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Witches, detectives fueled by espresso, consuming nightmares, the end of the world!? We have a great mix of scary stories for you, freshly picked to give you some real variety! Our What's Trending delivers the spooky you need to get ready for Halloween next week!

If you're looking for more frights, head over to our dedicated Halloween Horror page to find chills and thrills that are sure to terrify and delight!

Hex of the Wicked Witch, 80 pages - Published by Asylum Press, (cc/ @AsylumPress)

Hex Of the Wicked Witch is set in a futuristic, decayed Salem, Massachusetts where witches, vampires, werewolves, and voodoo priests fight an endless battle for control of the city....

We've got some questions and we need answers! People have gone missing, rumors of headless monsters taking lives, and rather questionable practitioners of the occult. Can you solve the mysteries of today's What's Trending?

Hexameron, 98 pages - Published by Kel & Dark Comics, (cc/ @Kelheor)

You thought the campfire legends were not real? Well, you were wrong! -- Story by Darkstrong | Art by Kelheor

Story and Art by Kel & Dark Comics

Silently, 141 pages - Published by Hugi, (cc/ @Hugi)

Two women struggle to survive in a strange monster filled world.

Story and Art by Hugi

Love Letter, 59 pages - Publi...

Victorian criminals, a colonial family in a cursed bayou, elderly zombies, an arctic mission from 1901, and more stories come back from the past to haunt us. These malicious forces are ancient beings, creatures from another world, and sometimes, other human beings are the scariest villain of all. Fear knows no timeline on today's Popular Last Week!

Cheapjack Gentlemen, 567 pages - Published by Miss Fester, (cc/ @MissFester)

Set in a rural village during the mid-victorian era, a crafty quack doctor and a somber undertaker become mismatched partners in crime, selling cadavers to a medical school ⁠— however, certain decisions and personal differences create issues in...

The unknown is terrifying enough, but what if that unknown is coming after you with the worst of intentions? Black magic, cults, a cursed factory, a malicious fighting ring, and more things beyond our understanding of reality lurk in the shadows of today's What's Trending. Are you ready?

The Catchpenny Blood Halloween Anthology 2020-2021, 120 pages - Published by Team Diamant Comics, (cc/ @AubDiamant)

The Halloween showcase anthology collection of horror stories and art galleries featuring a variety of artists and writers. Produced by Team Diamant. Originally released in 2020 and 2021.

Story and Art by Justin Paulbearer and Rissa Blakely

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Are you afraid of the monsters under your bed? What about the ones in the closet? Spooks, ghosts, and other scary creatures are writhing in the contents of today's Popular Last Week. Reader beware!

A night on Point Pleasant, 27 pages - Published by Zenko, (cc/ @Zenko)

Happy spooky season from Lotti and Zenko!

Story and Art by Zenko

John Carpenter's Asylum, 806 pages - Published by Storm King Comics, (cc/ @seanstormking)

There's a war coming to the City of Angels. In tunnels beneath the city, in the dark alleys among the homeless, demons lurk and Lucifer bides his time. One man knows. One man sees. One man walks those dark streets. Father Daniel...

Spooky Season is here! Have you collected your skeleton friends? Contacted your local Werewolf pack? Nearest Zombie club? Get to it, there's no time to waste! Our latest What's Trending features some of the most-read Horror titles over the last week!

Halloween Man, 1427 pages - Published by Halloween Man Comics, (cc/ @dedwards)

Slain by a vampire, but brought back to life by arcane magic, Solomon Hitch is Halloween Man, a flesh-eating zombie with the power of the horror movie sequel! Now, with the help of his glamorous super-scientist girlfriend Lucy, reprobate Necromancer Morlack, and hedonistic demi-god Man-Goat, he defends Solar City, Texas from evil.

Story...

Are you the fastest in the West? Gunslingers, bounty hunters, medicine makers, from all kinds of country folk with stories to tell on this Popular Last Week list, featuring:

Rosewind Pass, 42 pages - Published by puppetbomb, (cc/ @puppetbomb)

A slice-of-life Western about broken people trying to make the best with what they've got. After her life is ripped away from her, Lily moves back to her mother's and struggles to figure out where she fits. Fortunately (and sometimes, unfortunately) she'll always have people around to help her.

Story and Art by puppetbomb

B.A.D Stories, 15 pages - Published by B.A.D STORIES, (cc/ @keepoursanity)

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Mind-bendingly freaky comics on this list will give you something to think about! Drama, mind games, or just bizarre life circumstances happen to us all. A murder, espionage, dystopias, and cryptids, the levels of strange are just getting started on our What's Trending, featuring:

Pink among Blood Red Roses, 157 pages - Published by PaisleyRose103, (cc/ @PaisleyRose103)

"Pink among Blood Red Roses" is a story about life's Duality and the pursue of Hope. It tells the journey of Rose, an 18 year old girl, who lives in the small town known as Greenville. A town that is believed to be cursed due to the numerous freak accidents and deaths that plague it. Here,...

These aren't your average magical girls! The comics on this list are full of fantastical leading women. Some are out to help and some want revenge and destruction, just don't cross any of them: a thousand-year hunt, a torn kingdom, a strange mask, a war path to the moon and more! These ladies are out on a mission for today's Popular Last Week:

Celestis, 71 pages - Published by SparkleArts, (cc/ @SparkleArts)

Yana thought she had left her life as a Celestian warrior behind. As her friendship with the Knights of Nosheau grows stronger by the day, so does imposing the threat of the Oashum Empire. Called to face the consequences of her past, her present grows more complex....

Everybody's got a secret here! A haunting past, transformations, super speed and more give us more trouble than we can shake a stick at! Grab some snacks and enjoy the tea from today's What's Trending:
 

Rechargeable, 239 pages - Published by Bilvy Jay Lee, (cc/ @bilvyy)

It's the year 2100 in New Portland, Australia. The Immortals are a reckless street gang trying to corner the market on illegal but highly advanced prosthetic technology known as CHIPs.

Story and Art by Bilvy Jay Lee

 A Stick A Stone, 37 pages - Published by Ink and Dagger Productions, (cc/ @ASAScomic)

A Southern Gothic Tale of Belonging at the End of the...

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1. Unluckies, 529 pages - Published by Neon Hell, (cc/ @Peachy-Keene)

Magical girl Lilyfeather escapes an arranged marriage by joining a crew of pirate hunters in this high-seas tale of love, luck, and zombies!

Story and Art by Neon Hell

2. The Very Gay Adventures, 152 pages - Published by Very Gay Comics, (cc/ @RavenAndLily)

A daily comic that follows the comedic adventures of two WLW lovers....

We've got some never-featured and recently updated LGBTQ+ titles today. Going beyond just friendship or romance, these titles add a little action, elemental chemistry, galactic space travel, super-humans, and Appalachian cryptids! There's so much to discover in today's What's Trending, featuring:

1. Vindicaris, 549 pages - Published by Serpyra, (cc/ @serpyra)

Vindicaris is a scifi/action comic about Periodica: soldiers of the Periodic Elements. The story follows Ces and Sel: two rogue Periodica on their quest for revenge against their own creators. Along the way, they must combat gangs, other Periodica, and their own moral conflicts. Series contains violent...

No matter what console you started on, they can bring out the best of us! Friends joining together to beat a villain in multiplayer, entering the game to play as the villain, or falling in love with the villain's son?! What kind of games ARE these? Let's play and find out with today's Popular Last Week, featuring:

1. The Final Boss's Son Loves the Protagonist, 198 pages - Published by Bwillett Comics, (cc/ @bwillett)

With the Sword of the Four Goddesses, a chosen hero will destroy the dark lord Arenjee. To stop him, Arenjee sends his son Ozmodeus to kill the hero before he can get to the dark lord. However, poor Oz finds he has a problem, he’s fallen in love...

What's better than fighting machinery and robots? Mecha and fighting tech has been growing in popularity, with science experiments, battle suits, dedicated family robots and Sentai-styled battle cats, there's much to be excited about. Grab the WD40 and polish that metal as we dive into today's What's Trending, featuring:

1. Deathrage, 96 pages - Published by Merc Publishing, (cc/ @mercmagazine)

In the year 1985, Mark Freeman signs up to be the first of a new line of Spartan super soldier. Something goes wrong in the experiment, and he doesn't turn out at all like they wanted. This six issue standalone story will tell the origin of MERC's Deathrage!

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Ever wonder what it is like to be a space janitor? A superhero? Maybe a lowly worker with a hellish boss? Maybe an angelic one would be better instead? With today's Popular Last Week, you can find out, featuring:

1. Space Cleaners, 48 pages - Published by Space Cleaners, (cc/ @WeirdElf)

Space Cleaners is an agency that is in charge of promoting cleaning jobs to prisoners and refugees in order to pay their pensions or get financial support, from dismantling to evidence removal, depending on the request of the clients. In this organization works Renzo, an janitor who works in exchange for a refuge, in order to become independent and find his own place, will be the one to guide...

Love is in the air once again! We've got new loves to fawn over and some favorites to check up on! A young harpy meeting her first humans, workplace relationships, a fiancé who isn't who he seems and more! There's something to love for everyone on today's What's Trending, featuring:

1. Sunrise Blossom, 1743 pages - Published by Nina D. Aberlein Comics, (cc/ @NinaDAberlein)

Ivy is a young harpy who is separated from her sister while travelling to learn about human culture. After running into a Violet, a human woman who takes her in, Ivy slowly starts blooming into womanhood, while developing feelings for her human companion.

Story and Art by Nina...

National Sports day is celebrated all over the world in honor of their national sports teams as well as the traditional sports of those countries. We've got some racing, wrestling, biking, roller derby, hand-to-hand sparring and cricket in today's Popular Last Week, featuring:

1. Triple Crown, 72 pages - Published by Mythoverse Comics, (cc/ @MythoverseComics)

The daughter of the greatest racing driver in history devotes her life to completing her family's legacy, by reaching the pinnacle of racing: The Triple Crown of Motorsport. She must master all of the most difficult racing disciplines, navigate rivalries, politics, and death defying speed in her single minded...

