Ghost Stories!- A Webcomic Masterpost (Part 1 of 2)
At Ease (Tapas) (Warning: Mental Illness) (Sequel to Eerie Waters)
Created by Joanne Kwan ( @joannekwan) (Instagram) (Patreon) (Ko-Fi)
Summary: A lonely man came to the historical battlefield hoping to find some peace, however something else finds him. It’s possible with a little time; he and his new friend will discover what’s missing.
Boo! It’s Sex (Webtoons) (Warning: NSFW)
Created by Danielle Corsetto (Twitter) (Instagram) (Patreon) and Monica Gallagher ( @whipstickisses) (Site) (Twitter) (Facebook) (Instagram) (Patreon)
Summary: Four high school classmates move into a former sorority house for their first year of college, and immediately discover the ghost of a dead sorority girl stuck in a discarded bottle of tequila. While the freshwomen are settling into college life, Tara settles herself into the center of their personal lives, acting as a seasoned mentor for their transition from girls to ladies.
Blackgrass ( @blackgrasscomic) (Facebook) (Hiveworks)
Written and Drawn by Kino ( @kinomatika) (Twitter) (Patreon) (Ko-Fi) and Edited by Ryan
Summary: This is a story about a clairvoyant/spiritual medium named Rev. Abel Ruby, a sweet, well-meaning preacher who is slowly losing his faith and gets contracted into working for a lost soul that needs his help to find redemption! He begins to realise that “God” isn’t quite what he’s led to believe, and his perception of faith gets turned on its head!
Blackwater ( @blackwatercomic) (Warning: Ableism)
Created by Ren Graham ( @godzillabreath) (Site) (Twitter) and Jeannette ( @jaymamon) (Site) (Twitter)
Summary: Eli Hirsch is a quiet German boy with a chronic and deadly autoimmune disorder that has ravaged his health and his social life, keeping him cooped up in dim hospital wards, sometime for months at a time. Tony Price is a restless youth, popular high school track star, and rambunctious delinquent aching for parental attention and approval.What happens when the two become unlikely friends? Werewolf curses, typical high school drama, unsavory interactions with the quarter-back of the football team, shadowy figures in the woods, a translucent fisherman haunting the harbor, and much more in our series of short story comics ‘Blackwater’!
Charles and Charlie (Tapas) (Webtoons)
Created by Brian Rushing ( @keluturtle) (Twitter) (Facebook) (Patreon)
Summary: Sharing a single apartment with a 1940’s ghost wasn’t part of the lease, was it?
Cosmic Fish (Spider Forest) (Tapas) (Webtoons) (Twitter)
Created by Eliana “Cosmographia” Falcón ( @cosmographia) (Twitter) (Facebook) (Patreon) (Ko-Fi)
Summary: Acantha and her kind are monsters whose purpose and origins are completely unknown. What IS known is that they are destined to turn dangerous in due time, becoming enemies of the planet (and its guardians) by default. But, rather than follow the monster hunters or guardians, the story focuses more on the different ghosts/monsters who change—for better or worse—as they attempt to uncover the mystery behind their existence and either heal or run from past mistakes.
The Crooked Kind ( @howling-magpie-comics) (Tapas) (Smackjeeves) (Facebook)
Created by Kataraqui ( @kataraqui) and Keekal ( @keekal)
Summary: An incubus and a gorgon are partnered together to fight crime for the monster police force. What could possibly go wrong?
Crow Summer (Tapas) (Warning: Death)
Created by Chloe Excel ( @wishjacked) (Site) (Twitter) (Patreon)
Summary: Student vampire hunter and shoe aficionado Nina Schneider deals with a summer vacation from hell.Saving your town from the forces of the undead isn’t exactly easy, especially when you’re simultaneously babysitting a werewolf, trying to ignore a ghost Pekingese, and defending your brother’s honor.
Erie Waters (Tapas)
Created by Joanne Kwan ( @joannekwan) (Patreon) (Ko-Fi)
Summary: The waters of Lake Erie hold many secrets, but what truly lies at the bottom is lost to history. That is until an average unassuming guy stays the week at his aunt’s lake house.
