American comic look
Crypt Horrorcomic style
heavy crosshatching, sickly greens and reds
Where it comes from: Pre-Code horror comics, 1950–1955.
Feathered brush-and-nib ink, heavy crosshatch, underlit sweating faces, sickly greens and blood reds on coarse newsprint.
Good for
- horror anthologies
- twist endings
- creeping dread
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