This year proved to be an especially strong one for high-quality horror miniseries, but one title stood above the rest. We ultimately chose When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee from BOOM! Studios as the most deserving honor. Writer Gus Moreno and artist Jakub Rebelka join forces to craft a genuinely chilling and unsettling tale.
The five-issue series is described as follows:
“Father Barrera is a disgraced priest, haunted by his part in the tragic death of an innocent child. As penance, he is exiled to the remote South American town of Puerto Cristina to apprentice under the enigmatic Father Stygian, the preeminent, if not controversial, exorcist. It is a joyless assignment.
Exorcists are normally trained in the Vatican, but Stygian has his own way of handling demons…methods that predate even the Church. And unfortunately for Barrera, Stygian’s last apprentice committed suicide not too long ago.
As Barrera seeks to unlock the mysteries of Stygian’s strange practices, he finds himself amidst an island rife with the forces of evil…
What do these constant streams of possessions mean? And how are they connected to a comatose hospital patient, one who’s been in that condition for half a century without aging a single day…”
Congratulations to Gus Moreno, Jakub Rebelka, and the rest of the team for winning the 2025 Horror Comic Award for Mini-Series of the Year.