Esperance (Site) (Tapas) (Smackjeeves) (Warning: Blood/Gore, Body Horror, Death, Mental Illness
Created by Charley Bond ( @gogglesbird) (Site) (Twitter) (Instagram) (DeviantArt)
Summary: Fey tries to adjust to life following a traumatic spirit possession.
Fantasma ( @fantasmacomic) (Site) (Twitter)
Created by Stephanie Barros ( @ghostpeppermint) (Site) (Twitter) (Instagram) (Ko-Fi)
Summary: FANTASMA is a comic that follows a recently deceased wrestler, named Fantasma, in a world where monsters, spirits, and other ghosts roam. She fights monsters away from bothering and manipulating the living, along with many other ghosts who do the same. I strive to update this comic every Friday, but my personal life and work make it difficult to do so! I have not given up on it though, if I don’t update for a long time I will still come back to it.
Ghost Story ( @ghoststorycomic)
Created by Lila Selle ( @lilabeanz) (Site) (Twitter) (Instagram)
Summary: A selfish princess is cursed with death until she can change her ways.
Goodbye Arden ( @goodbye-arden) (Warning: Death, Suicide, Body Horror)
Created by Mindie ( @mindieart) (Twitter) (DeviantArt)
Summary: It’s hard to seem normal when you can’t distinguish between ghosts and humans; for that reason, Dana Frene decided to attend Etsujikan Secondary, an isolated boarding school far away from her hometown’s borders. Unfortunately she meets Arden Smith, a ghost hanging around Etsujikan in search of some company after years of solitude, and his presence throws a bit of a wrench into Dana’s plans. And as Dana struggles through schoolwork, basic human interaction, and paranormal goings-ons, the things she’s trying to pretend don’t exist find a way of catching up to her eventually.
Guardian Ghost (Smackjeeves) (Tapas) (Warning: Major Character Death, Blood/Gore, Body Horror)
Created by Sarah “Manny” Truax ( @cm8x-arts) (DeviantArt)
Summary: After being hit by a car a few months ago, things have been very strange for Max. Not only can he see ghosts, but one in particular claims to have saved him from death! But there are reasons why ghosts are not allowed to save humans.
Gunnerkrigg Court (Site) (Warning: Violence, Blood/Gore, Death)
Created by Tom Siddell (Twitter) (Patreon)
Summary: “Antimony Carver is a precocious and preternaturally self-possessed young girl starting her first year of school at gloomy Gunnerkrigg Court, a very British boarding school that has robots running around alongside body-snatching demons, forests gods, and the odd mythical creature.”
Hellebore ( @helleborecomic)
Created by Melody A.C. ( @disgruntledmuffin) (Twitter) (DeviantArt)
Summary: Hellebore is an urban fantasy webcomic about a young witch trying to overcome some of life’s greatest obstacles: customer service, family drama, and making new friends. But something terrible is brewing on the horizon.
Heroes of Thantopolis ( @heroesofthantopolis) (Hiveworks)
Created by Strontium ( @strontiumsun) (Twitter) (DeviantArt)
Summary: Heroes of Thantopolis is a fantasy action-adventure comic about Cyrus, a young boy who was transported to the titular City of the Dead under mysterious circumstances. The conniving queen of the realm, Helene, taps Cyrus as her Champion and enlists him to fight against three wicked ghosts interested in taking over the city, in exchange for sending Cyrus home and getting his memories back. Luckily, Cyrus doesn’t have to do it alone. Along with his new ghost friends, Cyrus explores the afterlife, fights bad guys and unravels mysteries. Can Cyrus save Thantopolis? And is it really that his arrival in the city was random? Or is there more to Cyrus than it seems…?
Howling Night (Tapas)
Written by Emily Riesbeck ( @emilyriesbeck) (Twitter) (Patreon) and Art by Nelly Karlsson ( @nellyonly) (Twitter) (Facebook) (Patreon)
Summary: What do werewolves do at summer camp? Howling Night is a short coming-of-age story about being yourself, fitting in, and finding a place where you belong.
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