Published May 15, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT

The 'Slaughterverse' has been reformatted for Webtoon, just one more step in the comic's cultural takeover

James Tynion IV never expected Something Is Killing the Children to become this big

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Back in 2019, James Tynion IV and artist Werther Dell'Edera’s pitch for Something Is Killing the Children was modest: a five-issue horror miniseries about a somewhat tormented monster hunter drifting through forgotten American towns with a demon-possessed stuffed octopus in tow. Now, nearly 50 issues later, the “Slaughterverse” — how Tynion and his readers refer to the growing ecosystem surrounding Something Is Killing the Children and its House of Slaughter spinoff books — has evolved into something closer to a full-blown multimedia franchise.

On the horizon: A prose novel , a crossover with DC’s Swamp Thing , and both a movie and animated series produced by Blumhouse .…