This first one is from Dell Comics TALES FROM THE TOMB, No. 1, 1962. A one page comic that's funny and creepy and written by John Stanley--Little Lulu writer/artist/mastermind, and unique comics stylist.
I'm taking Scott Shaw!'s word that this is written by John Stanley. Mr. Shaw! doesn't conjecture on its artist, and I sure can't guess. It's gotta be a Stanley script though. The book has many telltale Stanleyisms (breezy pacing, dialog that's never overwritten, willingness to have really big NO! word balloons, and a perverse inventiveness).
For Mr. Shaw!'s full take on this interesting bit of horror comics history, check out his article on TALES FROM THE TOMB No. 1 at his great "Oddball Comics" column. (And for that matter, read everything he's written. Mr. Shaw! knows his comics history!)
More Stanley horror to come. And in a few weeks, the Stanley comic that should be in "Best American Short Story" anthologies.
7 comments:
So it just ended like that, no "and they never found his HEAD!" panel?
I can't decide if that makes it scarier or just incomplete.
You totally misinterpreted!
The head was kicked through the window of the neighbor's house, that IS what they found.
Awesome.
One would hope their Father would be more than slightly winded by that.
Why is George Jr.'s dad named Harry?
I like Dad's "WHA-A-AT...?" when he's on the phone.
Those crazy goblins!
why does the image just link to photobucket's home page??? where's the rest of the pages?
Erik:
It's a one page comic. That's the beauty! Well, to me.
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