Creator: Katie Skelly Fantagraphics, July 2026 Katie Skelly’s Heaven, published by Fantagraphics, is the kind of horror graphic novel that appears poised to employ a familiar trick: adopting a minimalist, almost childlike visual language before gradually revealing something far more sinister beneath the surface. (We saw that concept delivered with startling, horrifying effect in Patrick Horvath’s chilling Beneath the Trees, a title we intend to review soon.) Heaven however has little misdirection by faux-innocence. The cover alone presents a strip club atmosphere in all its excesses, populated by scantily clad dancers, alcohol, and showering cash. The opening pages are equally direct, introducing readers to an unsettling ritualistic scene involving cloaked women, violence, and murder. Ms Skelly wastes no time establishing that, despite its clean visuals, this is very much a mature horror story. Here is Fantagraphics’ promotional blurb: Out past the edge of town, there exists a strip club called