Living on an island can have its perks, and its downsides. This What's Trending list contains strange local mythologies, underwater cities, sirens, lemurs, and vikings! We hope you like the smell of saltwater, featuring:

1. Godsbane • 祟り神, 25 pages - Published by Art Crumbs, (cc/ @ArtCrumbs)

In 1891, Aros, a village doctor, sells his soul attempting to revive a colleague who can save them from apocalypse. Too bad she wants to stay dead and doesn't want to help! Now Aros must balance life as a healer and a killer in order to save his island from being burned to the ground.

Story and Art by Art Crumbs

2. Rai (2014), 1364 pages - Publi...

We've got some never-featured comedy titles full of new reasons to laugh! Finding your forgotten past, monsters, heroes, romance, and... aliens in toilets, we bet this list can get us to the weekend in good spirits. Have a laugh with today's What's Trending, featuring:

1. Heart Rock Titan, 44 pages - Published by Burak Cengiz, (cc/ @burakxir)

Stressed at work, broke, overweight, lonely and heartbroken. Here comes Pam! Like most people Pam just wants to have a normal and happy life. Yet, in a world that‘s inhabited by all kinds of different people she still struggles to fit in because she looks like no other person. Having no memory about her origin from an early...

Varying in size, shape, and abilities, dragons appear all over the world in almost every culture. The stories on this list are a reflection of that, many dragons, in many forms and many roles in society. Set aside all you think you know about dragons, and enjoy today's Popular Last Week, featuring:

1. Blood Stained Snow, 128 pages - Published by Genji Otori, (cc/ @GenjiOtori)

Blood Stained Snow takes place in a world ruled by dragons. Only a few chosen humans are allowed to act as the dragon’s judges and death men. Feared for their madness and brutality – they are called Dragoons.

Story and Art by Genji Otori

2. Chasing the Dragon, 136...

Being stuck in limbo can be scary. And no, I'm not talking about a Groundhog Day scenario where you're stuck dancing forever. Although that could actually be fun, come to think of it.

The limbo I'm referring to for this week's What's Trending is that place in the afterlife that leaves a spirit stuck in the between. Not quite alive, and not quite gone, these spirits all have one thing in common: great stories.

Enjoy, and let us know your favorites in the comments!

Soul Ascendance, 314 pages - Published by Bezel Comix, (cc/ @BezelLeblanc)

Soul Ascendance is a story about the afterlife, where the lost souls that reside in Purgatory must hunt demons and take...

Did you know August 8th is International Cat Day? Grab your favorite furball, a bag of treats, and a soft blanket to knead. We've got enough stories on today's Popular Last Week to keep you purring for days!

1. Afterglow, 84 pages - Published by Space Between Entertainment, (cc/ @patshand)

The Glowing ended the world as we know it, leaving the survivors with an Earth painted with dangerous, glowing colors. Now, a girl named Lacey discovers her late mother's journal that foretells another apocalyptic event and sets out with her giant mutant cat to save what’s left of the world.

Story and Art by Jim Campbell, K. Lynn Smith, Pat Shand, Shannon Lee

We are getting one last hurrah before the winter and summer seasons end and the school year returns! The beats in our What's Trending will get us jammin', featuring:

1. Melodic Remedy, 57 pages - Published by Melodic Remedy Comix, (cc/ @jsawhney)

Melodic Remedy is an anthology series encompassing different stories about music curing problems.

Story and Art by Melodic Remedy Comix

2. Dead Beats, 335 pages - Published by A Wave Blue World, (cc/ @tyler)

The Dead Beats music shop is filled with deadly secrets. Run by the mysterious Shoppe Keeper, customers can browse through cursed records, evil sheet music, and instruments of the damned! Our...

Today's Popular Last Week contains stories of love, a magical necklace, school hi-jinks, and a mysterious story about two young women a century apart. There's something here for everyone to feel included!

1. Lesser Evils, 114 pages - Published by AWA Studios, (cc/ @WillGraves)

Welcome to Brooklyn Through the Looking Glass, where a golem with benefits, a spiraling genie, a demon who feeds on bad vibes, and a promising young mermaid collide with heartbroken, hard-living, hype-obsessed humans. Lesser Evils is a hilarious, pop culture-filled universe that explores what intimacy, spite, selflessness, and friendship mean today.

Story and Art by AWA Studios

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Like nature itself, today's What's Trending is balanced between those who seek to save nature and those who seek to protect themselves from nature. The nature out there is something we rely on, but occasionally we are reminded that we are at its mercy, featuring:

1. The Valiant (2014), 427 pages - Published by Valiant, (cc/ @Valiant)

A battle ten millennia in the making… The Eternal Warrior has protected the Earth for more than 10,000 years. A master of countless weapons and long forgotten martial arts, he is guided by the Geomancers – those who speak for the Earth. During his long watch, the Eternal Warrior has failed three times. Each time, the...