comics — Fiction — Monsters, Madness and Magic

Welcome back to Screentone Nightmares. Halloween is two days away and at this point I should be around 50 movies deep in my annual horror marathon. However, let’s carve out a bit of time for the printed page and take a look at another piece of Japanese terror.

Screentone Nightmares: Happy Sugar Life

In this edition of Screentone Nightmares we’re taking a step away from the supernatural and grotesque and diving full force into the psychological side of horror. Happy Sugar Life was created by Tomiyaki Kagisora and ran in the magazine Gangan Joker from 2015 to 2019.

DCeased: A Marriage of Capes and Zombies Done Correctly

Mainstream comics are not in a good place right now. Even before the global pandemic was unleashed upon humanity, the decline of modern comics was a problem that anyone who reads any title be it independent or from the big two couldn’t help but notice. As a dedicated DC fan, I still try to support the label even though the majority of their creative decisions make it a very difficult chore.

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