EC Cruel Universe Vol. 1

by Corinna Sara Bechko, Chris Condon, Matt Kindt

Compelled to OBLIVION, driven to ENTROPY, all life in our cosmos can only end in one COMPLETE ANNIHILATION! For the first time in 70 years, the limitless fury of EC Comics rages back to life to shred the very fabric of the universe itself—and wrench bizarre tales of time and space into our dimensional plane!
Our guides across this riveting introduction to a cosmic maelstrom of strange extraterrestrial entities, malevolent scientists, and terrifying technological catastrophe? Learn to fear the void with the irradiated imaginations of writers Corinna Bechko (Green Earth One), Christopher Cantwell (Thanos), Chris Condon (Ultimate Wolverine), Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Mind MGMT), Stephanie Phillips (Phoenix), Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman), and more as they collide with the wondrously destructive visions of artists Jonathan Case (Green River Killer), Kano (Gotham Central), David Lapham (Stray Bullets), Alison Sampson (Department of Truth), Artyom Topilin (I Hate This Place), Caitlin Yarsky (Black Reborn), and many more!
The unpredictable return of EC Comics continues here with the quantum comics event of the millennium! Galaxies will collapse. Space-time will be distorted. And your very will to exist, too, shall be broken. . . . Just It’s all in the name of SCIENCE!
Collecting Cruel Universe #1–5.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Anthologies, Short Stories

176 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2025

About the author

Corinna Bechko has been writing comics since her horror graphic novel Heathentown was published by Image/Shadowline in 2009. Since then she worked for Marvel, DC, Boom!, Image, and Dark Horse, among others, on titles such as Planet of the Apes, Star Wars: Legacy, Savage Hulk, Aliens/Vampirella, Invisible Republic, and Green Lantern: Earth One. She was recently short-listed for the Aeon Award for her prose short Sooterkin. She is a zoologist by training.

Reviews

[Jim Ef · Rating 3 out of 5]

6.2/10
Anthology books tend to be a mixed bag when it comes to quality. 'EC Cruel Universe' is no exception. While some creative teams provided stories that left an impact, others missed the mark.

[Krystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun collection of sci-fi/fantasy tales!

I enjoyed this, though some of the stories were too brief or bland to be memorable. The opener was the big win for me, with its twist making the biggest impact.

Most of these have a nice twisted ending, but after a while you do begin to see some of them coming.

There's a good mix of stories, and an interesting mix of art.

I didn't love all of it - some of the artwork was too muddled for me to make out the story, and some stories had quite plain art designed to let the story shine. So for the most part, the art didn't stand out.

The stories were fun though, and I enjoyed most of them making this a collection I'd recommend for sci-fi fans.

With thanks to NetGalley for an ARC

[Glen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this 'comic' book. I did not count the number of stories but each one ended in a ironic twist. The art was decent and well drawn.

[James DeSantis · Rating 3 out of 5]

E.C. Cruel Universe is a collection of short stories that blends weird fiction and horror into one strange, often unsettling ride, and for the most part, it works!

The opener, featuring a gladiator-style showdown between a man and a dinosaur (yes, a dinosaur), starts things off strong. It’s bizarre in the best way and surprisingly intense with an emotional payoff. Another standout for me was the story involving a man who nearly kills a woman, dark, tense, and it sticks with you. That one in particular really hit the right notes, and the ending landed well.

There’s also a disturbing little piece about an animal/human farm that was both creepy and oddly grounded despite the idea. It’s one of those stories that stays under your skin a bit.

Not every story blew me away. Some were just okay, and a couple felt a bit predictable (like the “dead woman on a spaceship” twist you could see coming a mile away). But even the weaker ones weren’t bad, just more middle-of-the-road compared to the stronger entries.

Overall, it's a solid collection of horror-tinged weirdness. If you like your short stories with a mix of the bizarre, bleak, and creative, this is definitely worth a read.

[Michael J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is exactly how I remember the old EC science-fiction titles (the few that I’ve read), except for the quality of some (not all) of the art.

While this was satisfactory, it’s not quite the same degree of exceptional found in the art of the EC originals. The cover of CRUEL UNIVERSE is how I remember them. However, I’m not complaining. The stories reminded me exactly of old EC, with those cutting edge messages under the surface.

