Horror comics boom in our age of anxiety

James Tynion, one of the top-selling independent American comics creators, discusses why horror sells

Horror sells right now. Having swept the film, television and video game industries, it is also a winning formula in the world of comics. Just ask James Tynion IV.

The New York-based writer sold around five million copies of his Something is Killing the Children series, which first appeared in 2019.

It follows Erica Slaughter, a mysterious woman with a stuffed octopus, who can see the invisible monsters that have been murdering children in a small American town.

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