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Ghastly McNasty
A real treat for you today in our horror comic cover series with the 20 best covers from Tales of the Crypt. Back in the 50’s news racks were filled with comics vying for the attention of young readers. Featuring great artwork from the skilled hands of Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein & Jack Davis, these wonderful covers made E.C.Comics stand out in the crowd.
Gary’s parents are not impressed by their sons new talent, so much so they opt for rather drastic measures to keep the neighbours from talking. If he’d known how much of an embarrasment he would be, i’m certain young Gary would have preferred to keep The Demon Within a secret. Plot by Joe Orlando, script […]
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Yet another big screen adaption of a popular comic book hits the cinemas this week. Cowboys & Aliens is a 2006 graphic novel created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, with Luciano Lima and Dennis Calero in the art department. I gotta say, what an absolutely fantastic name […]
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Back once again with the ill behaviour we have 10 more of the most horrible horror comic logos ever to crawl from the pit. 1. Ghost Rider The best of the many incarnations of the Ghost Rider logo. Stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the devil, you know the rest. 2. Witch […]
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From the pages of Skywald Publishing’s Nightmare comes a tale of two villains to make you shudder in delight. This dark story proves that sometimes wrongs do make a right as you will see for yourselves in The Kid and the Killer and the Bum Rap. Written by Joe Westmuller and illustrated by Cueto. […]
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Norwegian artist Erlend Mørk uses photography as his medium to create psychologically disturbing images. Born November 1, 1983 he describes his work as ‘manipulated dark and surrealistic photography’. My works are symbolic representations of my views and reflections about these. The creatures in my works are as such mad, lost or isolated, in search of […]
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Obviously Fridays aren’t really made for high brow discussions on literary classics so for the sake of restoring balance here’s a sexy lady dancing in a Vampirella costume. Enjoy!
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Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem The Divine Comedy is considered by literary historians as a masterpiece of world literature. The 14,233 line poem describes the journey of narrator Dante as he passes through the afterlife; 3 realms of the dead divided into Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso (Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven). The story represents the soul’s […]
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Always remember to respect the power of the past, especially when looking to the future. A simple lesson that these explorers fail to remember when science and archaeology collide in our next tale The Graves of Ocanoco. Art by Pat Boyette and Rocke Mastroserio/Story by John Benson.
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The first Chamber of Chills was a 10-cent horror anthology published bimonthly by Harvey Publications that ran 26 issues (1951 – 1954). An unrelated comic-book series titled Chamber of Chills was published by Marvel Comics in the 1970s. Ir ran 25 issues Nov. 1972 – Nov. 1976). The title was one of four launched by […]
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The 42nd San Diego Comic Con has just ended after a long weekend of wowing comic fans and geeks from across the globe. Of the many trailers shown at the event, there are a few worthy of a mention but only one that fits this blog’s mandate. It’s The Walking Dead of course. This trailer […]
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Back with a bang this week with the fantastic artwork of Laurie Lipton. Born in New York, she began drawing at the age of four. Having lived in various European countries, where she perfected her art, Laurie now lives in London. Lipton was inspired by the religious paintings of the Flemish School. She tried to […]
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