So far, both this science-fiction title and the earlier horror anthogly from the resurrected EC have been impressive. Here’s hoping they are successful enough to attempt this with crime, war stories and other genres. Below are my favorite stories from each issue (which I read in the original monthly releases).

ISSUE #1 contained 2 favorites:
1) In “The Champion” by Matt Kindt and Kano interplanetary humans and aliens of all types are kidnapped, imprisoned, and conscripted into gladiator fights for entertainment. The twist ending reminds not to make hasty assumptions about the main character/narrator.
   2) “Priceless” by Ben H. Winter and Artyom Topilin details how a wealthy but aging invalid employs an “experiencer” to perform certain activities that he wished he could engage in. Those visualizations and emotions are then extracted from the experiencer’s memories and transferred to the invalid. He finally receives an experience that he considers priceless.
   
Issue #2
There’s plenty of meaning in the title of “And The Profit Said . . .” by Chris Condon and Javier Fernandez. A janitor at a biomedical corporation has an incurable tumor. His employer offers to provide him free brain surgery and provide some enhancements that give him precognitive visions. After a short time of happiness, things go the other direction. It’s a twisty, turnabout ending that is so satisfying. 

Issue #3
   There are two stories this issue that seem to be in competition for my ranking as “favorite”. So, I’m calling this a tie. 

“Automated” by J. Holtham and Kano is a nice dig at Elon Musk and all smart-ass tech “geniuses”. Mr. Shaw invents the self-driving electric car with artificial intelligence that learns how to drive from Shaw himself, including what he likes. He’s not the nicest of persons - - so the a.i. becomes just like him, eventually rebels against all car owners and drives society into an apocalypse. Shaw tries to reverse course, and I sure wish that Mr. Musk achieves similar results before he’s done.

“The Deleted Man” by Ben H. Winters and Carson Thorn is about a con man who needs to erase his online history in order to start anew, fake a resume, and get new employment. So he uses an agency called Lifescrub and his web record and presence disappear. Everything is great until other things begin to disappear. As I read the story, I imagined this happening to a current famous con man. So delicious, if only!

Issue #4

  “Doomsday Particle” by Matt Kindt and Alison Sampson revolves around a unique discovery of three particles around which the universe grew - - “God Particles” or “The Trinity”. The two male scientists get all the glory and Nobel Prize recognition while the female scientist is forgotten - - until the other two can’t get things to work and she has to step in. But, they don’t take her advice, and . . . well, you’ll see. 
   
Issue #5

My favorite this issue is “Billionaire Trust” by Corinna Bechko and Daniel Irizarri. When a wealthy industrialist suffers a massive heart attack that leaves him in a severely weakened state and aging rapidly he agrees to be frozen. When his body is thawed out years later, he gets a tour of the current ruined world, for which the residents hold him responsible.

SUMMARY:
As I continue to read the EC reboots from Oni Press, I start to see more and more stories, art and layout that remind me of the former EC house style. Even though they employed various writers and artists there was a certain look to an EC book, whether it was the text boxes, fonts, panel size and placement etc that provided a certain comfort level (if such a thing is possible for horror/fantasy/sci-fi comics). So, it’s time to give some credit/recognition to the book editors - - Sierra Hahn and Matt Dryer. Thanks! You’re making a lot of EC fans happy.

[RatGrrrl]

I received an ARC through NetGalley for an honest review.

Unfortunately, this was a DNF @ 46%


Many decades after shutting down its comics, Entertaining Comics is back to doing creepy and weird science fiction anthologies. Sadly, the nostalgic art and writing just didn't do it for me.

There was a time when EC was truly lightyears ahead, especially with the 1953 comic, Judgement Day, which saw a representative of a galactic federation advise against welcoming racist robots into the fold with the last panel revealing the astronaut to be Black, much to the chagrin of the Association of Comics Magazine Publishers' Publishers Code, the print sibling of the small-minded, bigoted Hays Code.

Tragically for EC, the world has moved on (despite the recent regression and steady march of fascism), but this new comic hasn't. The stories are largely dudes rock white guys and women are victims of they are anything at all.

The opening story was probably the strongest offering, but the quality was all over the place with well trodden ground and premises that were competently carried out, but carried little weight.

