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Artist Creates Comics With Chilling Endings And Here’s 30 Of The Creepiest Ones
Whether we’re scared senseless or all pumped full of adrenaline, horror captures many of our imaginations and doesn’t want to let go. Taiwanese artist Ben Chen draws eerie horror comic stories with surprising humorous twists that captivate the hearts of cartoon fans and lovers of spooky things.
“Before these horror comics, my illustrations already kind of had a horror or dark style,” Ben told Bored Panda. Scroll down for the rest of our interview with the artist, upvote your fave comics illustrated by Ben, and let us know in the comments which one you loved the most and why. Also, be sure to check out Bored Panda’s other post about Ben’s clever pop-culture illustrations right here.
The artist has more than 4.3k followers on Flickr and he describes his drawing style as dark, humorous, and full of imagination. He’s a big fan of movies and illustration books, states that his brain “never stops running,” and he enjoys how his imagination lets him create something out of nothing.
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#1
Fishing
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#2
Christmas Eve
fro_st puppy 5 years ago
aw that's so sweet now neither of them are alone on Christmas. thanks santa
Full Name 5 years ago
I just skimmed it and didn't get it at first. You're right, this is so sweet. Right in the feels it hits ya.
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#3
Illusion
fro_st puppy 5 years ago
i dont think this is horror i like it. it shows how we just don't notice things sometimes that are right there.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago (edited)
What was he doing with that deer behind a tree???
According to Ben, he decided to change the way he approached illustrating when he felt that his art was reaching a different stage.
“My comics are the sequels to my illustrations,” Ben explained to us.
“My art was inspired by the things around me and by my own experiences. So, being aware of the little things around us is very important,” the illustrator pointed out the importance of firsthand experience when it comes to finding inspiration and for creativity.
#4
Pervert 2
Harley Hans Hoglin 5 years ago
Not a zombie. Reanimated skeleton, complete different.
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#5
Dilemma
Fulllength 5 years ago
Well at least now it has less on his mind and less of a burden on his shoulders. Think positively
#6
Make Fun Of
Balencia Erskine 5 years ago
What comes around goes around. Tit for tat. Pay back is a .... Like this one!
“I love creating art! It’s so much fun! So I will keep drawing until I can't,” Ben revealed just how much he loves what he does.
Whether he’s drawing a comic or working on an illustration, Ben needs some time to figure out the idea he wants to express to the world. He also does a few sketches and scribbles before he gets down to business and starts drawing for real.
Ben told Bored Panda that it usually takes him 2 to 3 days to finish an illustration and 4 to 5 days to draw a comic. That’s not including the time he spends refining the idea and working out what elements should be in the final pieces.
#7
Bad Guy
FatBaby 5 years ago
orrr maybe the magician was the one that turned the bunny into a man :0
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Balencia Erskine 5 years ago
Here is a thought. It's called Bad Guy, so our thoughts are on the one we see as the bad guy. We see the magician as the hero as he changed the guy into a rabbit, thereby saving the girl. However, the magician did not pick up the rabbit to put in the hat, he held his hat down and the rabbit jumped in as if that is where it came from in the first place. Plus, the girl is not smiling. I like that this one allows for more thought and our own creative minds.
Jessica Muñoz 5 years ago
The Magician looks like the creepy character in the 2019 remake of "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" on Nickelodeon.
#8
Beauty
#9
Love
Bobert Robertson 5 years ago
They should have scrambled out of there as soon as they saw the cat
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Fudspuckle 5 years ago
Oh noooooooooo! I thought they would at least be scrambled together as one cos I’m a sweet happy ending kind of gal.
Aleksandar Vil 1 year ago
"All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again"
The illustrator also had some advice for all illustrators out there who want to become professionals. “Try out multiple things to find what fits you and works best for you,” he said.
Ben advised illustrators to “build up the character” they’re drawing and using their own personality for inspiration. Art is also a great way to learn more about yourself. “Then keep having fun and keep passionate through your own works of art,” he added.
#10
Hand Shadow
Hans 5 years ago
It would have been drastic if he would have no hands anymore in the last frame...
Balencia Erskine 5 years ago
My thoughts are with Hans. His shadow hands should not be there. And more eerie is if his reality hands were gone.
Fudspuckle 5 years ago
Really good but yeah Hans hand comment is right. No hands last frame would have been more creepy less whimsical. Still like it though :)
#11
Window
Hermione Granger 5 years ago
Never walked through paintings, they just opened to reveal doors
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#12
Road Roller
When it comes to horror, whether we’re watching a scary movie, reading a frightening book, or looking at Lovecraftian illustrations, there are several reasons why it’s so alluring.
First of all, horror provides us tension in the form of shock, mystery, and terror. Secondly, it enthralls us when it’s relevant and creates personal connections to us and our fears. Finally, there’s the element of unrealism that helps separate us from the horror—this lets us enjoy the story while being completely safe and snug under a blanket with a cup of hot cocoa.
#13
Visual Dislocation
#14
Inflatable Man
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
I love seeing those in front of stores. They make my day for some reason.
Harley Hans Hoglin 5 years ago
I worked all of a month at a Goodwill store and we had one of these. They told one time before I worked there, some woman was bad mouthing the store, the people and Good Will. When she walked out the door, floppy man slammed down on her and then went back to waiving.
#15
Off Set
Luisa Vasconcelos 5 years ago
That moment when you realize that you born on the wrong body. Wish would be that easy for transgender people and LGBT.
Balencia Erskine 5 years ago
Sometimes pain and sacrifice do go hand in hand, when it is to help others.
Fudspuckle 5 years ago
My emotions seesawed during this... I felt the heavy head and it freaked me, was aghast at the first head pulled off so relief that the operation was successful!
Psychologist Christopher Dwyer elaborated that watching horror movies, playing scary video games, and enjoying frights from the safety of our homes turns horror into entertainment. In his opinion, people seek controlled fear and suspense, not real fear: this lets us experience our bodies going into fight or flight mode while also knowing that we’re not at risk.
Meanwhile, media expert Dolf Zillmann and his colleagues came up with the so-called ‘Snuggle Theory.’ In short, this theory suggests that fear helps create stronger physical and emotional ties between people and brings them together.
For instance, his research showed that men enjoyed horror clips twice as much if their female companions were distressed. On the flip side, women enjoyed horror movie clips far more if their male companions were calm, cool, and collected.
#16
Unknown Hole
Jace 5 years ago
What do you mean “vegan t-shirt”. The design ought to be one? Wack-A-Mole isn’t about eating moles, is it? I never really connected the game to actual violence against animals. It just looks goofy and the “animals” usually win by making the players look goofy.
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Sandy Kavanaugh 5 years ago
Ha ha ha ha! I wanna play! I never understood how one could derive enjoyment from bashing in heads of moles. They're so soft.
#17
Blacklash
Hermione Granger 5 years ago
We were forced to, but if we needed, we could go outside if it smelled too bad, so I spent the whole period outside that day.
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Mary Dellenbusch 5 years ago
Humans need to experience the suffering animals do more often. Then maybe we may have some damn compassion in this world towards them.
Jace 5 years ago (edited)
It’s not the suffering. People ignore that easily on a constant basis, except for when it’s arbitrarily special animals. What really needs to be changed is not seeing animals as our fellows. We are just other, fellow animals. So long as we can judge other animals as inferior, we can also dehumanize each other. Humans have very little truly unique qualities not found in the rest of the animals. Some of our “special” features, like our enlarged frontal cortex, seems to enable us to have way more f****d up mental states than any other animal.
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I_Love_Food🍰🍨🍱🍤🐕🐈 5 years ago
i am catholic, and this always reminds me of Jesus, so i refused to do it (oh, and i WENT TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL! aren't we supposed to be against things like this?)
Jace 5 years ago
I was forced to do this in school too, but the animals were dead. Back then, I didn’t think enough about it. Today I would refuse to engage in it. Grade school doesn’t need this exercise. It’s a waste of life. There’s *some* argument for animal testing in medical research, but it doesn’t require overt cruelty. There’s argument for experience with actual animals in learning surgery, but we have human bodies donated after death. Etc.
pebs 5 years ago
From the film, books and so on, I know that in the USA schoolchildren are forced to do this, but for an European it is truly unthinkable.
Mishte Tine 5 years ago
Vivisection should not be a thing. Anywhere ever. Still, amazing art and storytelling.
Mommyofboth 5 years ago
We did fetal pigs... one of the students named theirs Jennifer, after the teacher.
#18
Bedsheet Ghost 2
#19
Paper Cranl
#20
Jail
Alonso Victoria 5 years ago
This the kind of vintage mad magazine humor, search for the drawings of Don Martín and you will see it.
#21
Fitting Room
#22
Disappear
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
Now all we need is one final panel in which the graffiti dino burps. ;)
Troy Currie 5 years ago
Reminds me of an old Godzilla movie where a kid painted a baby Godzilla on a big concrete pipe and it came to life.
#23
Medicine 2
#24
Pizza
Balencia Erskine 5 years ago
I sure hope I do not remember this the next time I eat a pizza. {giggle}
Joeshar 5 years ago
Yes. -I want to order 1 large person with extra people, please -White people. No no no, black people and hispanic on half
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Jessica Muñoz 5 years ago
Where are their toppings? And why is it always pepperoni pizza? Why can't it just be a beautiful slice of cheese?
#25
Follow Suit
Jace 5 years ago
Unless you’re unhealthy. Then do what you can to improve your health.
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#26
Slug
KateKat 5 years ago
I hate when people do that. In elementary I talked a classmate to stop them.
#27
Bubble Bath
Luisa Vasconcelos 5 years ago
Let's be honest, any pervert would get up from the water she was submerged in, to kiss her and even be shy and hide when she wakes up.
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#28
Automaton
Jace 5 years ago
No tables have turned. It was always what you see at the end.
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Oluwatomisin Olaiya 5 years ago
When you love playing a game, and the game is so addicting, it's playing you.
#29
Snail Man
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 5 years ago
this kind of reminds me of the 3 little pigs, with the houses lol
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
There will always be someone else who has got an even better house - and if that's what you are after, you will never be satisfied.
Lukyan Terdal 5 years ago
Snail Man, Snail Man, does whatever a snail can, which admittedly isn't much.
Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
This could be a metaphor for consumerism. You are supposed to always want something better.
Jace 5 years ago
What about the part where people are expected to bludgeon others to death...? Black Friday?
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Jogging
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#31
Thumb Magic
#32
Balloons
Eli Van 4 years ago
You meant: LET IT GO! LET IT GO! I CAN'T HOLD IT BACK ANYMORE! XDDD
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#33
Injured Bird
#34
Snake
Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 5 years ago
Awkward moment when you are forced to talk to strangers. " So...eh, nice weather." "Why will I care, I'm a snake."
Andrew Morrice 5 years ago
He might care if it was nice and warm so he can bask.
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Wish
#36
Imitation
#37
Stealing
#38
Fish
#39
Propose
#40
Shoe Shiner
#41
Candy
Andrea Vincent 5 years ago
Omg please stop. Your comments are horrible. Not funny, not inspiring... you are trying too hard and it is taking away from enjoying the comics.
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Tablecloth Trick
#43
Phubbing
Jace 5 years ago
Said about EVERY new medium ever to become successful. Newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, computers, smart phones...
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Plague Doctor
Full Name 5 years ago
Those goofy breaks were stuffed with herbs and things to act as both filter and air freshener.
Jace 5 years ago
*Beaks. You can edit posts. Tap/click the three dot thingy next to your user name in the comment.
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Alejandro The Great 5 years ago (edited)
SCP 049 HAS BREACHED CONTAINMENT INITIATING FULL SITE LOCKDOWN
#45
Bone
#46
U Pillow
#47
Banana Peel
#48
Pipe Fairy
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What do you think ?
Raine Soo 5 years ago
These comics were pretty dark. They kind of reflect the strange times in which we are living now.
Jace 5 years ago
That’s your subjective interpretation. These cartoons have nothing to do with anything, contemporary or otherwise. They are just funny and/or creepy surreal concepts.
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Raine Soo 5 years ago
These comics were pretty dark. They kind of reflect the strange times in which we are living now.
Jace 5 years ago
That’s your subjective interpretation. These cartoons have nothing to do with anything, contemporary or otherwise. They are just funny and/or creepy surreal concepts.
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