Episode 145 – Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror

<p>(Content warning: Body horror and a couple of anatomical references)</p> <p>We kick off The Tomb of the Crypt, a miniseries on horror comics, with our very first manga title—Umuzaki: Spiral Into Horror by Junji Ito, published by Viz Media!</p> <p>In this chilling tale that Nerdist referred to as “the Watchmen of horror manga,” a small Japanese town becomes plagued by ... spirals. This everyday shape begins showing up in increasingly unsettling ways: A spiral-shaped scar on a girl’s forehead grows in size until it consumes her; two boys slowly mutate into giant snails; and a sentient hurricane becomes obsessed with a teenaged girl, to name but a few. And then things REALLY get weird.</p> <p>Can high-schoolers Kirie and Shuichi figure out what’s happening to Kurouzo-cho before their lives are irrevocably altered? And can this superbly realized saga twist and shout its way into that widening gyre of graphic-novel gruesomeness known as ... The Comics Canon?</p> <p><strong>In This Episode!</strong></p> <ul> <li>Forget it, Shuichi. It’s Spiraltown</li> <li>Tomei by Junji Ito</li> <li>The Drifting Classroom</li> <li>A Walk Through Hell Vol. 1</li> </ul> <p>Join us in two weeks as The Tomb of the Crypt continues with the 2018 Image series Infidel!</p> <p>Until then:<br /> <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-comics-canon" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise</a>!<br /> <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comics-canon/id1074541605" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rate us on Apple Podcasts</a>!<br /> <a href="mailto:letters@comicscanon.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Send us an email!</a><br /> Hit us up on <a href="https://twitter.com/thecomicscanon" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> or <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/thecomicscanon/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Facebook</a>!</p> <p>And as always, thanks for listening!</p>