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Deep Dark Fears
by Fran Krause
From Fran Krause’s ongoing webcomic, Deep Dark Fears, was among my favorite comics I read last year. A quick read, it was expanded for its print edition making it definitely worth looking at even if you are already a fan of his work online. This was my first introduction to his work, so I’m definitely a fan now! Illustrating the secret fears submitted by fans, Krause highlights the absurd, horrible, humorous, and personal aspects of what scares us.
Krause’s vivid but muted colors and comic but expressive, diverse characters, with their trademark cutely angular noses, well suit the confessional aspects of these deep dark fears. The comics detail both fears as understandable as falling through the ice (especially to this Minnesotan) or slipping and impaling yourself on one of those spiky iron fences, as well ones maybe just I find relatable, like the idea there is someone nearby who could be reading your thoughts, or that the person behind the mirror could be plotting to kill and replace you. In any case, Krause’s work is both funny and poignant, and really captures those illogical thoughts that lurk in the back of everyone’s heads. I, of course, also appreciated those old school D&D easter eggs!
Krause’s vivid but muted colors and comic but expressive, diverse characters, with their trademark cutely angular noses, well suit the confessional aspects of these deep dark fears. The comics detail both fears as understandable as falling through the ice (especially to this Minnesotan) or slipping and impaling yourself on one of those spiky iron fences, as well ones maybe just I find relatable, like the idea there is someone nearby who could be reading your thoughts, or that the person behind the mirror could be plotting to kill and replace you. In any case, Krause’s work is both funny and poignant, and really captures those illogical thoughts that lurk in the back of everyone’s heads. I, of course, also appreciated those old school D&D easter eggs!