Post by shaxper on Aug 31, 2014 20:56:16 GMT -5
It's coming...
For those who don't know, September through December is my favorite single continuous holiday of the year. Come September 1st, I start looking forward to Halloween. Come November 1st, it's Thanksgiving, and then there's the countdown to Christmas and (in my household) Chanukah. Cei-U's Classic Comics Christmas always adds an extra level of excitement to my enjoyment of December, but I thought I'd try out a new tradition for September through October, as well as using it as a test-run for this new section ahead of Classic Comics Christmas.
The Challenge: Rank your Top 5 favorite classic comic book horror stories of all time.
The Fine Details:
1. Using the community's definition, a "classic comic" shall be considered a comic book, graphic novel, web comic, or comic strip published prior to October 1st, 2004.
2. Page length requirement: None. A single panel comic strip, or a 20 part comic book crossover event -- both are eligible.
3. What constitutes a "horror story"?: Each story selected must be particularly noteworthy for the element of terror and/or morbidity it contains. Simply referencing witches or Halloween is not enough, nor is a story that includes a blood thirsty werewolf if the terror and morbidity caused by the werewolf isn't central to the story's appeal for you. Not every story in a horror title, nor featuring a horror character, counts as a "horror story" by this definition. Choose carefully.
Additionally, with only five choices to make, do not use an individual character more than once. You can take all five of your choices from Tales from the Crypt, as there's still a lot of diversity to be found in each of those tales, but you can't choose more than one story from Tomb of Dracula, because each of those stories will feature the same character. However, you could choose five different stories all featuring different versions of Dracula (one from Marvel, three from Warren, one from DC, etc). They just need to be clearly different takes on the character. Without having even begun my list yet, I wouldn't be surprised to find two different versions of the Frankenstein monster on mine.
The Process:
This is not going to run like the Classic Comics Christmas, as I don't want to steal any wind from my absolute favorite tradition this community has. Instead, we will each post one of our entries each week, along with an explanation as to why we chose them:
October 1st: Our #5 choices
October 8th: Our #4 choices
October 15th: Our #3 choices
October 22nd: Our #2 choices
October 29th: Our #1 choices
This gives everyone time to actually pull out and read these stories ahead of October 31st. Plus, the 31st is a Friday, and a lot of folks will be out on a Friday night.
Also note: There will be no tabulating at the end. This is just a sharing of our favorite horror stories. I leave it to you guys to comment on the trends you see developing.
So start working on your lists now, discuss your progress and vent your frustrations in the CCF Long Halloween General Discussion, and ask any questions about the event here.
For those who don't know, September through December is my favorite single continuous holiday of the year. Come September 1st, I start looking forward to Halloween. Come November 1st, it's Thanksgiving, and then there's the countdown to Christmas and (in my household) Chanukah. Cei-U's Classic Comics Christmas always adds an extra level of excitement to my enjoyment of December, but I thought I'd try out a new tradition for September through October, as well as using it as a test-run for this new section ahead of Classic Comics Christmas.
The Challenge: Rank your Top 5 favorite classic comic book horror stories of all time.
The Fine Details:
1. Using the community's definition, a "classic comic" shall be considered a comic book, graphic novel, web comic, or comic strip published prior to October 1st, 2004.
2. Page length requirement: None. A single panel comic strip, or a 20 part comic book crossover event -- both are eligible.
3. What constitutes a "horror story"?: Each story selected must be particularly noteworthy for the element of terror and/or morbidity it contains. Simply referencing witches or Halloween is not enough, nor is a story that includes a blood thirsty werewolf if the terror and morbidity caused by the werewolf isn't central to the story's appeal for you. Not every story in a horror title, nor featuring a horror character, counts as a "horror story" by this definition. Choose carefully.
Additionally, with only five choices to make, do not use an individual character more than once. You can take all five of your choices from Tales from the Crypt, as there's still a lot of diversity to be found in each of those tales, but you can't choose more than one story from Tomb of Dracula, because each of those stories will feature the same character. However, you could choose five different stories all featuring different versions of Dracula (one from Marvel, three from Warren, one from DC, etc). They just need to be clearly different takes on the character. Without having even begun my list yet, I wouldn't be surprised to find two different versions of the Frankenstein monster on mine.
The Process:
This is not going to run like the Classic Comics Christmas, as I don't want to steal any wind from my absolute favorite tradition this community has. Instead, we will each post one of our entries each week, along with an explanation as to why we chose them:
October 1st: Our #5 choices
October 8th: Our #4 choices
October 15th: Our #3 choices
October 22nd: Our #2 choices
October 29th: Our #1 choices
This gives everyone time to actually pull out and read these stories ahead of October 31st. Plus, the 31st is a Friday, and a lot of folks will be out on a Friday night.
Also note: There will be no tabulating at the end. This is just a sharing of our favorite horror stories. I leave it to you guys to comment on the trends you see developing.
So start working on your lists now, discuss your progress and vent your frustrations in the CCF Long Halloween General Discussion, and ask any questions about the event here.
