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Post by hondobrode on Oct 3, 2014 20:02:15 GMT -5
Good to see the EC's show up here.
I think I have that same paperback.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 4, 2014 6:05:37 GMT -5
 This little gem by Johnny Craig lingers with me still. Chilling premise. Stylish execution (no pun intended). Read it first in a B and W paperback from the 60s/ early 70s. From Vault of Horror 35. What is it about horror title Christmas stories? Four of them made my short list! |
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 4, 2014 8:21:43 GMT -5
This little gem by Johnny Craig lingers with me still. Chilling premise. Stylish execution (no pun intended). Read it first in a B and W paperback from the 60s/ early 70s. From Vault of Horror 35. What is it about horror title Christmas stories? Four of them made my short list! Maybe, like humor, horror stems from incongruity. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 4, 2014 18:45:55 GMT -5
What is it about horror title Christmas stories? Four of them made my short list! Maybe, like humor, horror stems from incongruity. Absolutely this, that unexpected twist is a big part of horror so a warm, fuzzy childhood memory like coming down the stairs on Christmas morning only to find a blood bath for instance is pretty unsettling. |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 5, 2014 11:14:08 GMT -5
Maybe, like humor, horror stems from incongruity. Absolutely this, that unexpected twist is a big part of horror so a warm, fuzzy childhood memory like coming down the stairs on Christmas morning only to find a blood bath for instance is pretty unsettling. Are you TRYING to give away my #4 selection for next week?  (well, that was close to an accurate synopsis, at least) |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 5, 2014 13:34:18 GMT -5
Absolutely this, that unexpected twist is a big part of horror so a warm, fuzzy childhood memory like coming down the stairs on Christmas morning only to find a blood bath for instance is pretty unsettling. Are you TRYING to give away my #4 selection for next week? (well, that was close to an accurate synopsis, at least) If its by Doug Moench I think I might remember the one you're talking about though I haven't read it in years. |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 5, 2014 18:34:26 GMT -5
Are you TRYING to give away my #4 selection for next week? (well, that was close to an accurate synopsis, at least) If its by Doug Moench I think I might remember the one you're talking about though I haven't read it in years. Yep. Not a Christmas story, mind you, but your little synopsis captured the brilliance of that tale perfectly. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 5, 2014 18:40:39 GMT -5
If it's the one I'm thinking of I'm pretty excited.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 5, 2014 18:55:36 GMT -5
If it's the one I'm thinking of I'm pretty excited. Well, as of now, it's my #4. I had little trouble narrowing down my list to a Top 5, but the order of those five stories keeps changing. I'm having an especially hard time ranking my #2-4. Each are amazing in completely different ways. |
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Post by coke & comics on Oct 5, 2014 18:59:21 GMT -5
"All in the Family" Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon Preacher #8-12, 1995-96 Not having access to my comics or being all that focused on horror as a genre, this list was a bit rough to put together. I had to stick to series I had read enough times to have in my head pretty well and think about what stories within horrified me. And then pull whatever image I could find off a google search. This tells the story of Jesse Custer's childhood and the insane religious redneck family he grew up with.  Horrible people doing horrible things in the name of God. The image I remember most (but don't have handy) is the opening page of issue 10. The issue's title is "How I learned to love the Lord" and the title is blazoned over the image of a casket sealed by chains underwater. Young Jesse is in that casket, being disciplined. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 5, 2014 19:24:11 GMT -5
That certainly sounds pretty horrifying but I could just never get in to Preacher, or anything by Ennis for that matter.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 12:35:54 GMT -5
Same here. Gratuitousness for gratuitousness' sake strikes me as lazy, not to mention unimaginative. From what others have said about some of his work, particulary his war-related stuff, Ennis is capable of much better.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 12:47:11 GMT -5
Nevermind. Not doing this. I think Preacher is a real good book.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 7, 2014 13:39:24 GMT -5
Nevermind. Not doing this. I think Preacher is a real good book. Yep. It's not worth it. And, yeah, Preacher is an excellent book. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2014 13:51:54 GMT -5
I think Preacher is a very polarizing book. There are people whose opinion I respect who laud the book, and people whose opinion I respect who pan the book. It's one you have to check out for yourself and make up your own mind. I did not like it and could not get past volume 3 on any of the three attempts I made to read through it. I haven't been a fan of much that Ennis has written except his war stories and (sort of) his run on the Shadow for Dynamite. Red Team had some potential but fizzled out for me. I won't say Ennis is a terrible writer, but he is a flawed one, but so are many who produce work I like, so I will simply leave it at most of what Ennis writes is not to my tastes.
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