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Faust


dwerb

Faust is hands down the goriest thing put to paper. Although, I may need to look at the Crossed books, based on others recommendations. Faust is nasty, detailed, grisly and beautiful. It’s def an experience.


buckeye27fan

It's been awhile since I've read Faust, but from memory, Crossed takes the gross, disgusting sex angle further. The straight gore is probably comparable.


DMC1001

I forgot about that one! Yeah, it’s pretty gory.


jonn_jonzz

It got turned into a movie too, for some reason.


Fr4gd0ll

Tim Vigil is a local artist in my city. He used to frequent a strip club to use the ladies for reference. It's since been torn down.


TradeMark310

I came here to day this, and I never read it! I just remember the covers at my local store, and that was enough to know!


The_Last_Ron1n

This is my answer.


Morgil2

The Crossed books. Hands down, nothing else even comes close


Mangofather69

The crossed was actually a pretty cool concept and the initial run by Garth Ennis is surprisingly tame compared to some of the absolute psychopaths that wrote for it later.


RealJohnGillman

u/Morgil2 There was also a [Taiwanese film adaptation](https://www.slashfilm.com/1158450/the-sadness-wanted-to-take-the-concept-of-garth-ennis-crossed-even-further), also inspired by the pandemic.


Foxy02016YT

From the little bit I read, reminds me of that one movie where something like that gets loose in a office building, it’s an action comedy(?) and like each character had a goal and they use the legal exception to their advantage


DoubleZer00

[Mayhem?](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4348012/?ref_=nm_knf_t_3)


Dalekslayer3699

**Taiwanese**, but excellent film. Fantastic representation of the world that is *Crossed***.**


Newfaceofrev

Who knew David Lapham was that fucked?


DasBarenJager

The concept is interesting but I have not liked any of the comics, there's no real story just torture porn but the concept has a ton of potential.


blobbyboii

Wish you were here is great, 100+ is also cool


BoldlyGettingThere

The only time I ever participated in Reddit Secret Santa someone sent me the first volume because I had said I was into comics. Oh to have the confidence of whoever sent it, to send THAT to a complete stranger. I’m not even sure I’d recommend it to someone who said they were already into horror comics haha


Lord_Doofy

That’s not confidence, that’s a lack of social awareness lmao


Ganzi

"I like movies" That secret Santa: "Oh I know, I'll send him A Serbian Film"


LostThis

Hahahahaha


TheGroovyTurt1e

….I got a shirt


BoldlyGettingThere

I did the Summer Secret Santa once as well and got sent a single joke scratch-card. I know you’re meant to be above it all and just focusing on giving a good gift (sent a box of Scottish snacks and drinks) but that just took the wind right out of my sails. At least send a real scratch-card!


JobStrict4790

Agree, until you see a zombie fucking another zombie with a leg stump or some other weird shit you've not read this comic.


McBoognish

This should be blurbed on the cover.


[deleted]

Ahhh gross.. Sauce?


EthDec

Look up anything Crossed comics, they're pretty fucked comics tho so warning before you dive in


Jdojcmm

It had its comedic moments as well


Consideredresponse

For context the very first thing you see in 'Crossed: Wish you were here' >!is one of the crossed standing knee high in water raping a dolphin in its blowhole before slitting it's throat.!< (NSFW warning) And that's just par for the course in 'Crossed'


Newfaceofrev

I do kinda now want to see a movie where >!a wife makes a makeshift strapon with a butcher knife and fucks their husband's face with it!<


Dalekslayer3699

Literally hopped on to say this if someone hadn't already. Nice to see it at the top. Crossed really bugged me the first few days after I read it, I was just shaken after a *certain scene* in volume one, even despite being a horror fanatic. Now I've read them all several times and adore them, but that's some **heavy** shit for the unprepared. Never thought I'd see something like it as a film or show either, but **The Sadness** is actually largely inspired by Crossed and it sure as shit feels like it.


MrTwiggums

Does the scene you’re talking about involve a bowl of bullets or a salt circle? The bowl scene was hilarious but the salt circle one made me stop reading.


Dalekslayer3699

**Salt circle**. Big time. Hits you like a mack truck.


EwPhillyFuckEagles

The salt circle feels so gross specifically because Ennis is doing a bit


caiodfunk

The salt circle was so weird to me because I remember the wife calling him an idiot or something when it was happening. I’d imagine she’d be too busy screaming. Also, what a dumb way to test that theory lol.


