Comments on: Horror Roundtable - Week Thirty-Six http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/ Better Living Through Terror Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:25:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: bluerosekiller http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-13068 bluerosekiller Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:50:18 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-13068 As a voracious comic reading & collecting child of the late '60's through most of the '70s, I had a special place in my heart for all the monster & horror comics of the era. I loved 'em all! From the cheesiest of Marvel's titles like MONSTERS ON THE PROWL & CREATURES ON THE LOOSE to their later classics like WEREWOLF BY NIGHT & TOMB OF DRACULA. Plus, their entire B & W line ... Not that I was limited to Marvel Comics by any means, DC had some good titles of their own in HOUSE OF MYSTERY, HOUSE OF SECRETS & THE WITCHING HOUR. Charleton had a couple decent ones too & I wouldn't have dreamed of missing an issue of CREEPY, EERIE or VAMPIRELLA! Not to mention the occasional issues of the more obscure ( & harder to find in my area ) other much more lurid B & Ws like NIGHTMARE, PSYCHO & WITCHES TALES etc.. What I consider to be the unsung classics of the era though, were all the Gold Key genre titles. BORIS KARLOFF, RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, DARK SHADOWS ... my parents bought 'em all for me. I even enjoyed the hell out of the non-horror, sci-fi ones like STAR TREK, LOST IN SPACE & TUROK, SON OF STONE because they had a lot of monsters in 'em! Sure, what you found inside of a Gold Key comic was never nearly as good as their awesome painted covers were, but I still couldn't get enough of 'em. And there were a couple of stories from the pages of RIPLEY'S that absolutely terrified me as a kid. One of which was my first exposure to the legend of the Bell Witch & the other the story of Spring Heeled Jack. I don't know why, but after reading both of those stories I stayed awake all night long with my eyes open as wide as saucers at every little sound in out old house ... Good stuff indeed! As a voracious comic reading & collecting child of the late ’60’s through most of the ’70s, I had a special place in my heart for all the monster & horror comics of the era. I loved ‘em all!
From the cheesiest of Marvel’s titles like MONSTERS ON THE PROWL & CREATURES ON THE LOOSE to their later classics like WEREWOLF BY NIGHT & TOMB OF DRACULA. Plus, their entire B & W line …
Not that I was limited to Marvel Comics by any means, DC had some good titles of their own in HOUSE OF MYSTERY, HOUSE OF SECRETS & THE WITCHING HOUR. Charleton had a couple decent ones too & I wouldn’t have dreamed of missing an issue of CREEPY, EERIE or VAMPIRELLA!
Not to mention the occasional issues of the more obscure ( & harder to find in my area ) other much more lurid B & Ws like NIGHTMARE, PSYCHO & WITCHES TALES etc..

What I consider to be the unsung classics of the era though, were all the Gold Key genre titles.
BORIS KARLOFF, RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, DARK SHADOWS … my parents bought ‘em all for me. I even enjoyed the hell out of the non-horror, sci-fi ones like STAR TREK, LOST IN SPACE & TUROK, SON OF STONE because they had a lot of monsters in ‘em!
Sure, what you found inside of a Gold Key comic was never nearly as good as their awesome painted covers were, but I still couldn’t get enough of ‘em. And there were a couple of stories from the pages of RIPLEY’S that absolutely terrified me as a kid. One of which was my first exposure to the legend of the Bell Witch & the other the story of Spring Heeled Jack. I don’t know why, but after reading both of those stories I stayed awake all night long with my eyes open as wide as saucers at every little sound in out old house …

Good stuff indeed!

]]> By: T Van http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-13096 T Van Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:02:50 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-13096 I am convinced that you are trying to kill me. No, I am not paranoid. I am convinced that you are trying to kill me. No, I am not paranoid.

]]> By: Doug NAgy http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-13097 Doug NAgy Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:24:14 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-13097 Happy Birthday Wintle. My life is a wasteland without you. Happy Birthday Wintle. My life is a wasteland without you.

]]> By: Steve http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-13101 Steve Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:02:09 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-13101 T. Van - Just because I have three very thick dossiers on you and a corkboard full of surveillance photos does not mean that I am out to get you. Nagy - Every time you comment on here it cracks me up. Only a handful of people that visit The Horror Blog know that my last name is Wintle. When you realize that, it makes it seem as if you're a crazed hobo that pops on randomly screaming at your imaginary friend. Thanks for the birthday wishes. May the blood on your hands be the blood of a king. Bluerosekiller - I love Turok. It is by far one of my favourite comics of all time. The one and only interview I conducted that managed to see the light of day was a talk with cartoonist Gary Panter that centred exclusively around the glory that is Turok. http://tinyurl.com/2kjqt8 You may have to scroll down. I still consider that interview to be the greatest thing I have accomplished in nearly five years of blogging. T. Van - Just because I have three very thick dossiers on you and a corkboard full of surveillance photos does not mean that I am out to get you.

