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Fran Krause is a comic writer, illustrator, animator, and educator based in California, who teaches animation at the California Institute of the Arts. Fran needs no introduction to those familiar with the weird and wonderful world of animation, as he worked for various projects on television and a bunch of popular comic series, like James Kochalka’s s**********s.

But today Fran is best known for his “Deep Dark Fears” project where he puts a creepy, captivating, and insanely funny spin on things people fear the most. Fran gets sent fear submissions from strangers on the internet that he then turns into colorful comics, putting our irrational anxieties into a whole new spotlight.

In 2015, his first book “Deep Dark Fears” became a New York Times bestseller for hardcover graphic novels, followed by a second volume “The Creeps: A Deep Dark Fears Collection” in 2017. So welcome to the internet’s beloved corner of idiosyncratic fears that capture imagination and release the silent demons inside, some of whom are funnier than we tend to think.

More info: DeepDarkFears.com | Twitter | Instagram | FranKrause.tumblr.com

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Illustration depicting deep dark fears with unsettling scenes of a broken light and a mysterious painting turning out to be a window.

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears about religion and childhood, emphasizing unsettling personal anxieties through expressive art.

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    Illustration depicting a deep dark fear of subway safety with a person avoiding falling onto the tracks.

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears about a terminally ill parent and the fear of losing them soon.

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears with a person sleeping while their reflection watches them from a bedroom mirror.

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    Dave Nalesnik
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    10 months ago

    AAAACK!

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    #6

    Illustration depicting deep dark fears with a person worried about being an extra in other people's dreams after d***h.

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    Illustration showing a deep dark fear of something under the bed holding a person's hand during sleep.

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    Watercolor illustration depicting deep dark fears of life being an illusion, a dream, and waking as an imaginative dog.

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    Dave Nalesnik
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    10 months ago

    That would actually be awesome

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears about a ghost haunting a childhood home after a parent's d***h.

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears as a person reads in bed, highlighting fear of aging and time passing.

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears of waking up and slowly opening eyes to hidden threats in a room.

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    Illustration capturing deep dark fears of intense migraines, showing a person wishing to remove and cradle their head to ease pain.

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    #13

    Illustration depicting deep dark fears with a hallway lamp on, watching for killers, spiders, and eerie figures at the door.

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    Watercolor comic illustrating deep dark fears of a museum worker cleaning and worrying about prints inside glass displays.

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears of hearing voices and worrying life is a dream while in a coma.

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears of accidents, coma, blindness, and medical uncertainty in a four-panel comic style.

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    #17

    Illustration showing deep dark fears with a person walking alone at night on empty streets feeling peaceful.

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears about eyelashes in the eye and the unsettling feeling of blinking.

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    Illustration showing deep dark fears about escalators and a mall cop trapped inside forever.

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    Watercolor illustration depicting deep dark fears about friendship, support, and hidden truths during childhood.

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears where a person fears being d**d after someone doesn't respond to their hello.

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    Illustration depicting people's deep dark fears about d***h, hallucinations, and d***g alone in unsettling comic panels.

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears of slipping on icy Brooklyn streets and getting hurt on an iron fence.

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    Illustration of a recurring nightmare showing deep dark fears with teeth crumbling in unsettling artwork.

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    Dave Nalesnik
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    10 months ago

    Best Nightmare Hack - Dreamers HATE This One!

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears with a ghostly creature hiding in a dense, shadowy forest.

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    Illustration showing a person’s deep dark fear of forgetting how to drive while behind the wheel.

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    Dave Nalesnik
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandpa did, not screaming and praying like the passengers in his car.

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    Illustration depicting deep dark fears about biting through fingers and carrots, with unsettling imagery of feeding horses.

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