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Sony's making a Bloodborne movie, but an E.M. Carroll already showed them how to do it... as a comic

Horror comics legend Carroll may not be publishing official Bloodborne material, but their fan comics

News by Grant DeArmitt, Staff Writer

Published on Mon Aug 10 2026

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The biggest thing that fans of Bloodborne consistently ask for is, er, more Bloodborne. Released in 2015, the lusciously dark action RPG directed by gaming legend Hidetaka Miyazaki has inspired legions of merch campaigns, action figures, and in 2026, an upcoming movie from Sony and YouTuber JackSepticEye. The thing is, though, franchise obsessees don't actually have to wait for incredible Bloodborne adaptations - there's already a way to get their fix, courtesy of one of the best horror comics artists in the game.

That artist would be E.M. Carroll, the mind behind such groundbreaking work as the Eisner-winning folk horror Through the Woods and hit webcomic His Face all Red. Once described as a "master of atmosphere and mood," Carroll is known for haunting and emotional stories set in expansive, shadowy worlds - and I don't have to tell you, reader, how well that fits the Bloodborne bill.

Carroll's first Bloodborne fan comic is 2023's Writhe, which focuses on characters Arianna and Adella. In 2025, Carroll released their second Bloodborne strip Radiance, starring Hunter Alfred, and on August 3 of this year, Carroll published a third entry, Milkweed, which is an emotional, poetic communion between characters Adeline and Saint Adeline. Every comic is available for download via the links above.

If there's one problem with Carroll's Bloodborne strips it's this - there's just not very much of them. Altogether, Carroll's fan art has only yielded 30 glorious pages of gruesome beauty, and even after the Bloodborne movie becomes a thing, we can see fans wanting more. Bloodborne aficionados know that the story has already made its way into the comics space before this, and if the folks at Sony/publisher FromSoftware are smart, they'll be sending an email Carroll's way some time soon.

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Grant DeArmitt: Grant DeArmitt (he/him) likes horror, comics, and the unholy union of the two. In the past, and despite their better judgment, he has written for Nightmare on Film Street and Newsarama. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner, Kingsley, and corgi, Legs.