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Horror Comic Of The Week – Ray Fawkes’ “Intersect” #5
Welcome to the horror comic of the week, if you only have cash to pick up one comic this week make it “Intersect” #5.
Intersect is Ray Fawkes’ strange surreal look at what it means to be “intersected.” It’s a twisted take on body horror brought to life beautifully with water colors. The narrative has been organically uncanny, it’s as if you’re lost in a fever dream and the only way out is to keep digging deeper. The beauty of the entire thing is the interlocking sexuality that comes with being immersed in the pages. There is something about being intersected that is impossible to resist, and a little hard to fathom. “Intersect” continually proves itself a worthy entry in the canon of Cronenbergian Body-horror, not by being a cheap imitation but by doing something dynamically different and insane.
Eric Switzer has continually raved about the book.
Issue #5 is the penultimate issue of the first arc, “The drumbeat of revelation sounds in cracking streets and splintering bone. All survivors move into their final position and the scorching, monstrous truth of all things is poised to be witnessed, but not before a vicious battle unfolds…”
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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