Last year, popular YouTuber and podcast host John Allen made the jump to comics with MrBallen Presents: Strange, Dark & Mysterious, a graphic novel that adapted some of the many true tales of horror featured on the MrBallen channel. Now Allen and his collaborators are back with a sequel called MrBallen Presents: Where Nightmares Live.
With the second graphic novel set to release in stores later this month, IGN can exclusively debut a new preview of MrBallen Presents: Where Nightmares Live. Check it out in the slideshow gallery below:
As with the original book, MrBallen Presents: Where Nightmares Live adapts several of Allen's stories from his YouTube channels, along with several new stories for good measure. Robert Venditti (X-O Manowar) assisted in the adaptation process. All the stories are illustrated by Andrea Mutti (Haunt You To the End), while Rob Prior provided the cover art. The book is published by Ten Speed Graphic, a division of Penguin Random House. Here's the official description for the book:
In MrBallen Presents: Where Nightmares Live, John Allen, known popularly as “MrBallen,” is back with another heart-stopping collection of strange and mysterious stories exploring terrors that lie just beyond our comprehension. From skin-melting encounters in Brazil to a ghost that stalks the English countryside to a bell ringing deep in the Arizona wilderness, MrBallen’s spine-chilling tales—four of which are exclusive to this graphic novel—span multiple centuries and expose bizarre, terrifying, and utterly unforgettable experiences of the unnatural world.
Compellingly creepy, deeply researched, and based on unsettling real events, MrBallen Presents: Where Nightmares Live proves that sometimes our deepest fears are about the things we cannot see. In collaboration with New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Robert Venditti and acclaimed comic book artist Andrea Mutti, this is Allen’s most frightening collection yet.
Welcome. Your nightmares are waiting.
MrBallen Presents: Where Nightmares Live will be released in both hardcover and paperback on September 30, 2025. You can preorder a copy on Amazon.
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