Scary graphic novels for tweens and teens can really run the gamut, from ultimately comical tales of monsters to more unsettling stories full of jump scares and disfigured bodies. These lists, grouped by subgenre, include a wide range of stories that will appeal to an equally wide range of readers, whether they are looking for a creepy flavor in an otherwise heartening friendship story or craving a book that will haunt their dreams.
Body Horror
Apocalypse Taco. By Nathan Hale. Art by the author. 2019. Abrams/Amulet, $14.99 (9781419733734). Gr. 4–7.
The plot of this slim comic—involving bees, a taco run, and a biomatter copier—is secondary to Hale’s bizarre, dizzyingly intricate art, composed of shattering, goopy fractals of arms, tentacles, and teeth that slither and plop in organic, visceral motion.
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