Nagy - Every time you comment on here it cracks me up. Only a handful of people that visit The Horror Blog know that my last name is Wintle. When you realize that, it makes it seem as if you’re a crazed hobo that pops on randomly screaming at your imaginary friend. Thanks for the birthday wishes. May the blood on your hands be the blood of a king.

Bluerosekiller - I love Turok. It is by far one of my favourite comics of all time. The one and only interview I conducted that managed to see the light of day was a talk with cartoonist Gary Panter that centred exclusively around the glory that is Turok.

http://tinyurl.com/2kjqt8

You may have to scroll down. I still consider that interview to be the greatest thing I have accomplished in nearly five years of blogging.

]]> By: Rodney Wall http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-15310 Rodney Wall Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:51:54 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-15310 A lot of great picks. I'll recommend a few of my own. Junji Itto's Uzumaki was mentioned, and I want to second that. Uzumaki is not just one of my favorite horror comics, it's one of my favorite pieces of horror period. It ranks up there with my favorite horror movies(Suspiria, Kinski's "Nosferatu"), and my favorite horror stories(H.P. Lovecraft). I don't say this lightly. If you like horror, you should give it a read. Itto's other works are worth a look too, but Uzumaki is his masterpiece. Also in need of more recognition (outside of Japan) is Hideshi Hino. His "Hell Baby" (sadly out of print) book is great. Part Frankenstein like morality tale, part EC comic style gross out. A lot of his stuff has just come into print in english. a good place to start would be book one of the Hino Horror books from DH Publishing, "The Red Snake". It's got incestuous creepiness, pustulent boils, and a chicken lady. My other two recommendations are North American. The Walking Dead from image comics is top notch Zombie fiction. I know a bunch of people who don't read a lot of comics, who are addicted to this series. Also in the Zombie category, but not as well known is The Abandoned from Tokyo Pop. It was meant to be a series, but now Ross Campbell(the creator) has parted ways with the company, so I'm not sure whats going on with it. Book one works very well as a stand alone though. you could be forgiven if you took a quick look, and wrote it off as a hipster/goth book, but the characters are very well developed(and act way more like teenagers than is usual for this kind of thing), and the story is intense, The art is very nice as well. A lot of great picks.
I’ll recommend a few of my own.

Junji Itto’s Uzumaki was mentioned, and I want to second that.
Uzumaki is not just one of my favorite horror comics, it’s one of my favorite pieces of horror period. It ranks up there with my favorite horror movies(Suspiria, Kinski’s “Nosferatu”), and my favorite horror stories(H.P. Lovecraft). I don’t say this lightly. If you like horror, you should give it a read. Itto’s other works are worth a look too, but Uzumaki is his masterpiece.

Also in need of more recognition (outside of Japan) is Hideshi Hino. His “Hell Baby” (sadly out of print) book is great. Part Frankenstein like morality tale, part EC comic style gross out. A lot of his stuff has just come into print in english. a good place to start would be book one of the Hino Horror books from DH Publishing, “The Red Snake”. It’s got incestuous creepiness, pustulent boils, and a chicken lady.

My other two recommendations are North American.
The Walking Dead from image comics is top notch Zombie fiction.
I know a bunch of people who don’t read a lot of comics, who are addicted to this series.

Also in the Zombie category, but not as well known is The Abandoned from Tokyo Pop. It was meant to be a series, but now Ross Campbell(the creator) has parted ways with the company, so I’m not sure whats going on with it.
Book one works very well as a stand alone though.
you could be forgiven if you took a quick look, and wrote it off as a hipster/goth book, but the characters are very well developed(and act way more like teenagers than is usual for this kind of thing), and the story is intense, The art is very nice as well.

]]> By: Ross Sanderson http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-138799 Ross Sanderson Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:33:38 +0000 http://www.thehorrorblog.com/2007/03/02/horror-roundtable-week-thirty-six/#comment-138799 I swas a lover of that Spring-heeled jack comic too. It had a gloriously creepy cover, and I would appreciate anyone who could scan the image for us to see [I sadly lost it in my youth]. It struck me as easily original and fascinating that it easily earned the right to its own movie. At times, I've even expected to see that one-eyed, bare-assed ghoul on the big screen. Someone please scan it in some site so we can get other comments on it. I swas a lover of that Spring-heeled jack comic too. It had a gloriously creepy cover, and I would appreciate anyone who could scan the image for us to see [I sadly lost it in my youth]. It struck me as easily original and fascinating that it easily earned the right to its own movie. At times, I’ve even expected to see that one-eyed, bare-assed ghoul on the big screen. Someone please scan it in some site so we can get other comments on it.

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