「漫畫」最早作為一種次文化的藝術形式，通過簡化、誇張的藝術風格,再搭配上自由寬泛的創作主題，贏得了全球範圍內年輕讀者們的歡迎。隨著動畫、漫畫與遊戲產業的高度發展，這些原本屬於小眾範圍內的文化產物，逐漸地成為了社會流行文化的分支，而恐怖類的漫畫作品正趁勢伴隨著流行文化，走進了大眾的視野。
當今世界最知名的恐怖漫畫家之一的伊藤潤二，其作品充滿了「詭異」、「恐怖」與「科幻」等風格，自出道30多年以來，其作品大都以中、短篇為主。他的作品在常規敘事時總是顯得細緻且華美；但在展現恐怖與詭異的事物時，則會展示出極具視覺震撼力的筆法。伊藤筆下的故事劇情大都充滿了難以預料的意外情節且極具想象力，除了擅長表現各種恐怖意象以外，其作品亦不乏濃厚的幽默感與諷刺意味。筆者在本文中，將以伊藤潤二的數十部短篇作品為例，再結合各類相關議題進行分析和探討，試圖揭示伊藤潤二的創作邏輯和隱藏於他作品背後的文化與社會意義。
Manga was used to as a form of subculture arts that refers to Japanese comics. By showing the simplified and exaggerated artistic style, manga works could create more freer and broader themes that makes it has won the popularity of young audiences around the world. With the rapid development of the animation, comics, and game industries, these subcultural products have gradually become branches of social popular culture works. Along with the popularization of these culture works, Horror comics have entered the public vision.
As one of the most well-known horror comic or manga artist (called mangaka in Japanese) in the world, Junji Ito 's manga are full of "weird", "horrible" and "science fiction" styles. Since his debut for more than 30 years, his manga are mostly short and medium-length works. It always show that detailed and gorgeous painting style in regular narratives, but it could show very visually stunning brushwork in horror and weird scene. Most of the stories written by Ito are full of unexpected surprises and extremely imaginative, in addition to expressing various horror images, his works are also rich in humor and irony. In this Master 's thesis, the author will take dozens of short, medium-length manga stories by Junji Ito as examples, analyze and discuss various related issues, and try to reveal Junji Ito 's creative logic and the cultural and social significance behind his works.
