Julia Gfrörer was born in 1982 in Concord, New Hampshire, and now lives on Long Island. Her comics are critically acclaimed and widely regarded as upsetting.

  • World Within the World (2025)

    World Within the World (2025)

    “Collecting over 30 rare works of short fiction tinged with horror and eroticism by one of comics’ most distinct voices, spanning over 20,000 years from the Stone Age to the apocalypse.” Ignatz Award winner.

  • Vision (2020)

    Vision (2020)

    In this graphic novel, a spinster escapes the demands of life through a sexual relationship with a haunted mirror. “A masterful book … Gfrörer exceeds herself in unflinchingly depicting the slow horror of grief.” — A. V. Club “Gfrörer continues to build her reputation as one of the foremost contemporary horror cartoonists with this dense…

  • Laid Waste (2015)

    Laid Waste (2015)

    A supernaturally strong medieval widow in a plague-ridden town must decide how to use her powers in this graphic novel. 

  • Black Is the Color (2013)

    Black Is the Color (2013)

    In this graphic novella, a wicked mermaid lures a sailor to his doom. 

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