The most abominable experiences in the form of cartoons return from the hand of Planeta Cómic in two volumes of the series that every horror fan should follow: Creepy
How nice to receive two new deliveries of the luxury collection every month Creeping this thanks to Comic planet we are coming together! Monsters, ghosts, murders, Edgar Allan Poepirates, vampires and werewolves are some of the topics that these two volumes, whose original content was published more than a decade apart, will address…
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The legacy of Archie Goodwin to the ninth art is difficult to quantify. Obviously it didn’t get the same fame as Stan Lee nor did he earn as much money as Robert Kirkmann nor was it respected as Alan Moorebut his work as a screenwriter and editor and his contribution to the comics industry is one of the most important of the last century. His presence in a good number of the stories in this second volume is enough to arouse your interest.
Together with the artist Reed Randall is commissioned to adapt one of Poe’s most famous stories: The barrel of amontilladothe history thanks to which we all know this prestigious Andalusian wine. With a splendid graphic section full of details that would not cloy, it faithfully and respectfully brings to life a dark narrative, even if he couldn’t resist the addition of a last page in which he shows what Poe only hinted at with his ending. Randall will also join him in the adaptation of a play by Robert Louis Stevenson: The Corpse Slayer.
And it is always with Randall with whom he signs a story divided into two parts focused on the character of Draculaone that would fit in much better among the film productions of the Hammer the one within the mythology created by Bram Stoker. And this is good. It is curious to see Randall change his style to first equip his cartoons with a very pleasant volumetric component and then settle for a much more sober and anodyne design.
Alex Toth she will be the one who will accompany him in an alien story, Steve Ditko He will join him to draw those strange things that this man liked so much and together with other artists he signs adventures with vampires, werewolves and other creatures, but the Uncle Creepy has much more to offer in this volume than Goodwin’s screenplays. For example, Al Williamson will have the task of drawing a story of gladiators in the purest style peplum classic, while the robot Adam Link he was the protagonist of pure fifties science fiction stories in the hands of Otto Binder Yes Joe Orlando.
In addition to this we will have pirates, WWI aviator duels, demons, mummies coming back to life and even a western. All this and much more in a volume edited with attention to the utmost detail that can be enjoyed like a good amontillado preserved for years…
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It’s curious to see the evolution of the cartoonist Giovanni Severin in these two volumes, as he draws some story in the second volume of this series and in the sixteenth volume we find it everywhere. That sort of titled futuristic western The beast within this is good proof of this. And it is also curious from an editorial point of view, since Severin left Warren in 1967, shortly after the publication of the issues contained in the second volume, to return in 1974, shortly before the publication of the issues of the sixteenth.
a young man Paul Neary He is the author of one of the most evocative episodes among those collected in this volume. The argo waiting It is a story heavily influenced (both visually and in terms of script) by an absolutely innovative science fiction film released just over five years earlier: 2001, A Space Odyssey.
Between the highlights of this volume we find Unprovoked attack on the Hilton hotela story with the presence of a transcript of Albert Einstein in which the volumetric design of Riccardo Corben illuminates the rest of the elements present, as happens with another story by this cartoonist, The believer. and with Purge! the screenwriter José Ortiz and the artist Bruce Bezaire They add a pop of color and offer what is probably the most ahead-of-its-time story of any here. It’s hard to believe it wasn’t written ten years later.
From you Neal Adams It is he who draws what may be the darkest story of all we can find here. The striking thing is that it is not a plot with supernatural entities, monsters or fantastic elements. A man and a rifle are all this desire to kill it must leave the reader in a state of unease. It would be placed in the same league Trapped!where Alex Toth tells us about the anguish of a man inside an elevator. Although this has a twist at the end…
Somehow these stories and others appeal My monster… my father They exemplify what Creepy was in the mid-seventies, having left its roots and essence behind, transforming into something else marked by the sign of the times without necessarily meaning anything negative. It’s still a lot of fun, but on a noticeably different level.
These are the two volumes with which the recovery of this series continues (2 Yes 16) published by Comic planet They are presented in hardcover format without dust jacket. They contain 296 and 280 pages in black and white respectively, with a page size of 20 x 27.6 cmand present the translation of Ignacio Bentz from the American edition of numbers 6 to 10 and 73 to 77 of the original series. The recommended retail price for each volume is €40 and were put up for sale in September 2024.
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The new compilation of the legendary horror magazine.
Hello, my ghoulish pets. Ready to take another stroll through my graveyard of monstrous masterpieces? All you have to do is crawl into this torrid tome. Come on, there’s nothing to fear. . . UNLESS YOU MISS IT!
This landmark edition collects issues 6-10 of the original Creepy series and includes an inspired introduction by famed writer and editor Roy Thomas.
Original publisher: Dark Horse.
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The Creepy Files series brings you darker and more pitiful stories from an array of talented horror storytellers.
Whoa, whoa, are you trembling in your shoes, creature? Did someone turn down the thermostat… or did the shocks of my latest Creepy hardback make you tremble in fear? Well, when these stories can give shivers to a centuries-old scholar of fear like me, I’m sure that you, weak young people, will collapse CRAZY WITH FEAR.
The Creepy Files series brings you darker and more pitiful stories from an array of talented horror storytellers. In the mid-1970s, flagship Warren Publishing augmented its offerings of supernatural horror and science fiction with psychological thrillers that explored ordinary people pushed to maddening extremes by strange circumstances. Racism, cannibalism, mass murder… it all happened in Creepy.
Featuring illustrations from a pantheon of comics industry giants, including Alex Toth, Wally Wood, Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, John Severin and Richard Corben, our latest deluxe volume collects issues 73-77, features the sumptuous original covers painted by Ken Kelly and Sanjulián and brings together all the lively mail columns. An extensive interview with legendary artist John Severin, a frequent Creepy collaborator, conducted by comics historian and writer SC Ringgenberg, completes this indispensable collection.