As with other posts in this series, these #booksread2022 posts get published with some lag. I’m trying to be more punctual, though, and this one’s very recent. So, this post digs into two manga collections by Ito Junji: Smashed and Tomie.  When I recently posted about Uzumaki the other day, I said I’d probably read Tomie next, but I ended up picking up his anthology of shorter horror comics Smashed the other day, and finishing it within 24 hours. It felt very much like the horror comics I read as a kid: short, spicy, and punchy tales that exploded on …

As with other posts in this series, these #booksread2022 posts get published with some lag. I’m trying to be more punctual, though, and this one’s very recent. I’ve continued making my way through a stack of Junji Ito books from a local library. I’ve even less of a manga reader than a comics reader, but I’m enjoying these.

As with other posts in this series, these #booksread2022 posts get published with some lag. I’m trying to be more punctual, though, and this one’s very recent. This post includes a few horrifying images of body horror, death, and… other disturbing things from a horror comic. I actually went looking for a decent plugin I could use to blur images so people could avoid seeing them, but couldn’t find one I trusted enoough to install. So, well, I guess you’ve been warned.  I should say at the start that, despite the fact I’m reading more comics now—getting an iPad helped …