With so many comics to choose from these days, it can certainly be hard to keep track of them all, even when confined to the horror genre.
The last several years have certainly given us a surge in horror comics. Here are five overlooked slasher comics that deserve your attention, including John Lees’ The Nasty and Juan Doe’s Bad Reception.
Poser #1-4 Is a Punk Rock Slasher
Written by Matt Miner
Art by Clay McCormack
Published by Waxwork Comics
Long thought to be an urban legend in the underground music scene of Redondo Beach, Poser carves a gory slash through the heart of the Los Angeles South Bay. Young punks travel together in groups, and the town is on high alert. Copycat killers stalk the beach.
A manhunt is underway to catch the masked slasher, and the town has banded together, but this sense of unity is soon carved to pieces by the razor-sharp blade of the Poser killer. Will Ash and her ragtag group of punk pals escape the murderous cold grip of Poser?
Each issue came with a vinyl 7″ record with its own soundtrack performed by Joel Grind of the band Toxic Holocaust.
Bad Reception #1-5 Goes Off the Grid With a Killer
Written by Juan Doe
Art by Juan Doe
Published by Aftershock Comics
It’s the celebrity wedding of the century. Set in an undisclosed remote location with no access to Wi-Fi or the outside world. But the dream wedding becomes a nightmare when, one by one, the guests are brutally slaughtered by a serial killer who brands his victims with a hashtag.
Bad Reception is a searing horror story that doubles as a topical, satirical critique on society’s obsession with technology, social media, and the cult of celebrity.
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The Nasty #1-8 Revisits Video Nasties
Written by John Lees
Art by George Kambadais and Adam Cahoon
Published by Vault Comics
Eighteen-year-old Thumper Connell still has an imaginary friend: the masked killer from his favorite slasher film. Thumper is obsessed with horror and always has been. He spends his time watching scary VHS rentals and hanging out with his fellow fans in The Murder Club.
But everything changes when his local video shop acquires one of the notorious films known as “video nasties.” Films so scary, they’re the target of the British Moral Decency League’s crusade to ban and burn. But it’s only a movie, right? It’s all just imaginary, isn’t it?
A story about the perception of evil, the power of genre, the love of fandom, and the need to create art.
Where Monsters Lie #1-4 Features a Gated Community for Society’s Worst
Written by Kyle Starks
Art by Piotr Kowalski
Published by Dark Horse Comics
Haven’t you always wondered what slasher monsters-the masked home invasion family, the mindless unkillable monster, the serial killer trapped in a doll-what they do for those couple of years in-between their murder sprees? They’re at Wilmhurst. A gated community in the middle of nowhere where they relax until they get the call to go out and kill again.
Connor Hayes survived his first slasher in summer camp. A handful of years later, he barely escaped a psychopath who built torture puzzles for his victims. Since then, he’s been training and planning for running into these creatures again. He’s a respected special agent, and now he knows where the monsters lie and he’s planning for war.
This series is followed by two sequels: Where Monsters Lie: Cul de Sac #1-4 and Where Monsters Lie: Dead End #1.
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That Texas Blood #14-19 Starts a New Arc
Written by Chris Condon
Art by Jacob Phillips
Published by Image Comics
As a winter storm looms over Ambrose County in January of 1992, a local woman’s body is discovered and believed to be the latest victim of a horrifying West Texas serial killer.
Each arc of That Texas Blood is its own story, so if you missed the other issues, there’s no need to worry.
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