The covers go hard though!

[Dion Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cruel Universe is a collection of short stories that blends weird fiction and horror, and I loved it.
It was like a mix of the older Si-Fi shows like the Twilight show or The Outer Limits and something a bit more modern like Black Mirror.

The stories were great, and I really loved the artwork, it matched the stories well.

If you like you’re Sci-Fi with a bit of horror rather than fantasy then you will love these.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an anthology comic in the EC tradition, and this series focused more on the science fiction side rather than horror, although in most cases it's still horror. It does seem to be slightly better than most modern comics of this type, but like most some stories are better than others. Overall good.

[Tabitha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thanks to NetGalley and Oni Press for the advanced copy.

Much like EC Epitaphs from the Abyss Vol. 1, this collection is widespread and mixed in quality. Nothing stood out as terrible, with even the 'worst' story being decent, but nothing stood out as great either.

The very first story (The Champion) actually made me cry and gave me higher hopes for the rest. A few could be middling episodes of Black Mirror (Priceless, for example). Some are concepts done better in other media (ex: Organ1c and Tender Is the Flesh). Then there are a few, decently effective, super short stories that are only a page or two... but most were perhaps longer than they actually needed to be.

I still really enjoyed this collection though, and I love things like this and want to encourage it to continue.

[Silver Screen Videos · Rating 3 out of 5]

The name EC Comics is hallowed among genre fans, most notably for “Tales from the Crypt” and two other horror titles they published in the early 1950s. Those titles have lived on in films, television, and many reprints. However, EC was not merely a horror publisher. Over its lifespan, EC also published war stories, Westerns, crime tales, and, most notably, science fiction. Almost seventy years after EC discontinued all its titles except “Mad” magazine, Oni Press purchased the rights to the EC trademarks. It resumed publishing EC Comics with a new horror magazine, “Epitaphs from the Abyss.” Oni now has a second title, “Cruel Universe,” which pays homage to “Weird Science,” EC’s science fiction publication from the 1950s. “EC Comics Cruel Universe Vol. 1” is a compilation of content from the new comic’s first five issues. The artwork is terrific for those who enjoy the macabre, but the storytelling is inconsistent.

“EC Comics Cruel Universe Vol. 1” comprises the 19 stories in the magazine’s first five issues. The publisher credits 28 different writers and artists by name without biographical information on any of them. Therefore, the style varies considerably among the stories, most noticeably in the artwork. Some stories are only two to three pages long, while others are up to 10 pages. Unlike “Epitaphs from the Abyss” or “Tales from the Crypt,” these comics have no colorful host to introduce the stories. However, some have a protagonist narrator to provide background information throughout the story.

I’m not as familiar with “Weird Science” and its sister publication, “Weird Fantasy,” as I am with EC's horror tales, so I don’t know how closely these recent stories hew to EC’s original formula. I do know that most of these stories don’t resemble traditional science fiction from the 1950s or today. They also don’t resemble the action-packed space operas prevalent in the pulp magazines of that era. The science here is rarely explained in detail, and the stories have few words a middle school student wouldn’t understand. Most stories have a twist ending (some of which are very easy to predict, which reduces the tale’s entertainment value considerably). Some feel like scripts from “Twilight Zone” episodes without Rod Serling’s narration. Others feel like EC horror stories slightly reworked to pay lip service to science fiction. For example, in “Brilliant and Deceived” by Ben H. Winters (one of the shorter and better stories in the volume), a doctor’s wife dies in a car crash. He uses his state-of-the-art medical skills to bring her back to life, but the results aren’t what he hoped. Make the protagonist a witch doctor instead of a medical doctor, and the story could have appeared in an EC horror title.

Several stories in the collection explore the ultimate consequences of futuristic inventions that aren’t far removed from modern-day technology. These results are rarely good. In “Automated” by J. Holtham, an industrialist develops a self-driving car that reflects his own personality. The story motors down a predictable path, but the ending is still enjoyable. “Behave” by Cullen Bunn is equally predictable until the last panel, but less enjoyable. A company develops an “Angel” device, an AI globe that hovers over the owner’s shoulder and delivers physical “reminders” if the owner engages in unwise or immoral behavior like drinking too much or skipping church.

