Tips to making a creepy horror comic?

[csufranco]

So I've been doing a lot of research on how to manipulate fear in movies, I was wondering if anyone here has any tips on how to make comic book scary (I imagine it's super hard). Please don't mention Junji Ito... his techniques are easy to talk about but hard to actually put to practice.

[nolongerusetheforum]

... Hmm, I can't give you any art tips like composition perspective color etc so I will just give you my opinion as horror fans : make a story with normal daily activity then twist it.

For example this short movie have a setting story of a woman found a hair on her kitchen sink then she decided to clean it. Turn out... Watch it yourself I won't spoil it. But it do makes you think of what will happen if you pull a hair on your sink lol. Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt58gDgxy9Q

Or the Lights out, the short movie not the one that 2 hours. It's basically just a simple idea, you turn off the lamp and bam, suddenly something unusual happen.

Or, you can just make something that totally not normal happening from beginning. Like that popular story : 2AM: The Smiling Man. There is a short movie and a short animation for that story, you can decided what's scarier for you ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u6Tt3PqIfQ ) and ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5hYfZmdwY )

On Junji Ito topic, I found this interview that well, I know you say no JI, but if you read, he say that his works is influenced by many things too (Gyo from the Jaws etc) so well, my advice is take things that interest you and twist it to your own taste.

Sorry, can't give any art advice as I say so well yeah, tl;dr just get a daily life activity and then make it supernatural lol.

Hope it helps [or maybe not? ._. ]

Edit : lol forget the JI link : http://www.78magazine.com/issues/03-01/arts/junji.shtml

[anitacomics]

The tips I received about this topic can be reduced to: have a good concept of pacing. In detail, avoi showing too much of what's going on; prefer to use close ups instead. The reader will feel closer to the character, wondering what's behind that door, and will be forced to engage in their emotions.
Also consider the page turning: that's what helps suspence in comics (well, in webcomics it's a bit different I guess). Imagine this girl being chased down the forest by an unknown monster. You never see it, but can see her being terrified by it. The monster comes closer, closer, closer...the page ends with a close up of the terrified girl turning around to watch her hunter...do you dare turning the page to see it as well?

Not good tips, I know. I've been asking the same question around, and this was the best advice I got! Will be checking the thread for more