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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2014 18:37:53 GMT -5
Number 4: "The Masque of the Red Death"Writer: Archie Goodwin (almost certainly; per the GCD), based on Edgar Allan Poe Artist: Tom Sutton From: Eerie #11 Publication Year: September 1967 cover date Explanation: I encountered this about 3 years after the fact, as reprinted in the Eerie 1970 Yearbook (which Mike's Amazing World, though, says appeared on the 'stands in July 1969 ... color me confused), which in retrospect was easily the landmark B&W issue of my childhood (& which for that matter will produce a 2nd story in my list; another B&W mag from an infinitely less reputable publisher will be represented as well). In any event, even though it took me about 40 years to replace my long lost copy of the mag, Tom Sutton's almost tactile renditions of the pestilence disfiguring the area's diseased, who appear at least as piteous as they do hideous, remained emblazoned in my brain for the long interim.  This, by god, was the very essence of horror when I was 10 years old (or maybe 9, if indeed the 1969 newsstand date is correct).  To be honest, it pretty much still is today, some 4 1/2 decades later.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 10, 2014 19:10:55 GMT -5
That looks amazing Dan! For some reason I thought Corben's recent adaptation for Darkhorse was the only time this story had been made into a comic as when Shax first announced this event I went looking for older versions with out any luck. I guess I should have known better than to think a gem like this would have had to have made it to the page.
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Post by coke & comics on Oct 13, 2014 16:27:38 GMT -5
"Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things" Ted Naifeh Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things #1-4, 2002 A creepy children's horror comic from Ted Naifeh, this tells the story of a girl who moves to a new town to live with her creepy uncle in his creepy mansion. She doesn't like much about her new life, least of all the kids at school. Or the werewolves that ate her friends. She begins learning about the strange things in the night, and that maybe they're not as scary as they seem. And that maybe she's far scarier than she seemed.  |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 14, 2014 4:13:11 GMT -5
"Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things" Ted Naifeh Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things #1-4, 2002 A creepy children's horror comic from Ted Naifeh, this tells the story of a girl who moves to a new town to live with her creepy uncle in his creepy mansion. She doesn't like much about her new life, least of all the kids at school. Or the werewolves that ate her friends. She begins learning about the strange things in the night, and that maybe they're not as scary as they seem. And that maybe she's far scarier than she seemed. I cannot believe Courtney Crumrin has been around that long. It never would have occurred to me that she was eligible. Fantastic write up, by the way. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 14, 2014 11:55:22 GMT -5
That skeletal werewolf thing looks fantastic, I think I need to check this out.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 16:59:20 GMT -5
What shax said about Courtney Crumrin's longevity. Hard for me to believe.
Love that series. And, basically, anything Naifeh has ever done. I only just recently learned he'd drawn a back-of-the-book feature in a few issues of Teen Titans shortly before the New 52 silliness started; I've snagged all but, I believe, the last of the 4 or so issues. (As an extra added bonus, it co-stars one of my favorite characters of somewhat recent vintage, Black Alice.) It's clear that he ... uhhh ... diluted (probably not the best term, but I can't come up with another one off the top of my head) his style for DC, but still -- good stuff.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Oct 20, 2014 16:15:49 GMT -5
I definitely remember the guy at the comic shop trying to get me to buy Courtney Crumrin "It's awesome! She has no nose! SHE HAS NO NOSE!!!" (I DID buy it, and was quite happy.)
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Post by profh0011 on Feb 8, 2017 0:48:25 GMT -5
thwhtgardian: "That looks amazing Dan! For some reason I thought Corben's recent adaptation for Darkhorse was the only time this story had been made into a comic as when Shax first announced this event I went looking for older versions with out any luck."This may come as a shock, but I have discovered at LEAST 31 different comics adaptation of " The Masque Of The Red Death" so far, starting with a "loose" version by BILL EVERETT from 1951, and a rather more "authentic" version by Bob Forgione only a month later. For over 2 years now, I've been working on a massive Edgar Allan Poe blog project, attempting to assemble in one place every Poe comics adaptation I can find. I currently have 11 versions of " Masque" online SO FAR. Here's the 1st one by Bill Everett... professorhswaybackmachine.blogspot.com/2015/11/poe-1952-pt-1.htmlThere's links at the bottom of each page to ALL the other versions of any given story at the blog. Enjoy! |
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