The best stories in “Cruel Universe” tend to be the least predictable. In “The Deleted Man,” also by Ben H. Winters, the title character is a con artist who hires a company to erase all traces of his online existence. He’s happy with the results… until his body parts begin disappearing. (Since this is a comic book, he can still walk around without a nose or ears for a while.) This story has the best twist ending in the volume. Winters has another winner in “Priceless.” A man agrees to become an “experiencer” for an aging billionaire. He completes physically dangerous tasks and then has his memories of the event transferred to the billionaire’s brain. However, the experiencer suffers a crisis of conscience when he is ordered to abduct and murder an innocent woman. “Ray Gun” by Christopher Cantwell has another great twist ending. A down-on-his-luck loser discovers a ray gun one night in the middle of some mysterious wreckage. He soon learns the weapon can zap people he doesn’t like, such as his domineering boss, into nothingness.

About two-thirds of the stories in “Cruel Universe” ranged from good to near excellent. Unfortunately, the collection also had a fair share of duds. Part of the problem stems from the exposition needed to explain each story’s events. Plots that could have been good at six pages dragged when expanded to ten. If the ending was predictable, such as in “Solo Shift,” a time-travel tale by Corinna Bechko, the story fizzled for the last few pages. Some writers inserted heavy-handed political themes into their stories, such as “We Drown on Earth” by Zac Thompson. The story begins with a cargo ship’s crew dumping toxic sludge into the ocean and sinks from there en route to a predictable ending. Other stories are just plain confusing, like Matt Kindt’s “Doomsday Particle.” That one has the most pseudoscientific backstory about three subatomic particles that might have enormous power when combined. I’m still unsure what happened when they were combined, except that the result was a peculiar final panel.

Although the collection’s stories varied in quality, the artwork in “EC Cruel Universe, Vol. 1” was a delight. It’s one thing for me to say that a story’s titular ray gun zapped people. It’s another to show the results in a panel that features brightly colored innards and bugging eyes exploding outward from a body. Other death scenes are equally gory. This artwork style will be a turnoff for some, but I really enjoyed the various artists’ creativity. I also appreciated the imagination that went into depicting different aliens. “Peer Review,” an otherwise routine story about alien abduction by Cecil Castellucci, was enlivened by several panels featuring the abductee sharing drinks in an on-board saloon with fellow abductees from other planets. The sequence was obviously inspired by the cantina scene in the original “Star Wars,” but it’s colorfully enjoyable, nonetheless. As a bonus for readers, the publisher includes a dozen zany alternate covers for the individual magazines in the book’s supplemental materials.

As I noted when I reviewed “Epitaphs from the Abyss,” “Cruel Universe” is a work in progress. Some stories are excellent; others bring a magazine’s momentum to a halt. The collection has too many mediocre stories for me to give it a whole-hearted recommendation. Instead, I would rate it at 2 ½ stars if I could. However, the artwork enlivens nearly every story here. I’m giving “Cruel Universe” a three-star rating and mild recommendation. Hopefully, the magazine’s future issues won’t be as cruel to readers.

NOTE: The publisher graciously provided me with a copy of this book through NetGalley. However, the decision to review the book and the contents of this review are entirely my own.

[Alex Sarll]

Short science fiction stories by different creative teams, with a tendency to go lurid and a fair few twist endings: this may be part of Oni's attempt to revivify the scandalous EC brand, but to British readers it feels much more like they've proudly invented the Future Shock. Still, even if the hit rate is as erratic as in the real thing, that's leagues ahead of their previous EC book, Epitaphs From The Abyss, which felt so straitjacketed by its legacy that none of the stories could even achieve a recognisable individual character, let alone success. And if there are a few too many sociopathic billionaires here, well, isn't that true of the real world too?

(Netgalley ARC)

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

My thanks to NetGalley and Oni Press for an advance copy of this atomic bomb blast from the past, filed with tales of fearsome aliens, high technology, astonishing objects from space, all told in sequential art form by many of the best artists and writers in the business.

