Urban Legends

Do you think that the city is a boring place where you can only meet gloomy and constantly rushing residents? Not at all!

The stories of many cities intertwine with mysterious and sometimes horrifying legends.

We do not advise you to get into a strange black "Volga" or a midnight bus - unless, of course, your life is dear to you.

Don't look under the bed in the hotel, don't get carried away with unverified cosmetic recipes.

Spiders, ghosts, monsters... or maybe clowns? Are you not afraid of anything? Then open the book!

In the modern world with its technologies and availability of information, it seems that there is no place for creepy legends and superstitions. However, the Chinese still avoid the midnight bus on route No. 302, the home appliances market in South Korea has to take into account the legend of the fan that kills, and in Puerto Rico, only the lazy have not encountered the chupacabra. This book contains both familiar stories (for example, about the black "Volga") and unfamiliar ones (about a woman with a torn mouth, about a man with sesame skin). Each legend is told in the form of a comic and accompanied by a short but concise explanation. The book will be useful for everyone: beginner researchers of human fears, those who want to get scared and then laugh. After all, this is exactly why these stories are told!

In brief:

• A successful combination of horror comics and popular science text.

• Horribly beautiful illustrations.

• Entertainment psychotherapy: read about your fear, face it - and laugh!

• Scientific editor — Nikita Petrov, folklorist, social anthropologist.

For whom:
For comic book lovers (especially horror), scary stories told at night by flashlight, and fans of urban folklore. From 8 years old.

About the author:
Illustrator Miloš Mazal was born in 1981 in Bruntál (Czech Republic). He studied graphics at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Ostrava University and acting in Prague. An actor, illustrator, and author of original comics. He has been published in the Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, and Slovakia; his work represented the Czech Republic in the international comic magazine Stripolis (Serbia). He is one of the founders of the theater group Alfréd&Doris. He lives and works in Prague.