Flinch: The Complete Collection

by Brian Azzarello, Greg Rucka, Bill Willingham

Delusions of grandeur. Lustful desires. Violent fantasies. We’ve all had dark thoughts we dare not act out. We’ve all imagined scenarios where we’d let our basest instincts take over. But we never speak of or share them, because the reaction they might stir may cause others to flinch. This tome of terror features some of the most disturbing and twisted stories ever to be imagined by a who’s who of comics’ greatest visionaries and is sure to leave a lasting impression on your psyche long after you’ve finished reading it…whether you like it or not. Collects Flinch #1-16.

Genres: Horror, Graphic Novels

384 pages, Paperback

Published March 10, 2026

About the author

Brian Azzarello (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American comic book writer. He came to prominence with 100 Bullets, published by DC Comics' mature-audience imprint Vertigo. He and Argentine artist Eduardo Risso, with whom Azzarello first worked on Jonny Double, won the 2001 Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story for 100 Bullets #15–18: "Hang Up on the Hang Low".

Azzarello has written for Batman ("Broken City", art by Risso; "Batman/Deathblow: After the Fire", art by Lee Bermejo, Tim Bradstreet, & Mick Gray) and Superman ("For Tomorrow", art by Jim Lee).

In 2005, Azzarello began a new creator-owned series, the western Loveless, with artist Marcelo Frusin.

As of 2007, Azzarello is married to fellow comic-book writer and illustrator Jill Thompson.

information taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Az...

Reviews

[Benji Glaab · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

[Evan Peterson · Rating 3 out of 5]

As is true of all anthologies, this has some bright gems, and a lot of works that don't hit home for me. I never would expect all 48 stories to be home runs, but the experience as a whole was nice. MANY artistic greats in here, as well as many of my favorite writers from Vertigo titles in general.

[DOOM · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a hard one to rate for me. I feel my hype for it may have set my expectations too high. It’s a decent horror anthology imo. I may be in the minority but I feel there’s more misses than hits with the stories in this book. At least a handful of the stories or so had me wondering wtf happened or left me a bit confused. I do love the varying art styles. I say it’s worth a read but not worth a buy.

[Brian McCall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice nostalgic dip into the 90s. Like any anthology it has some hits and some misses. Overall well worth a read for the varied art styles alone.

[Sotiris Kosmas · Rating 1 out of 5]

A very weak comic horror anthology which unfortunately won't leave any (lasting) impression. Both the stories and the art are disappointing and it is telling that I couldn't wait for it to be over so I could move to something more interesting. Stay far far away.