GIFTS FOR FANS OF: CREATOR-OWNED STORIES

Looking for the perfect gift for everyone on your list? Dark Horse Comics presents ideas for unique and special items in our 2025 Holiday Gift Guide!

Dark Horse Comics is home to scores of the greatest comic creators of this age. Fans of original stories, characters, and beautifully crafted worlds can find new opportunities to experience the artwork and storytelling of some of the biggest names in the industry this season. See below for recommendations of gifts for fans of creator-owned comics and books.

Blacksad – From writer Juan Díaz Canales and illustrator Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad is a long-running, critically acclaimed, and award-winning series.

Private investigator John Blacksad is up to his feline ears in mystery, digging into the backstories behind murders, child abductions, and nuclear secrets. Guarnido’s sumptuously painted pages and rich cinematic style bring the world of 1950s America to vibrant life, with Canales weaving in fascinating tales of conspiracy, racial tension, and the “red scare” Communist witch hunts of the time.

Translated by Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander, the most recent volumes of Blacksad have won multiple Harvey Awards. It’s the perfect gift for those looking for a fresh take on the detective noir genre.

ElfQuest: The Original Quest – For the fantasy fan on your gift list, check out Wendy and Richard Pini’s series, ElfQuest: The Original Quest. Dark Horse brings this original masterpiece to print in a new, gorgeous, full-color set of hardcover volumes for the first time. Wendy Pini and Richard Pini’s epic fantasy series is reaching further than ever before and is ready to be discovered by new readers and rediscovered by longtime fans as well. 

In ElfQuest: Chief Cutter and the Wolfriders are driven from their forest home by fearful humans bent on their destruction. As they wander the ever-changing landscape of their harsh primeval world, the elves discover hidden danger, odd creatures…and to their surprise, other elfin tribes. Follow the Wolfriders as they forge new alliances, take on hidden enemies, and discover truths about themselves and their origins they never imagined.

The Complete Harrow County Compendium – A beloved dark Southern Gothic fairy tale by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook, now available in a complete collection. This new paperback edition features the full comics run plus essential extras from every Dark Horse Library Edition.

Emmy always knew that the woods surrounding her home crawled with ghosts and monsters. But on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she learns that she is connected to these creatures—and to the land itself—in a way she never imagined. Could Emmy be the reincarnation of an infamous witch? As supernatural forces that baffle the imagination align against her, Emmy must decide whether she will embrace or deny her destiny…with the fate of every soul—living or otherwise—hanging in the balance!

Gift givers can deliver the entirety of Harrow County in a variety of editions available now.

Dr. Werthless – From the creative team behind the award-winning Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? comes an examination of one of the most polarizing figures in pop culture: Dr. Fredric Wertham.

Reviled by comic book fans as a witch-hunting zealot who stirred up a panic among the parents of America for his own self-promoting purposes, he was also a renowned psychiatrist who, among other accomplishments, opened a clinic in Harlem for disadvantaged African-American patients and played an important role in the desegregation of the nation’s schools. Believing that murder could be abolished through a proper understanding of the mental and social roots of criminal violence, he took a genuinely humane approach to some of the most notorious homicidal maniacs of his time, while simultaneously exploiting their stories for his own commercial ends.

For fans of acclaimed true crime author Harold Schechter and Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Eric Powell give the gift of this graphic novel that takes an unbiased look at this flawed and enormously and complex man–whose obsessive dream of freeing the world from violence nearly murdered the comics industry.

Millarworld – Mark Millar’s award-winning series, from Wanted to Big Game, Nemesis, Jupiter’s Legacy, The Magic Order, and many more, are now at home with Dark Horse Comics! 

Present those you aim to wow this holiday season with signature oversized hardcover Dark Horse Library Editions featuring Millar’s boundless worlds. Explore The Wanted & Big Game Library Edition, featuring the art of JG Jones and Paul Mounts (Wanted), and Pepe Larraz and Giovanna Niro (Big Game), or Library Editions of The Ambassadors, The Magic Order, and Starlight, plus many more.

…AND SO MANY MORE!

Dark Horse Comics is home to a treasure trove of incredible creator owned series and titles for every taste and budget.