Museum of Terror, Volume 3 (Junji Ito)

Im a new fan to Ito's manga horror and I am blown away with what this man can come up with. Just when I think I know what might happen, he takes a story to a whole 'nother level! I havent read the first volume yet cause im afraid it might just be more of the same from Volume2, which I loved. so I got this one instead. NOw Im just gonna go ahead and get volume one cause the curiosity is killing me!!

While Tomie is an awesome character, it was relieving to see other stories of the dark corners of Junji's mind. I thought this was better than the previous two volumes. Somehow you could see these stories happening in your own back yard.

Junji Ito's brand of horror always struck me as being somewhat different than most other horror manga artists. His obsessions and trademarks are always recognizable. And you always get the feeling that there's an underlying message to the bizzare events his characters go through. But unlike the surreal and erotic-grotesque stories of Suehiro Maruo, or the overwhelming bleakness of Hideshi Hino, Junji Ito seems to have a fun, sometimes absurd sense of humor about the things that scare us most. I was very happy to hear that Dark Horse was reprinting the Tomie books along with NEW Junji Ito material. Having already read Tomie, I decided to pass on the reprints and anxiously await for the release of Museum of Terror Vol.3. This was worth the wait. It's way thicker than the average manga book. All of the stories in here are pretty old, so the art and content may not be what you're used to from Ito. But it's fascinating, and a hell of a lot of fun to see his development as a writer and... Read more