One of my favorite parts of my comic collection is my “Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery” collection. I have the complete series (all 97 issues including the first two “Thriller” issues). Gold Key published Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (BKToM) from 1962 to 1980, and each issue was usually made up of a few independent stories, most with a horror tone and a plot twist at the end.

During this time of the year when thoughts turn to ghosts, goblins and things that go bump in the night, I like to pull random issues of BKToM out of the box and re-read them. I’ve long wanted to find another comic that fills my need for creepy, macabre (and sometimes funny in a twisted sort of way) comic book stories. I’m happy to report that I have found a source for those stories, and on the web no less. If you are like me and enjoy horror comics then you owe it to yourself to checkout Nightmare World (http://www.nightmareworld.com/).

Nightmare World #1

Nightmare World is a series of eight page online web comics written by Dirk Manning and illustrated by several different artists. The comics are free and updated weekly. There are a variety of story types and art styles. These are not stories for kids, but they also don’t rely on gore either (not that there isn’t any gore, these are horror stories after all). As of this posting, there are over 44 complete stories available. That’s a lot of entertainment for free. One word of warning though: try to read the stories when you have some extra time available because once you start reading them it is hard to stop (I speak from experience).

For an extra bit of cool, Nightmare World is going to be published in genuine printed comic book form by Ape Entertainment. So if you like what you see then show your support by ordering a copy. I know I’m going to be putting my money where my mouth is and place my order. It’s good comic book karma.