I love some of Junji Ito's books, my favorite is Shiver. I felt like Uzumaki was still an anthology, the stories just related.
Sorry to hear you've picked up so many books and nothing hit! What kind of books are you into? -Maddie
@@NearMintCondition not sure. I typically love horror. I want to avoid superhero books. I did enjoy 20th Century Boys. I shouldn't have said nothing wowed me. I did like Beautiful Darkness. I just want strong stories, some shock factors. I have my eyes on Hellblazer, Strangers in Paradise and Swamp Thing.
Maddie with her majestic mane giving us 13 spooky ooky titles
Always love the hair compliments! - M
I think a great recommendation for your all ages section would be Beasts of Burden from Dark Horse. Any Dog/Cat lovers would probably really enjoy it too.
Oh, yes! The council of Wise Dogs ... and one cat!
@@davidranderson1 yessir that is such a phenomenal, underrated series. I love the whole eldritch horror atmosphere mixed with the lovable pets aesthetic. Believe it or not there are some scenes in it that are absolutely gut wrenching
I know of Nailbiter by way of the crossover with Hack/Slash
One of my favorites is Echoes by Joshua Hale Fialkov.
Thanks for the rec - M
Maddie thumbnail pullin views quickly... need a Maddie room tour
I knowwwww. I keep waiting for the room to be perfectly done but I should just go ahead and film it anyways -M
Sensor was pretty good. Definitely an odd junji story and mildly scary. Gave me Remina vibes.
Big fan of solo Maddie list videos
A woman after my own heart, Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing #1, right off the bat!! No better way to kick off a horror comics list in my opinion.
its been forever since ive seen Maddie on a pre-recorded vid.
I know! My computer is busted so Omar had to edit for me - M
It would be great if you mentioned artist's names, not only writers, especially if you loved the art :)
Kamil! Great suggestion! Definitely, something I need to work on. It's so much easier when I'm doing a show on just one book. - M
I read most of the list. Its a shame Nailbiter in hardcover is hard to find anymore :/
It is too bad!
Junji Ito is soooo cozy to me.
Agreed!
scary games u got to check out dead space if youve never played them part 2 is great .. goon is a comic that isnt as talked about * is kind of like super natural
I LOVE DEAD SPACE. Also I need to read Goon - M
The scariest books i read of Junji Ito were Lovesickess and Smashed. Highly recommend those two.
Berserk the Manga.
nice recommendations
Glad you like them!
Now there is some graphic novel I want to collect
Great!
Everything James Tynion is doing atm is off the chart , i never thought id deviate from Marvel Super Hero stuff like i have , like shit, im only getting X-men from Marvel , im getting SIKTC (and now House of Slaughter), Nice house on the lake , Dept of Truth , but also alot of image stuff like Killadelphia , The Walking Dead Deluxe, Nocterra, Mercy. Ive taken a hard right turn away from woke Super Hero stuff over the last Year. My 'Ghost in the Shell #1' used to be my most valued in my collection , but now its defiantly SIKTC - 'Something is killing the Children #1' Foil cover, so happy to have a copy of that. I know GITS is worth a fair bit , but god knows what SIKTC is worth already, but by value, i mean that i have a copy, and im grateful to have it.
like the swamp thing and afterlife books,....
i got to step up my horror book game
Join ussss!
Crossed Wish You Were Here was a pretty good series. The main crossed series had good moments but was inconsistent.
Curious to know what junji ito book you were disappointed in!
Pretty sure it was Gyo.
No longer human. Maybe because it's not his original story? Also the sexual assault in the book is just not for me and felt pointless -M
I was expecting Hellboy to show up! Great video though...
Shout out to Ed Piskors Red Room for some outlaw horror goodness
Maddie is just 🥵🤌🏾
check out anything by Richard Sala
Caribana by garth ends. The new dead wardians. Wytches. The dark tower.
i think you're looking for the words 'southern gothic'
Beautiful woman who loves comics ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Nothing can beat Classic Ripley's Believe it or Not and Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery series
Is this the list of all times? Where is the Black Hole? :D
That’s on my list :) this is Maddie’s.
Who's this woman? Omar's sis?
She is mi hermana. And She hosts the Tuesday Live shows: Old Reader, New Reader. :)
I prefer horror manga.
I like a mix of both. Any recommendations?
Someone can write the list of the 13 novels? I don´t want to waste 20 minutes of my life
You must be fun on dates. Do you have someone also set the Foreplay up?
@@NearMintCondition Go easy on him, the kid's still learning. He obviously can't differentiate between an article and a CZcams video.
People are always so rough with their cats. They are not true cat people
Why are you showing light hearted horror, why the hell would I be here if I wanted light hearted horror. We want bloody and gruesome books.
WE did? Because there are different type of horror that’s why. Some people like psychological, some body horror, some existential and some just a cheap jump scare and shock factor.