Horror Graphic Novels for Your Book Club

Phoooo

I don’t know if I’ve shared this with you all before, but I love soup. I actually love it all times of year (even summer!), but I’ve waited to share soupy things with y’all since I know some people don’t like the idea of sipping on hot broth while it’s 90 degrees outside. I came across this recipe for pho using a left over rotisserie chicken that looks super simple but delicious (I mean, I def don’t have a spice bag, but I can make some arrangements). Naturally, I thought to include a vegetarian option as well. Don’t forget the bean sprouts and hoison!

Now for books! (heh)

This retelling of Frankenstein sees the monster dead set on revenge against the humans that rejected him. To achieve his goal of destroying humanity, he enlists the help of Dr. Baker, who is part of the Frankenstein family and who recently lost her teenage son to police violence.

Shammas just won a Harvey Award for her YA graphic novel Squire. In the newly released Where Black Stars Rise, Dr. Amal Robardin, a Lebanese therapist in training, feels like she isn’t equipped to help her first client, a lady named Yasmin with schizophrenia who claims to be visited at night by an evil spirit. The reality of the malevolent spirit becomes apparent and when Yasmin’s obsession with the classic horror The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers leads to her disappearance, it’s Dr. Robardin who slips through dimensions to save her. Hopefully they can both make it out of the realm of The King of Yellow in time.

Elena Abbott is a chain-smoking journalist in 1970s Detroit who has lost her husband. When she starts investigating a set of gruesome murders the police are curiously ignoring, she realizes the occult forces involved are the same ones that were involved with her husband’s death. As she searches for truth, she has to fight systemic barriers as well as magic and monsters.

The premise of this reminds me a bit of Lovecraft Country (the show since I’ve never read the book). It’s about the Sangerye family who can cure the most tainted souls consumed by racial hatred who turn into jinroo monsters. In fighting against this deep evil, the family has lost a lot, and with this new breed of monster out, there’s the question of whether they can protect humanity any more.