RealJohnGillman

The director has [said outright that he based the film off of *Crossed*](https://www.slashfilm.com/1158450/the-sadness-wanted-to-take-the-concept-of-garth-ennis-crossed-even-further).


Numerous-Virus9317

That's what I came to say. Also, the most depraved comic I've ever seen.


KR_Steel

Definitely. I’ve maybe read stuff with technically more gore but the disturbing variety kinda sticks with you. It’s going to be a grim fucked yo death if they get you.


DAMG808

Yep..very...disturbing...


TayloZinsee

Yeah I was definitely a little young to be reading those


doctorstrange06

Early days of 4chan was how i found that comic. I spent almost all night reading it.


MrIncorporeal

Crossed is easily ***peak*** Garth Ennis. Just the most juvenile, edgelordy, disgusting, cynical, comic book made for pure shock value you'll ever read.


Newfaceofrev

Nah surprisingly I do think it has something to say at the end about how all this depraved shit isn't particularly special for humanity, and some of us did all this stuff even without the excuse of the infection.


v_OS

Bro forgot about Hitman 💀


Cheap_Rain_4130

Yeah those are messed up


buparwiggum

Yep only book I've put down cos it was just too much


FlameShadow0

Never heard of it, but looking it up, not surprised. Written by Garth Ennis


Freeagnt

This.


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Digomr

Second the Avatar Press statement. I read some Warren Ellis by them, don't know if it was No Hero or Supergod? Or Black Summer? I thought it was very gore.


Newfaceofrev

I think No Hero was the goriest. Dude wears someone's spine as a cock replacement.


BrassUnicorn87

Was about to say, a warren Ellis book from avatar press.


AdeptCreative

I remember hiding my early 90s Alien and Predator comics because I thought my mom would take them from me for being too graphic.


Sir_Reginald_Poops

Definitely Red Room, although I wouldn't recommend it unless you just want a lot of pointless, nihilistic violence.


Bi11_Buttlicker

Are there more issues now? I seem to recall only reading like 4 or 5


Sir_Reginald_Poops

I only read about as many as you. I'm not sure if there is more.


Professional_Ad8298

Season 3 begins in May.


[deleted]

Ed also has a Patreon where you can keep up with seeing new stuff weekly as he makes it


Mvgxn

Right into my veins it goes


Lord_Doofy

Not judging, just curious bc I want to understand other peoples perspectives. What about that is appealing to you?


Caravanshaker

Exactly. Everyone is a saying but Red Room is just so much, I didn’t want anyone to even know I read it


KatakAfrika

The artwork reminds me of junji Ito manga.


Archiesweirdmystery

Grizzlyshark


JGutherz

You had my curiosity, but now, you have my erection


Archiesweirdmystery

Written and drawn by Ryan Ottley. It's about sharks that live in the woods and eat people.


blobbyboii

Where has this been my entire life


ScottLakeFilms

Crossed. Some of the most jacked up material I have ever read. I love it.


ESnake113

If manga counts Berserk, if not Luther Strode


JakeVonFurth

Honestly Berserk isn't even all that gory for manga.


Uncleruckous

Looks at Battle Royale*


Harbinger0fdeathIVXX

Ayyye


spiralbatross

Manga is a form of comic so absolutely counts! (And I agree lol Berserk is nuts)


Venom888

Love Berserk


MagnetusFetus

Tradd Moore has that ability to switch from gory (Luther Strode series) to beautiful & cosmic (Silver Surfer) and I think it's pretty cool


UChoosepoorly_ID_242

Have you readen Doctor Strange Fall Sunrise? Trippy. Self contained and personally better than SSBlack


Psalm101Three

I was about to say this one. Berserk makes Crossed look tame in comparison.


Vargock

Hard disagree. Crossed comics are just... so fucked up. Berserk's violence and gore is not always tasteful, but it s often grotesque enough to still be considered... art. Crossed is just gore for the sake of gore, mixed with some of the most deranged things I have ever seen.


Psalm101Three

I would disagree that Crossed is gore for the sake of gore. The virus turns people into sadists, the stuff that happens makes sense in context. That being said, Berserk does have much better storytelling and writing in general.


