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Dental fear, the comic edition

Sometimes dental fear can be funny and terrifying, as witness this comic by Dan Piraro:

Found on Facebook.  Can't find a link to the original.

Zombie web comic from Italy

Undead Trinity is an Italian webcomic about a zombie attack on an industrial area.  It's ongoing, and recommended.

The story is admirably focused on the working class, and develops well. The art is quite effective:

So far we've seen emergency throat surgery, stolid milk delivery ladies, racism, and brutal zombie killing. I enjoy this point of view shot from inside a zombie's mouth.

False Positive launches second season

Fine horror Webcomic False Positive (previously) has started a second season, and it's excellent so far.

The short story Seance has just finished, offering a fun take on how contacting the dead can go very wrong.

Chas Addams doing Mother Goose

The Atlantic has a nice selection of Chas Addams' illustrations for Mother Goose stories.

(thanks to Jesse Walker)

One more Gothic Christmas item

XKCD imagines how else the holiday could go wrong:

Comics for Halloween month

Atop the Fourth Wall is running a fun series about horror comics all month, Longbox of the Damned.  Every day Linkara presents another issue or ongoing title drawn from various sources: manga, superheroes, and, of course, horror comics.

Extra fun comes from the persona and atmosphere Lovhaug creates for Longbox.  He plays a classic horror host, a cackling, over the top vampire.  Opening credits have frantic music, screams, and a splattered logo.

Through this, we get nice intros to stories, with context and good interior shots.  For example, on Uzumaki part 1:

It's a fun change of pace for Linkara, whose usual metier is mocking bad comics.

(thanks to my awesome daughter)

Creepy art from Bill S.

Some of Bill Sinkiewicz's Gothic-themed art is on display at Monster Brains.  Most of the images are vampire-related:

Fine dark Webcomic

False Positive is a Webcomic of horror, not to mention crime, suspense, and dark humor. 

It's not a single series, but a collection of short stories, like "Detained".

(via MetaFilter)

The logical extension of media panic

One reason people make media fear arguments is their belief that media experiences change people.  The brilliant Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal takes this concept one step further.

Computer game fear, the comic

Moral panics about computer games, explained in one neat comic: