Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology

By Various, Ryo Hanada, Aki Shimizu, et al.

All-new horror anthology featuring cover art by international bestseller, Junji Ito

All-new horror anthology featuring cover art by international bestseller, Junji Ito

Manga creators from Japan and the US present an international showcase of horror. Collected for the first time in Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology, six short stories reveal the universal fear of the space between the known and unknown. Will anyone cross that border?

Featuring stories from a range of award-winning and popular creators, as well as a foreword and exclusive cover art by global phenomenon, Junji Ito.

Ryo Hanada (creator of Devil's Line), Aki Shimizu (creator of the Suikoden III manga), and Shima Shinya (creator of Lost Lad London and cowriter of Star Wars: The High Republic, The Edge of Balance) each tell uniquely Japanese tales of ghosts and creatures who exist alongside us. American creative duo, Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad (cowriters of Wonder Woman and Batgirls) along with duo Leslie Hung (cocreator of Snotgirl) and Sloane Leong (creator of A Map to the Sun) and up and coming creator Hua Hua Zhu round out the anthology with tales that would make anyone paranoid about who they may encounter.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1974741451
• ISBN13: 9781974741458
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Viz Media
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

3.5 stars for an engaging "horror lite" anthology

All the short stories were quick and easy reads. None of them truly horrific, but definitely have the vibe. "Lite" horror, if you will. Most had vague open-endings, while only one had any sort of concrete conclusion. But I think that's par for a lot of horror, a theme of not only the unknown, but also not being able to feel a sense of ease with an ending or any kind of closure (or they just keep coming back!!). That there's just these beings / ghosts / creatures that are there, and we don't know where they come from, or where they're going, if they have a purpose other than to scare us. There was only one story that I strongly thought "I want more!". Maybe someday... ah well. On the technical side, I really like the design of the graphic novel / manga. Both sides were the "front" of the book, merging left to righ and right to left reading really well. They even had the foreward twice, once on each side. Really commiting to the bit. Shame we didn't get a short story from Junji Ito (the writer of the foreward), but still nice.