Although largely unrecognized in the United States, "girls’ horror" is a concept arguably as old as horror itself.  Character-oriented and plot-driven, horror aimed at a young female audience has an appeal that can extend not only across ages and genders but even across genres to individuals who otherwise would never think of reading horror stories.

In Japan, horror has always been a major division of comics for girls (which is in turn a major division of all comic releases).  Currently, more traditional forms of girls’ horror seem to have largely given way to murder mysteries of a style all too familiar to Western audiences.  Please note that although such mystery stories are not the focus of this site, they are included in the bibliographies (mostly because it can be difficult to tell the difference from across the Pacific).

Sadly, Narumi Kakinouchi and Takakazu Nagakubo have now both disappeared from the pages of Susperia Mystery, and Horror M has been officially classified by the publisher as a ladies’ magazine.  This leaves Mystery Bonita and Nemuki as the only remaining magazines devoted to carrying works in traditional styles of fictional girls’ horror.  The appearance of a Ciao Horror Comics banner, however, would seem to indicate that the genre is still active, only reabsorbed into general girls’ magazines.

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Featured Authors
	赤石路代 Michiyo Akaishi A number of her works cross over from mainstream girls’ comics and therefore make a good test for uncertain readers.
		渡千枝 Chie Watari Readers new to girls’ horror can find an excellent introduction to the type in her short and episodic pieces.
			永久保貴一 Takakazu Nagakubo One of the true masters of the genre.

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Other Artists

There are a number of artists devoted to girls’ horror, and many more who have "dabbled" in it.  Please be aware that girls’ horror ranges from the goofy to the grotesque and not every artist is for every reader.  Therefore, not all of these are necessarily recommended; they’re just various authors that have had at least one volume of girls’ horror comics released.  I will be posting more bibliographies as time allows . . . .

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Notes on the Bibliographies

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Cross-reference of Source Works

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International Releases of Japanese Girls’ Horror Comics

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Girls’ Comics Magazines Devoted to Horror, Suspense and/or Mystery

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