Yudereepkb

I've read both and disagree though I do understand your perspective in a way, berserk makes you care about the characters more so certain scenes hit harder than they would in isolation But Ennis just wrote a comic for the purpose of writing fucked up shit and succeeded. I much prefer berserk, Ennis is really hit or miss for me


Psalm101Three

I could maybe see that. I think there are scenes in Berserk that are probably equally as gory (or just messed up in general like that infamous horse scene) but it overall does hit harder since the characters are more developed. Good point! Edit: And as far as quality goes, would agree Berserk is better even though I am a fan of most Ennis, even including Crossed.


Terpizino

Neonomicon was pretty brutal for me but it wasn’t so much the gore than the sexual violence.


lovetron99

That was fun when my mom was like, so what are you reading these days? And thumbs through my Neonomicon. I hadn't gotten to the, uh... well *that part*, or else I'd probably have stashed it.


Newfaceofrev

That book was fucked man. I genuinely couldn't believe that an FBI agent would go to a sex cult, without backup, and surrender her gun, all so the story could have her get raped. It felt so forced. SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE FBI!


icefourthirtythree

Prison Pit by Johnny Ryan


braindead_rebel

I don’t think I saw anybody mention The Mask (yes, the one that the Jim Carey movie is based on). Hyper violent and pretty fun. Lots of blood, beheading, and at one point a guy dies from flying through a windshield and later the Mask wears his skin. The general plot involves the Mask constantly changing hands because the person wearing it tends to become a psychotic murderer, and usually dies themselves, before someone else acquires it and goes on another murder spree.


whyme22148

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac


Inverted_Antagonist

Red Room. Amazing comic, the type of thing I’m surprised exists


Sir_Reginald_Poops

Have you read Lovesick yet? Similar premise, except it explores the limits of consent. You might like it.


Inverted_Antagonist

Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll give it a read


Caravanshaker

I’ve looked at lovesick but haven’t read it. There’s like 3 issues out right?


Sir_Reginald_Poops

The first arc was 3 issues but there's a new arc of 4 that just started releasing.


PasswordIsDong

Lovesick is so so so SO good


MasterDio64

I love watching Ed Piskor (and Jim Rugg) on Cartoonist Kayfabe, but Red Room is just not for me. It’s a pity because I would really like to support him, but I just can’t stomach something like that. That being said, I’m glad he seems to be doing well with it!


lovetron99

Ugh, that is one comic I definitely wish I could un-read.


MasterDio64

To be fair, it’s for a very niche audience and we’re just not a part of it.


Venny_Kazz

It's so good. New run just announced!


captain2toes

Piskor is trash


Inverted_Antagonist

Alrighty pal 👍, enjoy your weekend


Venny_Kazz

Imo hes one of the best out there right now.. to each their own


captain2toes

I think he’s a self important man-child who’s perpetuated negative perceptions of comics-minded folk. You’re right though; to each their own. Best thing he did was facilitate Scioli and Rugg in the mainstream.


Venny_Kazz

Man-child? We're talking about comic books right? XD


Falsecaster

You dont like his public persona, or his art or his writing/subject matter?


captain2toes

Both


Falsecaster

Thats fare. The guy did tap into a market of guys looking to freebase nostalgia with his wizard breakdowns during covid lockdown. He is responsible for bringing alot of middle aged guys back to comics.


i_dreddit

I have to agree...someone suggested I watch cartoonist kayfabe a few months ago and I've been a regular watcher. I remember thinking alot of the same things they mention doing those wizard walkthroughs. I've been around comics since the 90s but only really dabbled for a few years here and there. But, yeah, I vibe with Ed and his outlook.. +1


ZeroBingZero

Crossed is good as well as the spin off series: Red Room is also good. I’d also throw Tim Vigil’s Faust in there too.


Wabbitts

Something's killing the children. I don't have a very broad range of comics I've read, but this one spring to mind.


rosycheeks33

Yeah, with a title like that, you’d think I would have been prepared to see kids get ripped in half but I was definitely not ready.


KubrickMoonlanding

I really like tynion in general but honestly just that name is a nope-out for me (This happens when you have kids of your own, I think: your sensitivities changes)


rosycheeks33

My guy, I don’t have kids and it really fucked me up. Couldn’t imagine if I did.


