Crossed is a horror comic book series written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Jacen Burrows and published by Avatar Press. The comic explores the aftermath of a global pandemic that turns people into homicidal maniacs who bear a distinctive cross-shaped facial rash. Garth Ennis has pulled out all the stops to write the most twisted book of his career, Crossed!

Understanding the Context

Through ten heart-stopping chapters, Crossed is his horrifically visceral exploration of the pure evil that humans are truly capable of indulging. The Crossed, also know by their scientific name Homo Tortor (Latin; translates to "Man the Torturer") are the titular main antagonists of the 2008 horror comic book series Crossed. Carriers of the virus are generally known as the “Crossed” due to a large, cross-like rash that appears on their faces. While Garth Ennis and artist Jacen Burrows created the fictional world of Crossed, other writers penned stories set in this universe, from David Lapham (Stray Bullets) to Alan Moore.

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Join us as the original Crossed creative team returns! What is to follow is nothing short of ground breaking survival horror at its best and most frightening. Picture the cruelest affronts to decency. Conjure your darkest nightmares... and then realize it could all be so much worse.

Final Thoughts

Crossed is a horror comic by Garth Ennis where a virus turns people into sadistic killers. Read about the outbreak and survivor struggles. Crossed: Directed by Rob Jabbaz. With Ash Santos, Bob Morley, Devin Druid, Spenser Granese. Follows a group of survivors dealing with an apocalyptic pandemic that causes its victims to carry out their most evil thoughts. Collected editions of the Crossed series published by Avatar Press, originally published in single magazine form as Crossed, Family Values, Psychopath, and Badlands.