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How do you define horror?

By Luke Meeken  |  October 16, 2016 | 12:00pm
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On The Comics Page, The A.V. Club invites comics artists to illustrate their pop cultural flights of fancy. This week: Luke Meeken helps define horror’s subgenres.

 
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