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🎙️ USDN Podcast — “Horror Unbound” feat. Francisco Hnilo


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🎙️ USDN Podcast — “Horror Unbound” feat. Francisco Hnilo (@fah_draws)

The Chairman returns with another deep-cut dive into the world of modern horror comics — from Boom Studios nightmares to Image Comics psychological terrors. Artist & storyteller Francisco Hnilo joins the Council to break down the books redefining fear in the 21st century.


🔥 Topics Covered:
• Boom Studios’ domination of modern horror
• Psychological dread vs supernatural terror
• Experimental horror from Bad Idea & IDW Dark
• Image Comics creators rewriting the genre
• Underrated indie horror comics you should be reading
• Francisco Hnilo’s must-read horror recommendation


📚 Featured Titles & Publishers:

Boom Studios — Be Not Afraid, Grim, Hello Darkness, SIKTC, House of Slaughter, When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee, The Graveyard Club: Fresh Blood, Marian Heretic

Oni Press / EC Comics — Blood Type, Catacombs of Torment, Epitaphs from the Abyss, Plague House

Bad Idea & IDW Dark — Cul-De-Sac, Event Horizon: Dark Descent, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn

Image Comics — Exquisite Corpses, Hyde Street, Fashion School Serial Killer, Sleep, Universal Monsters, W0rldtr33, Mommy Blog, The Deviant, Creepshow, Blood Train

Indie Highlights — Lilith, Monsters, Don’t Run With Scissors, Masterminds, Vatican City, Let This One Be A Devil, Seance in the Asylum, Grimm Tales of Terror, The Nice House by the Sea


📌 Follow the Guest:
Instagram: @fah_draws


🕯️ Keep the lights dim, keep your comics bagged… and remember: curiosity is the beginning of every horror story.


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