Wonder House of Horrors

by Miyako Cojima

A 10 story horror anthology by Miyako Cojima that is sometimes kooky, sometimes gory, and sometimes positively profound!

Genres: Manga, Horror

190 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2023

Reviews

[Vicente Ribes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Relatos cortos con un estilo de dibujo mezcla de Kazuo Umezz y la Ecc. Las tramas mezclan el humor con el terror truculento a traves de pequeñas piezas donde la fealdad física, las benganzas sobrenaturales y los desmembramientos están a la orden del día.

[Stay Fetters · Rating 4 out of 5]

"One day I came home from school to find… my fathers head on the kitchen table."

Ten short gory horror tales that’ll make you rock back and forth in the corner. The stories were fantastic and completely disgusting. Really enjoyed these.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cojima weaves her influences of EC Comics and Kazuo Umezu into a horror anthology that brings out the best of both. Equal parts comedy and grotesquerie.

[Chloe · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Stars!

[Lia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Je suis assez mitigée, car le dessin est beau, mais les histoires sont beaucoup trop courtes…

[Danisuko Albéniz · Rating 3 out of 5]

¡Mi primera novela gráfica!
¡Pues ya puedo decir que me he leído mi primer manga!

Sinceramente las ilustraciones son una pasada, y me encanta ese estilo de gore fusionado con terror y fantasía.

Dentro de las 10 historias creo que realmente merecen la pena como historia 4… tampoco es que tengan una narrativa increíble, pero tampoco creo que se busque eso, si no que visualmente generen un impacto, y eso lo consiguen!

Las primeras historias son mucho más potentes, literalmente las 3 últimas son un poco sin sentido, cortas y bastante poco interesantes. Parece que las han metido por cubrir un número de capítulos y no por interés real.

Me atrevería a decir que en alguna parte hasta te ríes, y mira que soy una persona que no termino de entender el humor asiático a pesar de respetarlo…

Soy totalmente un cateto de este mundillo, pero dicen que para poder hablar, criticar, amar, odiar o simplemente conocer algo es importante nutrirte sobre ello, para comentarlo desde la propiedad del conocimiento y no desde la suposición o el prejuicio.

¿Me volvería a leer algún manga? Si
¿Me he enamorado del estilo? No
¿Leería otro? En un tiempo
¿Me ha gustado la experiencia? Si
¿Me ha sorprendido para bien y realmente me lo he pasado bien? Si
¿Lo recomendaría? Si

[Blaine Riesberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first story reminded me of thatTwilight Zone episode. The second was reminiscent of Tomie. The third was just ugly and mean. Fourth, heads up, is when things really get rolling. The fifth just made me smile reminding me something out of the Shivering Truth. I was definitely more bemused than startled though startling and grotesque imagery abounds. Always take advantage of that page turn, mangaka. Also there’s always just this random girl with an eyepatch in the background so that’s a plus. Overall a nice little bag of sweet and grotesque treats with minimal loser candy.

[Michael Lieto · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun time! Nothing amazing, but solid and oftentimes funnny gross out horror for spooky season.

The first 3 stories are the worst of the bunch for sure I found them to be pretty lame stories about just "ugliness"

Severance and Speed Girl, though, are SO much better. Genuinely excellent stories these 2. The ones that follow after those two are good to really good. Overall the stories are a mixed bag but enjoyable to read at least once

[Urbon Adamsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm really glad I bought this one.

Really fun reading. It's not Junji Ito's level but I think all his fans will enjoy this.

Ito is usually more gruesome and scary, while here the horror is more humorous, but still lots of fun.

I really recommend this one if you can get it.

[Heather Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you to StarFruit Books for providing me with an E-ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!

Absolutely loved this manga collection! I needed some more horror manga in my life, and this came into clutch! This manga collection is filled with 10 thrilling, gory, and kooky short stories that will have you wanting more! I loved the panel layout and the art within the book. It was easy to follow the text bubbles as well. Highly recommend this manga collection if you’re a horror manga junkie like me!

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[Kathryn Grace Loves Horror]

DNF.
Read over half.
Maybe I’m just not in a good place for these stories, but I’m just kinda grossed out by them.

[crowsden · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really dumb but really fun. 3.5