Uzumaki

In this haunting three-issue horror manga from 2013–2014, Junji Ito crafts a chilling spiral-obsessed nightmare in the small town of Kurôzu-cho. Published by Carlsen Comics in German, the series is a masterwork of psychological terror, as Ito's meticulous, surreal artwork transforms a simple geometric pattern into an inescapable force of madness. Its concise, self-contained story has become a landmark of horror comics, demonstrating Ito's singular ability to find dread in the mundane.