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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 SuperF*ckers.

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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Hans
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5 years ago

That one is evil!

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    Hans
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    5 years ago

    Fair enough.

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    Mohammad Ammar
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    5 years ago

    Hmm that's actually quite smart.

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    Eva the Egg
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    5 years ago

    I feel you, but not the last panel

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    Carmen Sandiego
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    5 years ago

    That IS sad.

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    あんぱんまん
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    5 years ago

    omg.... i told my dad to NEVER put a big mirror in my room even tho im kinda ok with the tiny ones.... thanks to my frnds i have a very good fear of mirrors now....

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    Eva the Egg
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    5 years ago

    º–º I never thought of it that way

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    Eva the Egg
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    5 years ago

    Next time i'll try this lol

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    Kamelion
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    5 years ago

    Maybe the monster is scared of the dark too!

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    Hans
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    5 years ago

    ...if you get belly rubs occasionally, this is still not the worst fate.

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    Rai Grant
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    5 years ago

    Ahh, that's sad....

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    Hans
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    5 years ago

    ...only to realize that mentally you are only as old as you make yourself feel!

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    Eva the Egg
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    5 years ago

    Same... Im scared that if i suddenly open my eyes there will be something crouching on my chest of something

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    Jayne Kyra
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    5 years ago

    I was so sick of (and from) meds for my migraines that I decided to get a Daith piercing. I don´t know if it really helped, or if it is a placebo effect, but 2 years later and my migraines are still less frequent than before. (Once every 2-3 weeks, to once every 2-3 months.)

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    Eva the Egg
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    5 years ago

    The last one tho... 😟😟😟😥😥😥😰😰😰

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    XxxPotatoes_rockxxX
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    5 years ago

    ahem.. L-let's sing a n-nice song.. 😳

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    ChinmayGhule
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    5 years ago

    Or maybe you're just a Daoist clone and your main body is trying to contact you.

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    GeneralZod
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    5 years ago

    Well I didn't have this fear until now!!

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    Ryan Deschanel
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    5 years ago

    And where is the "fear" here ?

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    Kamelion
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    5 years ago

    welp that escalated quickly

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    No.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    your laces could get stuck, but it will make you fall over at worst

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    Hans
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    5 years ago

    When I trip when ice skating, I directly make fists with my hands. I guess I have succumbed to that fear.

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    Eva the Egg
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    5 years ago

    Omg even the dog got paid 😂😂😂

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    Hans
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    5 years ago

    Rather the opposite!

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    Janus Sanders
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    5 years ago

    well, at least when i'm having a bad day i'll know i'm alive!

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    Hans
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    5 years ago

    Leaked Final Destination 6 script?

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    Petro Roos
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    5 years ago

    I haver this same dream and it's HORRIBLE, every time it feels SO real!

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    Eva Schmutz
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    5 years ago

    that would be scary if I was color blind

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    Mrs_ Possum
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    5 years ago

    I dream this happens sometimes! 😳

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    BorPand8
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    5 years ago

    Horses can bite your finger off. Horse bites can be nasty.

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    BorPand8
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    5 years ago

    Hey, squirrels are evil. Everyone knows that.

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    Janus Sanders
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    5 years ago

    thankfully that's not what happens. imagine how much more painful it would be than it already is! *shudders*

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    Kennedy Johnson
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    5 years ago

    Uh oh.

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    Olivia Betterton
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    5 years ago

    Sleep paralysis.. but your demon is real

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    BluEyedSeoulite
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    5 years ago

    Nope but happens with hang nails!

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    KingOfWeird
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    5 years ago

    Sleep paralysis? I hope...

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    Kennedy Johnson
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    5 years ago

    He will, but not in the way you’re thinking.

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    Petro Roos
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    5 years ago

    I used to thick that of horses. I'd cry - like ugly cry - every time a horse died in a movie, and be angry at everyone who participated in the movie, for killing horses - I couldn't understand why no one was sad that horses are dying.

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    Eva the Egg
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    5 years ago

    KSNEFQKWRJBFKWEJRHBGEKRJBHG

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    Ryan Deschanel
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    5 years ago

    I will never use a lift again. Thanks for nothing.

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    Chik Nuggs
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    5 years ago

    he looks like the curious George guy

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    Eva the Egg
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Welp, im not going to sneeze now

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    Petro Roos
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    That's a legit fear!

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    XxxPotatoes_rockxxX
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    5 years ago

    i hope it was just a war or surgary cuz thats sad ;(

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    Juliet Hadaway
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    5 years ago

    this is scary on a whole nother level for us chicklephobes

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    StrangerOfTheDark
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    5 years ago

    i knew cats were hiding something

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    Eva the Egg
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    NO

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    Petro Roos
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    5 years ago

    I'm worried I'll swerve the car if I sneeze while driving and cause an enormous accident.

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    BorPand8
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    5 years ago

    Probably don't watch to watch that TV show "The Strain" then...

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