War Zone, by Sam Medlock (horror comic, 2021)

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"Canute, why didn't you ever tell me? We're friends. You're supposed to tell me about--about things like this..."

Blurb: A Native teenager attempts suicide and reality starts to melt. Medlock writes, "I wrote this while looking back on when I was suicidal. I felt like my thoughts weren't my own and it was really scary. I legit thought I was possessed by demons or something, but now I think it was more an influence of bad spirits. But whatever you wanna call it, it felt very supernatural to me. Anyway I got some help and am better now. I hope you got something out of this story~ "

Why is it worth your time?: Medlock uses beautiful surreal, supernatural imagery, mixes color with black and white to striking effect, and also discusses mental health from a supernatural, community integration perspective. It's a valuable perspective, and I want to boost it.

Plural Tags: supernatural, otherworld, nonswitching, nonhumans [spirits], realitymashing, creator speaks from experience

Content Warnings: This is a comic where the main character attempts suicide. There is blood. That isn't a spoiler, because it's on both the back cover and the first page of the book, but further content warnings ARE spoilers and go in the comments below.

Accessibility Notes: The paper form is now on sale at Ko-Fi! It is also available to read for free on Webtoon, though not alt-texted.

Read it here! (EDIT: Webtoon has now access-locked this to people with accounts, so with Medlock's permission, we rehosted it at healthymultiplicity.com!)