A review by peyjturner
The Sleep of Reason: An Anthology of Horror by

3.0

As with almost any anthology, it is a mixed bag. However, as with almost anything successfully kickstarted by Iron Circus Comics, said bag tends to be of superior quality than any other, and 'The Sleep of Reason' is no different. Created as a way to break out of the standard cliches and tropes of horror, this anthology promised "No zombies. No vampires. No werewolves. No familiar solutions. No safe havens." and it more or less delivered on that promise. Contained within this comic anthology are twenty-six very different, and very scary, stories that can only be put under the category of horror. The art varies wildly, and your mileage may vary on how much you like them, but each story delivers a unique scare that, more often than not, relies on the horror trope of the 'bad ending.' Not that that's a bad thing and not that each story does it in the same way, but after reading halfway through, I saw the ending coming from the beginning of the story.

Oh, and also, these stories are short, almost vignettes, but they do make use of every page and panel that they have, so there's that. Overall, I highly recommend grabbing a copy, so long as there are some left, and to enjoy the anthology like one would a sampler platter: individually and voraciously.