I was a child whose favorite teacher, mother and secret lover to borrow from Homer Simpson, was television. Especially when my father had an illegal cable box that offered shows from all over time and space, at least that is what it seemed to me at the time. I could watch grade Z monster movies, aliens with bad makeup planning the end of man, stories about worlds under threats and much more. I also could watch Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits, which gave me the idea that science fiction could have more meaning than what I saw in galaxies far, far away. Comics were also my friend, and I would dive into quarter boxes with abandon, buying fist loads of comics without covers, ripped covers, or what had you. This might be where I found some old EC comics, or maybe reprints I am not sure. I know the stories seemed odd, dark even when dealing with science fiction subjects. However they were unique, and different, with a feel and an aura that was hard to match. I was glad when I saw that Oni Press was continuing the legacy of EC and after reading this can't wait to read more. EC Cruel Universe Vol. 1 featres many artists and illustrators including Corinna Sara Bechko, Chris Condon, Matt Kindt, Stephanie Phillips, Cullen Bunn, J. Holtham, Zac Thompson, Matt Bors, Christopher Cantwell, Ben H. Winters, Kano,Dan McDaid, Caitlin Yarsky, Jonathan Case, Artyom Topilin, Javier Fernández, David Lapham, Leomacs, Riley Rossimo, David Rubín, Alison Sampson and more in stories of hard hitting science, harder hitting aliens, and other scary things from beyond the stars.

There are numerous stories in the magazine, ranging from a few pages to a bit longer. We start in the far future, on a world that has the most highest rated gladiator games in the galaxy, a story that ends with a twist on who we should root for. A young astronaut, wounded by love as a chance to save a young woman from a horrible fate by using a black hole to travel through time. A cowboy with a limp finds a ray gun which changes his life. Aliens crash into cities, or sneak among humans, for purposes other than conquest. Woman learn a new way to serve man. Plus numerous other tales of stolen dimensions, destroyed worlds and humans being the worst they can be.

The stories are not long, and are of the get in, and get out style, with the readers going ohh I see what you did there. As with most of these kind of collections some are really good, some are good, and some are ok. The length does help, just as some stories start to drag, they end. The artwork really elevates this in many places. The artists knew the assignment and went for it, capturing the feel of classic EC stories, the bulky technology, the many switches and dials, the use of color. Also the faces are more exaggerated in that old style where one didn't even have to read the stories, knowing the good and the bad guys just from the art. There is also a lot of words in these stories, just like old comics used to have. One can sense the love and care the creators put into this.

Fans will love this work. New people might be surprised by the art, and the amount of words, but don't let that stop you. There is a lot of fun to be had here, by some great creators who put much of themselves in this work. And it shows. I can't wait to read more.

[G · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know, I think I just might not be cut out for EC comics. This was sooo bleak. The stories all feature some kind of twist towards the end, but this basically meant tacking a downer onto an already depressing story.
I also couldn't help thinking that a lot of the stories were just too short -- they would have worked a lot better if they had been fleshed out a bit, instead of clocking in at, say, four or six pages... I'd rather read two stories featuring an actual narrative and characters than five stumps of a story that are barely more than set-ups for some final punchline.
To me, the best story by far was the first one (that's also featured on the cover), I was literally going, "oh look, there's a dinsosaur, how cool!" Proving that a lot of the time it's really the simple things that work best, at least for my sub-grown up brain. *shrug* And of course this one was sad as hell as well.

The art was great, for the most part; I liked it a lot better than the EC horror collection I got to review a while back. And the covers are FANTASTIC. It's a real shame the stories aren't quite up to the same standard! BTW, I was delighted to see that Ben H. Winters was one of the writers involved; his Last Policeman series is one of my all-time favorites.

I wish EC would do away with their dogged fixation on "twists" and negativity. I get that this kind of thing is something of a legacy with this imprint, but still, it's such a bummer to read, especially with the general state of the world right now. I don't want them to go all Disney or something, but, you know, it would be great if that "Cruel Universe" offered a bit of beauty with the darkness every now and then. As it is, it took me more than five weeks to make it through this handful of stories, because, well, reading these did not make me feel better, nor did I find the constant negativity entertaining. If everything is futile anyway, why even bother?


My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC.

[Jeremy Fowler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Science Fiction Excellence & Black Mirror Level Horrors!