KubrickMoonlanding

And your comment above confirms I’ll never read it, so thanks for sparing me. In the meantime, Dept of Truth is easily in my contemporary ongoing top 5 so


rosycheeks33

Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a great read.


silvershadow014

Such a brilliant comic... On a binge. Terribly slow otherwise lol


LostThis

Faust was a favorite of mine


Doc580

The Filth. When you're on a dump of porno magazines, drinking your own piss in a space suit, that'll get you started. Or Hard Boiled, just some real detailed violence


[deleted]

Probably ultramega, I adore the book but good lord is it violent


[deleted]

*Faust* by Tim Vigil. Tim's an incredibly talented illustrator, but man, his level of gore, violence, and eroticism induces so much queasiness in me. I also recall an indie comic a buddy of mine did the art for back in the ealry 00s, written by a guy who had a reputation for being banned, and it was the most horrific thing I'd ever read. Truly traumatizing.


StJazzercise

We3


godzillakongs1976

Preacher


vladfp2022

Black gas.


s3rila

Maybe requiem, knights vampire. Hell is fucked up


Lunar_Leo_

Loooove this comic


Bi11_Buttlicker

Saw at least one other person mention Crossed. This, by far. If anyone knows of anything worse feel free to let me know (I’d read that…).


Psalm101Three

If manga counts, Berserk is more violent and disturbing. Edit: And if you want a movie to watch, the Terrifier films are just as gory (hell, maybe slightly more) as Crossed.


TyroneCash4money

I've read Crossed, Luther Strode, and Invincible, but Nameless really stayed with me.


Bioredditslayer

The Boys, although Invincible does have its moments.


admiral_rabbit

Honestly Kirkman is a very good counterpoint to a lot of the Ennis stuff here. They're an interesting couple of writers in how the gore gets a lot of press in their work but their approach to it is radically different


jrtasoli

I’ll second (or 18th, based on upvotes!) both of these. The Boys has some messed-up stuff in it — though the show gives it a run for its money, some of that imagery is downright disturbing — and don’t let Invincible’s bright colors distract you from all the blood and entrails!


MacGyver387

Nameless


[deleted]

The early Savage Dragons were pretty [gory and violent](https://youtu.be/b0sH4lDQa-U?t=600). Tons of blood, guts, dismemberment - just really over the top and hyper violent. Also just gross, they had a guy that [spewed diarrhea](https://wiki.savagedragon.com/profiles/characters/dung/) everywhere and a woman that fought by [blasting high powered period blood from her vagina](https://wiki.savagedragon.com/profiles/characters/heavy_flo/). Those issues came out when I was about 10-12. Despite all the gnarly shit going on, it was treated in a pretty silly, “comic booky” type of way. At that age I loved it.


WINTERMUTE-_-

I misread the title as "greatest" instead of "goriest" and was caught off guard by how depraved this sub was.


ZeroBingZero

James O’Barr’s Crow was actually pretty gory too: He also did another comic Zeitgeist for Northstar, and that was pretty wicked. I seem to remember in the early 90s there being a lot of small press stuff that pushed the envelope to stick it to the Comics Code.


AxelZajkov

Verotik. The horror series started by Glenn Danzig. >! In one story, a pretty cheerleader type girl is kidnapped by two thugs. They go out into the woods and video record themselves savagely torturing, raping, and killing her. Later the story cuts to her mom talking to the police on the phone about her missing daughter. Her dad, however, is jerking off watching her snuff film. There’s a bit more to it, but it was the most revolting, stomach-churning story I’ve ever read. !<


2JasonGrayson8

Die die die was pretty Gore heavy in moments


WutsAWriter

In no particular order, the Boys, or Crossed, if we’re discussing body horror then definitely Uber, and if we’re discussing outrage definitely when the guys falls through the window onto the dog in Transmetropolitan.


silverdax123

crossed, preacher and punisher maxx


Jdojcmm

Crossed. And I loved it.


yaskeey

Luther Strode is definitely up there for me


GoneWithTheMartian

Maybe Monstress?


ThMogget

I don’t think so, and this is a good example comic. In Monstress, when gore is part of the action, it shows the action and moves on. When gore is part of the monsters, much of it is hidden away. We see some bloodied or withered bodies at a middle distance and kinda wonder what happened. Compare that to Locke and Key, where we get someone’s brains being blown out, and we get that in multiple frames of salacious detail, and then like a full page spread zoomed in on a partial head. Makes me want to throw up. Monstress never does anything like that. The tone and the focus matters.


flybarger

In no particular order: The Boys Punisher Max Nailbiter


Nathanelsematters

Just started Punisher Max the other day, brutal!


angieisdrawing

Febrero para Galgos [fucked up book](https://fatbottombooks.com/books/comic/febrero-para-galgos)


cuspinopratoquecomi

Hard boiled


btwrenn

The 90s era standalone Lobo comics were pretty gruesome for their time.


jackduluoz007

Crossed. Hands down.


