Reddit reviews Plucker

>dark and serious toned

You should check out The Plucker by Brom. Incredible artwork, serious and dark toned but still with that element of fantasy and whimsy.

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Here's the description from Amazon:

The Plucker, now updated with new art and an afterword from world-renowned dark fantasy artist Brom, is a window into a world where fairy-tale tradition collides with vileness and depravity, love and heroism, suffering and sacrifice. In this shadowy land of make-believe, Jack and his box are stuck beneath the bed with the dust, spiders, and other castaway toys, and forced to face a bitter truth: Children grow up, and toys are left behind. Jack thinks this is the worst fate that can befall a toy. But when the Plucker, a malevolent spirit, is set loose upon the world of make-believe, Jack is thrust into the unlikely role of defending Thomas, the very child who abandoned him, and learns that there are worse ends for a toy than abandonment. As desperation mounts, Jack is thrown together with Thomas’s other toys—Monkey, the Nutcracker, and the ethereally beautiful porcelain doll Snow Angel—as they struggle to rise above their simple roles as playthings and save the boy they love.

Reminds me of The Plucker

It's a really cool book. Sort of an ultra-dark Toy Story. I don't remember too much about the plot, but the art is amazing.

https://www.amazon.com/Plucker-Illustrated-Novel-Brom/dp/0810996022

I'm entirely too used to the idea of Jack being a heroic toy on a quest to rescue his porcelain princess (and his box) from the claws of an African soul stealing demon to run this campaign, but The Plucker is a criminally underrated book and might make a fantastic adventure on its own.

If you're into this, I'd highly recommend checking out a book called Plucker in which a Jack in the Box, who's been abandoned by his boy, has to fight off a demon which threatens to consume the boy. Dark fantasy with really adult themes, but centered on the love shared between children and their toys.