Jeremy Haun Channels The Horrors Of 2020 And Beyond in Haunthology Graphic Novel Kickstarter

Haunting Tales

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“HAUNTHOLOGY somehow manages to be deeply personal and deeply creepy and cool. Jeremy Haun always delivers and this is no exception. I’m all in!”
– Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Gideon Falls)

“Jeremy Haun is an expert craftsman at building short horror stories that dig under your skin and wriggle around there. Fans of great horror comics do not want to miss out on this deeply unsettling collection.” 
– James Tynion IV (Department of Truth, Something Is Killing The Children, Batman)

“The beautiful, surreal, terrifying tales in HAUNTHOLOGY will do more than scare you. They’ll stick with you. After reading this book, you’ll be pondering the stories, waking from vivid nightmares, and looking over your shoulder for days to come.”

-Cullen Bunn (Harrow County, The Sixth Gun, Basilisk)

July 6, 2021 (Joplin, MO)— 

An online binge shopper receives a grisly package.

A horde of the decaying undead grapples with its dwindling humanity.

A family man endures an endless grind of the mundane as cosmic madness looms outside.

The Beauty and The Realm writer and artist Jeremy Haun returns to crafting insightful, biting horror with HAUNTHOLOGY, a graphic novel of 24 interlocking short comic stories. Using a stark black-and-white palette, Haun started the project in April 2020 to reflect the claustrophobia, isolation, and uncertainty that threw the world into chaos as the pandemic loomed. Haun blends that real-world dread with the iconic horror lexicon of monsters, creeps, and murderers, creating an unforgettable experience that will fuel sleepless nights—and provide a new lens of catharsis and reflection on the past year.

“HAUNTHOLOGY is a collection of short horror stories that examines all of the things we felt over the past year and a half during Covid. Each story stands on its own, but also connects to a bigger mythos within the book and my larger oeuvre,” Haun explains. “When the comics industry went ‘Pencils Down,’ leaving many comic writers and artists in professional limbo, I needed something to focus on. For me, that focus is telling stories. I decided to focus on one story—just a short feeling. That led to another. And another. The cumulative work is this anthology.”

Haun worked alongside designer Fonografiks (Saga, The Beauty) and editor Joel Enos to produce HAUNTHOLOGY, producing the sequential art equivalent of the chilling prose short story collections that inspired him in his youth.

“I’ve always loved collections of short stories,” Haun says. “They’re most common in prose—they’re more rare in comics. I wanted to do something that was all me, a comics version of what you’d see from Stephen King, Joe Hill, Clive Barker, Laird Barron, or Nathan Ballingrud.”

Kickstarter Link for HAUNTHOLOGY

Writer/Artist: Jeremy Haun

Editor: Joel Enos

Designer: Fonografiks

About Jeremy Haun

Jeremy Haun is a comic book writer and artist and the creator of The Beauty and The Realm from Image comics, as well as The Red Mother for BOOM! Studios, and 40 Seconds for Comixology. Over his 20 years in comics, he has worked for nearly every publisher in the industry. Jeremy resides in a crumbling mansion in Joplin, Missouri with his wife, two sons, and an orange cat.

About Fonografiks

Fonografiks is responsible for production, lettering, and design on many hit comics, including Saga, Injection, and They’re Not Like Us.

About Joel Enos

Joel Enos is a writer and editor of stories, comics, and manga. His comics writing includes Ben 10: Omniverse, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Under a Glass Bell. His short fiction has been published by Flapperhouse, Disturbed Digest, New Myths, Cast of Wonders, and Year’s Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction. His editing work includes The Beauty, The Realm, Unearth, and Regression and multiple English editions of many best-selling manga series including Naruto, Pokemon, and The Legend of Zelda.