EC Cruel Universe gives readers a delicious taste of the darkest and deadliest science fiction. It is truly excellent story-telling. There were stories within these pages that left me feeling haunted, with heavy emotional impact accomplished within few pages. Some stories sent a chill to my core, with disturbing imagery and dark context that left me as the reader feeling hopeless and terrified. The best parts of these stories are some of the realism found within the illustrations and storylines. These stories feel close to our society at times, and it made the reading experience much more enjoyable.

Readers, RUN and grab a copy of the latest and greatest by Oni Press! You will not be disappointed!

[Ángel Javier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una antología que me ha parecido mucho mejor que su serie hermana, Epitaphs from the Abyss. En general, buenas historias y buen dibujo. Es cierto que la primera es la mejor de todas, pero la cuesta abajo no es muy pronunciada, y hay suficientes relatos notables como para que la sombra del primero no los oscurezca, al menos a la mayoría. Casi todos mantienen el espíritu socarrón e inmisericorde de los añorados cómics de la gran EC, a la que homenajea de manera, en mi opinión, adecuada. Hay incluso una maravillosa referencia a la maravillosa y horrible película The Room en una de las historias, lo que, para mí, sin duda evoca el espíritu de Gaines y Al Feldstein de manera inmejorable. Una gran antología.

[Michael Bertrand · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read a Metal Hurlant compilation recently (see HERE)

I liked that it contained a mix of new and old, and that it included essays on the origins of Metal Hurlant between stories.

I thought EC Cruel Universe Vol. 1 would be the same.

Nope.

This is all "new" content, and only one Letter from the Editor at the very end- which doesn't say much of substance at all. I write "new" because none of the stories are reprints, and yet they all faithfully reproduce the EC formula.

I wrote more in two earlier versions of this review. GR lost both of them when I tried to post.

Short recap- the stories are all unimaginative remixes of the old EC content. The art and the paper quality is good, though.

[Chad Cunningham · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received an ARC of this from NetGalley in exchange for a review...

As with other volumes of these new EC comics that I've read, this is a mixed bag. There are a couple of gems to be found- there's a great point of view twist in one story that made me smile- but a lot of the stories here are pretty predictable.

The art is good throughout, and there aren't any stories I thought were stinkers, but it didn't wow me either. A nice read on a cold afternoon.

[Erica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cruel Universe was exactly what I hoped it would be - short tales that reminded me of the old Twilight Zone shows. Some focused on horror or sci fi or just shock factor, and all were well told and illustrated.this is definitely something I would recommend for people like me who sometimes miss the old pulpy sci fi and horror.

Note: ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love anthologies.

Sadly American comic book writers seem incapable of writing for them now.

Not a memorable story across the board.

Covers are great though.

Nice try Oni Press but you need better writers and editors to do this right; writing for a short page count seems to be a lost art form. Have a look at Garth Ennis Battle Action if you want a good example.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Received as an ARC from Netgalley:

A fun collection of comics told in the classic EC style. Featuring all kinds of twists, monsters, and out there ideas.

Not every story was perfect, but all had their charms.

Will definitely be reading more of these in the future!

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh, this was alright. Most of the stories felt a bit cliched and you knew exactly where they were headed as soon as you learned the premise. The old EC stories were honestly better but Oni gets points for trying.

[Sarospice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read these individually. They might go better as a trade. As with any anthology it's hit or miss. Really liked the first and last issues, but there's enough to hang your hat on throughout.

[Wayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection of stories was very enjoyable. Most everyone was great. Wasn't sure how shorts would work here, but they worked great. #ECCruelUniverseVol1 #NetGalley

[Wayne McCoy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Considering the talent that worked on this, the collection is surprisingly mediocre. Maybe it was too formulaic. Regardless, I would not wish to find myself living anywhere near this universe.

[Peter Melancon · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a breath of fresh air, new stories with new writers and new artist that tickle me with glee. Fun sci fi horrific dark comedies.

[Zoidberg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stories of varying quality with a couple of standouts

[Brittany ✨Bookishlyyoursforever✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this graphic novel in exchange for my honest opinion!

I loooooooooooved this graphic novel/comic so much! The stories in this collection are chilling, funny, gross, weird, and so entertaining. The illustrations are amazing and terrifying all at once. There wasn't one story that I didn't enjoy, all of the cringing I did was in a very positive way! Fans of (gross) sci-fi horror, rejoice! Your next favorite read is here.