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5 Great Horror Comics You Should Read by September Mourning
For as much as people want to talk about how remakes and reboots are a thing, I think we’re forgetting that TV and movies are also taking a lot of inspiration and stories from comics. A multitude of one-offs and series are being adapted, much to the delight of their audiences. Well, when done right, of course.
But how aware are you of some of these comics? Clearly there are some obvious ones out there but that doesn’t mean that a few haven’t potentially slipped past you. And here to bring you some suggestions on what to read to get caught up with the genre is hard rock band September Mourning, who have listed five of their own personal favorite horror comics, which you can see below.
The band is gearing up to release their new studio album Volume II next Friday, the 29th, via Sumerian Records. Just like with their previous album, Volume II will also have a limited edition comic book that follows the story began in Volume I‘s “A Murder of Reapers”. Frontwoman Emily Lazar explains:
Volume II follows our hero, September Mourning’s tale throughout the second issue of the comic book entitled, The Hand of Fate. Both forms of media intertwine to create a musical and visual story mosaic for your eyes and ears. Although September’s character is fictional, both the emotional landscape of the music and the message behind her lyric come from a very vulnerable place inside of me. In this album, I intertwined these supernatural characters with my own very real, relatable thoughts and feelings. There are pieces of myself magnified in every dynamic shift and bombastic hook in this album and you feel that when you listen. The world that’s created promises you an epic ride.
The comic is the brainchild of Lazar and acclaimed American comic book artist and publisher Marc Silvestri (X-Men, Witchblade, The Darkness). It comes out via Top Cow Productions.
You can pre-order Volume II via Amazon or get the bundle with the comic right here.
30 Days of Night
If you like your vampires more on the menacing side rather than the glitter in the sunlight side, then you will love this comic. Gruesome, gory and suspenseful… Putting a twist on the dark days and nights of Alaska’s winter.
The Walking Dead
If I have to explain this one, you must be living under a rock… Zombies vs the last hope of the human race with a ton of psychological depth mixed right in.
Preacher
A man of God is possessed by a half angel/ half demon being and ends up destroying his church and congregation.. Driven by his own moral compass and questions of good versus evil he pairs up with his old girlfriend and an alcoholic vampire in search of answers and God. Talk about blurring the lines of right and wrong…. This book keeps you guessing which side you might really be on.
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac
Johnny C is a murderer that keeps getting away with his crimes. Is he crazy? Is he possessed? I’ll tell you what he is … Really dark, twisted and funny.
Outcast
Robert Kirkmam, author of the Walking Dead, strikes again .. This time he explores possession. If your whole family suffered from some sort of demonic possession you’d probably be asking why… Well so does our protagonist Kyle Barnes… And with the help of a clergyman he attempts to solve the mystery while discovering his own peculiar talents.
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Jul 29 FYE Acoustic Performance Fullerton, CA
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‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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