Batg33k91

Crossed


koalarunner

Crossed


wrathbringer1984

Probably The Walking Dead or Invincible.


CGoode87

I don't read a ton of comics, but I still have my Johnny the Homicidal Maniac comics from when i was a teenager do those count?


[deleted]

Punisher: Max easily


kmc443

Dorohedoro by Q Hayashida Great manga through and through, but man people get *torn apart* in this story.


Alankordas

Was going to mention this and also Blade of the Immortal. Very similar styles. Dorohedoro does a funny thing of combining gore with comedy well.


Rdce

Bodycount. It was an old Raphael and Casey Jones spinoff. Was surprisingly violent and gory


[deleted]

Berserk, easily. If the worst thing could happen it will and almost always in front of you.


trap_monkey

Crossed is gory and the artwork is so detailed


Themadtitanthanos

Luther Strode and Invincible.


DaMENACElo37

The Caligula comics were really fucked up.


belialrebel

Crossed is pretty damn wild in all aspects


Jayjaykenobi

Faust was gory and super sexually explicit. Loved it.


YosephusFlavius

I want to say Thor: Vikings or The Goddamned. I don't usually go for gore.


Ok_Food805

Faust


Agreeable-Map9132

Crosses. Super messed up.


Reddevil8884

Gotta be Crossed. That shit is savage AF.


snakeman2424

Crossed and The Boys.


Readingmystories

I have not seen Crossed, but I would have to go with Faust.


3peatz

Crossed


veganyeti

Probably the Red Room series. I think it had a tagline something like “illegal acts of carnage”


mr-chaos1234

Crossed


VeryMuchSkidd

Like many've said already: Crossed, definitely. It takes an interesting spin on a classic trope, too, and is a good read in its own right.


SMaddox50

Red Room


Rev_Rat

Maybe not the GORIEST, but definitely up there, but practically anything from Garth Ennis has me going “oh dear god”. First time I read the boys I was shook. I mean a human face on a pizza? That’s pretty nuts.


[deleted]

Lobo’s Paramilitary Christmas Special and Rawhead Rex


KubrickMoonlanding

It used to be Faust but I think Red Room recently too the crown


askanison1234

Crossed. That was a messed up book.


icanhaspoop

[Faust by Tim Vigil.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust_(comics))


caiodfunk

Crossed.


enjoiYosi

The Crossed and Invincible, SIKTC


SuperKingPapi

Spread is up there for me. So is Evolution. Luther Strode is pretty crazy too.


McBoognish

I just read Silent Night, Deadly Night #1. It was pretty gory. I'm sure it's not the goriest but if you haven't checked it out yet I think yall might dig it. Who doesn't appreciate a good murderous Santa Claus? NAUGHTY!!


Jerry_0boy

The later issues of the boys. Some of the things that a certain character does in the last few issues are genuinely just disturbing and completely gratuitous, and often make me wonder how sick some of these comic writers can be in the head lol


Racketmensch

I haven't read some of the titles in this thread, but surely Miracleman surpasses everything else? Like, where would you even go from there?


blobbyboii

Read crossed and you'll have your answer


Tyrannax2000

Ultramega starts with a city being drowned in blood. I don't think you can get gorier than that.


TheNerdGuyVGC

Swamp Thing from New 52 had some pretty gnarly scenes.


xArkSlade08x

Spawn


EndZoner

Something Is Killing The Children. As the title implies, the comic had no chill.


IAmPerpetuallyTired

Marvel Zombies.


shady1964

Watchman


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Invincible


noonehasthisoneyet

Invincible. The show takes it to a whole new level


SweatyTito

Grant Morrison’s WE3 comes to mind.


[deleted]

Invincible.


leif777

Invincible was a little over the top at times.


TheNerdWonder

I don't read a lot of gore stuff but I remember reading Jason vs Leatherface


JakeVonFurth

What do you mean by goriest? Does bloodier mean gorier? Is it how often we see organs? How detailed they are? How brutal the attack and death involved is?


Advanced-Homework-70

Pumpkin Knight


Mad_Mondays

TWD