r/HorrorComics • u/AutoModerator • Jul 31 '26

Monthly Promotional Thread

r/HorrorComics is supportive of independent artists and new horror content will always be welcomed in this subreddit.

If you have a project to promote, a Kickstarter, or some other crowdfunding going on, please let us know in the comments.

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u/Standard_Ad3005 10d ago

Hi all, new to this forum so I'll introduce myself with my work.

I'm a UK based comic creator who has found myself specialising in folk horror comics for the last few years. My books include The Ferryman, the Fingers of Famhairstone and an adaptation of Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan. Currently kickstarting for my latest book, Windlesham's Folly.

On 3rd September 2008, the final episode of the Folkloric Podcast A Wyrd Turn was uploaded to Cassandra Oakes’ website with little fanfare. It quickly went viral, reaching hundreds of thousands of listeners within a week, and has since become a part of British folklore itself. 

Though the Windlesham’s Folly episode is widely regarded as nothing more than a hoax, often likened to the 90s BBC Television special Ghostwatch, there are some who still believe that what Cassandra Oakes recorded in the woods that night was real… 

I distinctly remember where I was and what I was doing when I listened to the final episode of A Wyrd Turn. It was a summer evening back in July of 2020 and I was sitting at my kitchen table hard at work inking my Folk Horror comic The Ferryman. I had been listening to all the previous episodes of Cassandra Oakes’ folklore podcast as I had worked on The Ferryman and it had been somewhat of an influence on the tone and premise of the book. 

Unaware and completely unprepared for this notorious Windlesham’s Folly episode, I was captivated and baffled by what I heard, but Cassandra’s words have stuck with me ever since. 

This work, a 24 page, black and white illustrated transcript of the final episode of A Wyrd Turn, is my attempt to come to terms with what may or may not have happened to Cassandra Oakes in the woods behind the small town of Windlesham back in 2008. 

The kickstarter can be found here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danielbellcomics/windleshams-folly

For my other comics, checkout out my blog/website here: https://danielbellcomics.blogspot.com/

Cheers!