Frankenstein
By Michael Walsh, 120 pages
Published on October 10, 2025 by Urban Comics — €20.50
Before giving life to his creature, Doctor Henry Frankenstein desecrated many graves, exhumed many corpses, collected many members. But to what extent did their previous owners’ pieces help create the monster we know? In this horrific rereading by Michael Walshwhich we loved on the anthology series The Silver Coineach part of the monster tells its own story, in an original narrative approach in four chapters, each dedicated to a fragment of the creature’s body. Rather than recounting the origins of the monster for the umpteenth time, the author focuses on the original bearers of these organs. A macabre puzzle which gradually recomposes itself, while distilling a parallel plot which takes up the main lines of the 1931 film with Boris Karloff.
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Behind the door
By James Tynion IV and Gavin Fullerton, 104 pages
Published on October 3, 2025 by Urban Comics — €20.50
James Tynion IV, already awarded for his T serieshe Nice House on the Lakereturns with a new horror story. Jamie is a four-year-old boy who suffers from night terrors: every night, he sees a monster coming out of his bedroom closet door. The couple decides to cross the country to start over, leaving everything behind. But monsters are not so easy to outrun.
The realistic drawing of Gavin Fullerton, with his play of light and shadow, often from a low angle from Jamie’s point of view, gives the story all its horrific power. The silent scenes where the monster hugs the child, unable to scream as if in sleep paralysis, are chilling. But Behind the door is more than just a horror story. Like other stories before it, the graphic novel uses the pretext of childhood nightmares to convey real, and very human, trauma. The horror becomes a parable of common suffering: it is dark, brilliant, terrifying.
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M is for Monster
By Talia Dutton, 224 pages
Published on October 22, 2025 by Delcourt — €14.95
Frances and Maura have always been inseparable twins. When Maura dies in a tragic accident, her sister vows to bring her back to life. After many failures and many tears, a miracle finally happens. But the creature that rises from the table is clearly not Maura. Hoping to trigger memories of her missing sister, Frances surrounds M in a straitjacket of the past.
This modern rereading of the Frankenstein mythwith its refined lines in tones of black, white and turquoise, aptly explores mourning and the difficult reconstruction of the living. The graphic novel also explores the unrealizable expectations of those who come after. It’s poetic despite the darkness, beautiful despite death. A remarkable debut graphic novel that should resonate with teenagers as well as adults.
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To scare: Terror at the campsite
By Paul Drouin, Ingrid Chabert and Lylian, 48 pages
Published on October 8, 2025 by Soleil — €11.50
A new horrific saga for teenagers that smells of gloomy evenings by the fire and roasted marshmallows. In this first volume, we follow Kori, 11 years old, addicted to screens, released into a nature stay at the Trouillensac campsite to experience a forced digital detox. But the evening quickly turns into a nightmare: the wood hides creatures as strange as they are voracious. In line with Tales from the Crypt and the saga Goosebumpsthis new anthology series grotesque mix of series B and a slightly moralizing lesson on the relationship with screens. 10-15 year olds should appreciate it, older ones too. If the scenario does not avoid certain clichés, it embraces them in a fairly enjoyable manner. The objective is more to give young readers a taste of thrill than to really traumatize them.
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