Deeply human and unnerving, The Closet #1 is a stellar horror comic with a top-tier Tynion script and outstanding visual work from Fullerton and O'Halloran. Read Full Review

The Closet #1 is a page-turner. It's unfettered by overwrought narration, rendered obsolete by the impeccably crafted, atmospheric artwork. Read Full Review

Fullerton delivers some great art that brilliantly sets the right emotional tone for the characters and their world. Read Full Review

Think of David Lynch. Think of The Closet. Then think of what is hiding the dark, in the corners of your room, of you mind. The Closet from James Tynion IV and crew is incredible. Its eerie and emotional. Read Full Review

Final Verdict: 8.5, A solemn and truthful look at the feelings, and the monsters, hiding in our closets. Read Full Review

The Closet deals with a universal childhood horror something creeping around in the bedroom closet. The creative team ratchets up the tension in their first in a three-part series of psychological terror. Read Full Review

The Closet #1 serves up subtle unrest, the sort experienced when viewing old closed-circuit footage and gaining intimate insights strangers werent meant to see. Nothing sordid, nothing unseemly. Except for that disturbing, indistinct shadow staring back at us from the depths of a murky closet. Read Full Review

Overall,The Closet#1 sets the story with deep unrest. Whether that's from Thom and his desperate attempt at keeping his family in one piece, or Jamie's fear of the monster in his closet - the insights that are gathered in this opening issue promise a disturbing, enticing journey for the rest of the miniseries. Read Full Review

Tynions one misstep is in the stereotypical family roles of his characters.  To further this sense of unease, Gavin Fullerton and Chris OHalloran partner to deliver a muted reality that captures the sense of everyday life pushed to the extremes.  Overall, The Closet #1 is a must-read for fans of horror comics or those interested in stories steeped in the challenges of everyday life. Read Full Review

The Closet #1 is an intriguing start. It very much sets up who these characters are and the conflict they face with each other but beyond that not much. There's some teases as what's to come but not much more. It's focus is on delivering characters we can relate with an conflict so many have experienced with each other. The manufactured scares can wait, the melting of an family delivers enough of that in this first issue. Read Full Review

As far as ratings go, its very difficult to just put a number on it based on just this issue because while this hasnt blown me away, I know the whole story is going to be really good. I would say therefore that this issue is a tentative 3.5/5, but I reserve the right to upgrade that when the future issues arrive. Read Full Review

Didn't really expect much... I'm not into horror, and there was that typical scratchy newfangled ho-hum artwork again, but hey, let's give it a chance!

At 2/3 I was hooked! It became really exciting & suspenseful (is that a word?), and I had to keep myself from turning the pages faster and faster (you probably know the feeling, even with digital versions). And, oh no, the closet monster is _real_ and it's going to... [sorry, spoilers!]

In short: very well written (still no fan of this kind of art tho'), very believable 3-dimensional characters, great suspense, recommended!

So this is officially the golden age of James Tynion IV.
I love how personal he spins his tales of horror. And as more original work comes out, mixed in with his big two projects, his style gets sharper and better.

His characters are lost and misplaced, regardless if they're facing matters overwhelming beyond their control from external forces (like in Nice House on the Lake) or against nightmares from realms that exist deep within our psych (like in Nightmare Country). Another similarity is what makes these characters tick and how personal he gets with the relationships between them and other characters or the relationships they have with themselves.

On the page, the horror unfolds from the disconnect between those relationships.
The horror that comes from a book like DC vs Vampires, no matter how fun, comes from the betrayal that comes between the superheroes there. And then there's the complex relationships of those in Something is Killing the Children. And how all these relationships form systems that are difficult to escape from, like in Department of Truth.


So, it is no surprise, that the complex relationship of the trio at the center of The Closet fits into those molds, this time in a much more down-to-earth scenario.


"He's going to internalize all of that!" the wife yells in anger out of fear of being made out the villain.
"We'll leave all this behind tomorrow" the husband whispers to his son almost wishing in vein that all HIS problems would disappears.

"It's more about taking the fear seriously" says the bartender. Tynion's philosophy of horror displayed out in the open.

These people feel relatable, their situation feels resonating, the premise is one of the most familiar; it is the everyday and we feel at home, even during these character's flawed moments.
As familiar as those early memories of being in bed, in the dark, scared shitless of the things hiding in the corners... or the closet...

And so Tynion just simply asks, what if it was real?
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I enjoyed it. I think it didn't give us much but, I liked the realness of it, and the creepiness of that little thing.

The Closet
Nuevo comic de terror de parte de Images comics. El escritor estrella James Tynion lV junto a Gavin Fullerton y Chris O’halloran nos dan una historia de terror familiar que nos cuenta como el monstruo del closet es real y puede ser eliminado con orina de unicornio.

Lo malo.
A nuestro parecer James Tynion está siendo muy repetitivo en su tipo de escritura, ya que se siente que los diálogos son un poco reciclados, los cuales no quieren decir que sean malos, sino son algo que siempre notamos en su escritura y llega a verse muy repetitivo.

Lo Bueno.
El arte calza perfecto con la historia, ambos son toscos y poco complejos. La historia, aunque simple y un poco cliché tiene mucho potencial, ya que empieza con un tema que para muchos fue un tormento en la infancia. La pregunta que si los monstruos del closet realmente existen y porque comen niños es algo que siempre es atrayente y llamativo.

Lo ¡@$#@%$
El freaking monstruo sonriente del pu@!$ closet! Que cosa mas simple pero espantosa, realmente eso es lo mejor de ese comic, muy frio y terrorífico teniendo un cumplimiento adecuado de lo que quiere darnos con su historia.

En conclusión, The closet es un comic con temática muy abusada, pero en parte refrescante por lo que nos puede llegar a contar Tynion en estos 3 números. Esta historia merece una oportunidad ya que deja muchas ideas abiertas para lo que se puede venir.
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Not a particularly strong start.

Okay, so the parents aren't likeable at all, which I assume is on purpose and will pay off in some way down the road. The creepy factor is there, but I'm not getting a strong hook to keep me invested since I don't care about any of the characters.