I didn’t really set out to celebrate October with a any kind of a coherent schedule. My plan was to simply keep providing horror news, opinion and entertainment at a slightly increased pace from the norm. So those of you hoping for a grande finale may be slightly disappointed. That said, I can think of few better artists to end on than Junji Ito.

Junji Ito is quite possibly my favourite horror comic artist, and that’s saying alot. Like many, my first exposure to his work was through Uzimaki, and it completely freaked me out. If you’d like a free sample, Same Hat! Same Hat!! posted a scanlation of Junji Ito’s short story Falling months back. Enjoy!

In a related note, the story above may or may not be available on Same Hat! Same Hat!! for much longer. The site has promised to take it down just as soon as the story gets a proper release in North America. Apparently, Dark Horse Comics has been publishing Museum of Terror, a 15-volume collection of all of Junji Ito’s short stories, but while they have the rights to the entire series the sales have been less than encouraging.

Read the story presented above, or take my word for it, then pick up Museum of Terror at your local comic book store. Either way, do your part in ensuring that Same Hat! Same Hat!! eventually take that story down, and subsequently make your bookshelf a more terrifying place.

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