It's time to wrap up October and our Halloween 2023 features with the Best of Horror 2023! We've gathered up the top 12 comics of horror over the last 30 days all into a single list here for you! From ghastly encounters, to twisted villains and the darkness shrouding the evil in the shadows, you might want to leave the light on...
Nightwalkers, 72 pages - Published by Source Point Press, (cc/ @TravisM)
Seren is an addict in recovery at a rehabilitation center secluded in the mountains, COMPLETELY ISOLATED from the outside world. When Seren and the other patients wake to find themselves locked inside and abandoned by the center's staff, they must decide whether to wait or break out. The decision is made for them when a blood thirsty monster enters the center, and begins to tear through them to satiate its lust for blood. In a collaboration with Hustle & Heart Films and Vertigo Entertainment (IT, DOCTOR SLEEP), Source Point Press is proud to bring you this horror masterpiece!
Story and Art by Source Point Press
LOVE . DEATH . EAT . REPEAT, 50 pages - Published by SfiCool Comics, (cc/ @sficool)
1345, Wharram Percy England. Zabrina, a Persian Princess, is wedded to the English aristocrat Lord Percy. One Halloween night she is cursed, murdered and transformed into a mindless, ravaging zombie who is compelled to enact cruel and monstrous deeds. We begin our tale at the point of her death, and accompany her through her vicious, tenacious and bloody fight to recover her humanness - a vast journey of exploration which spans hundreds of years and touches countless cultures, pivotal points in history and mysterious worlds that rest outside the reach of mortal souls.
Story and Art by Alfredo Rodriguez Murillo, Dimitrios Stamadianos, KK Hemmings, Olly Jeavons, Serhii Yatovyi
Monster Forge Halloween Special: gHosts #1, 41 pages - Published by Monster Forge, (cc/ @MonsterForge)
Investigator Nita Hawes is drawn into a decades old missing child case when she’s sent a mysterious VHS tape featuring horror hosts Count Crowley, Vamp, Doctor Fearless, Desdemona, Uncle Monster and Ms. Halloween. The hosts do what they can to guide her recovery mission but even with their help, Nita may find herself lost in a Halloween nightmare if she can’t solve this case! Starring characters from creators Rodney Barnes, David Dastmalchian, Vamp, Chynna Clugston Flores, Cullen Bunn, and Shannon Eric Denton. Monstrously illustrated by horror legend David Hartman.
Story and Art by Chynna Clugston Flores, Cullen Bunn, David Dastmalchian, David Hartman, Kristen Fitzner Denton, Rodney Barnes, Shannon Eric Denton
Something is Killing the Children Volumes, 888 pages - Published by BOOM! Studios, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
When the children of Archer's Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. The few children that return alive have terrible stories—impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only adult who sees what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it must be done. GLAAD Award-winni...
Story and Art by James Tynion IV, Letizia Cadonici, Miquel Muerto, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Werther Dell’Edera
The Walking Dead Compendiums, 4485 pages - Published by Image Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
Just in time for the new season of The Walking Dead on AMC, the fan-favorite, New York Times bestselling series returns with its FOURTH massive paperback collection! With over 1,000 pages, this volume contains the next chapter of ROBERT KIRKMAN and CHARLIE ADLARD 's Eisner Award-winning continuing story of survival horror. From the Whisperers to the Commonwealth, Rick Grimes meets new allies and enemies on the way to reclaiming the world from the dead. Wars are started, and dear friends fal...
Story and Art by Robert Kirkman
The Ribbon Queen, 98 pages - Published by AWA Studios, (cc/ @ChrisF-AWA)
There is something ancient and terrible loose in the world of men. NYPD Detective Amy Sun has a problem: Three years ago, a young woman was rescued from a serial killer by a police tactical unit. Now she’s dead, and Amy has a bad feeling that the SWAT team leader is responsible. As she investigates the corrupt cabal, Sun soon discovers that there is something else on their trail – a force of vengeance older than the human race itself has awoken and is out for the blood of the guilty. The Ribbon Queen has come to New York City…and Amy is not at all certain that it should be stopped.
Story and Art by AWA Studios
Halloween Man, 1998 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 and Art by Halloween Man Comics
Spook, 1389 pages - Published by Sari Spooks, (cc/ @Sarispooks)
Spook is a supernatural Horror/Romance Following the life of Charlie, a young girl who has the capability to interact with the side of the dead as if the living. She quickly befriends her neighbors, one a boy who hides his own demonic secrets and the other a lonely dapper specter who is way into the dramatic. All is well till Charlie makes a contract. I will warn you I have horrible spelling in the beginning.
Story and Art by Sari Spooks
The Devil That Wears My Face, 32 pages - Published by Mad Cave Studios, (cc/ @chrisfernandez)
The year is 1740, and the Vatican is in turmoil. Grappling with a profound crisis of faith, outcast exorcist Father Franco Vieri is dispatched on a mission of grave importance — to rescue a Spanish nobleman from the clutches of the sadistic demon known as Legion. But when the exorcism goes tragically wrong, Vieri finds himself trapped in a stranger’s body… Equal parts Face/Off and The Exorcist, Ringo Award-winning writer David Pepose (Moon Knight: City of the Dead, Savage Avengers) and Bram Stoker Award-nominated artist Alex Cormack conjure a harrowing tale of terror.
Story and Art by Mad Cave Studios
Rumpus Room, 48 pages - Published by AWA Studios, (cc/ @ChrisF-AWA)
Eisner Award-winning writer Mark Russell returns to AWA with his latest dark satire, with art by Ramon Rosanas. Meet Bob Schrunk, technocrat billionaire, collector of bad art, and victim of a hideous skin condition that can only be treated with a highly illicit and definitely not FDA-approved face cream that must be…harvested. From human beings. Bob isn’t unfair, though. He’s happy to let his guests select who will be next to be sent from the Rumpus Room to their doom. There’s just one thing Bob doesn’t know: One of his new guests is an undercover cop—and she’s carrying a gun.
Story and Art by AWA Studios
The Darkness, 4032 pages - Published by Top Cow, (cc/ @vincelongo)
Introducing mafia hitman Jackie Estacado and the ancient power of the Darkness!
Story and Art by Garth Ennis, Joe Benitez, Malachy Coney, Marcia Chen, Paul Jenkins
Flesh Eating Cheerleaders from Outer Space, 297 pages - Published by Dren Productions, (cc/ @drenproductions)
When a meteor crashes in the middle of campus, the students at Pullman University didn't realize that they were being invaded. These space creatures are able to inhabit and take over the human body. So, what happens when a group of cheerleaders are caught in the middle? They become these flesh-eating cannibals, of course.
Story and Art by Dren Productions
Be safe out there Trick or Treating, attending Halloween parties, or general spooky fun! If you'd like to read more Horror comics, you can find them here. See you soon for more features!