Creepy Archives Volume 18 Author: Bruce Jones Philip Simon Dick Giordano | Language: English | ISBN:
B00GWU4D7S | Format: PDF
Creepy Archives Volume 18 Description
Fresh and bizarre terrors abound in Creepy Archives Volume 18, collecting issues #84–#88 of Warren Publishing’s flagship horror anthology. Reprinting issues themed around doomed sports scenarios, classic monsters, Christmastime atrocities, and the entrancing planet Mars, this beautiful hardcover also features all original fan pages and letter columns!
* Includes Bernie Wrightson’s illustrated poem “A Martian Saga.”
* Both dark . . . and darkly funny!
“With solid writing and unforgettable art ranging from ultra-realistic to bad acid trips, Creepy rightfully holds a place in comics history.”—Fangoria
- File Size: 212843 KB
- Print Length: 288 pages
- Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (February 25, 2014)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00GWU4D7S
- Text-to-Speech: Not enabled
X-Ray:
- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,204 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
Issue 84 is the all sports issue featuring Ken Kelly's fantastic cover of a robot pitcher throwing a hand grenade right at you! Issue 85 is the all monster issue. The grossest story in the entire archive is found in this issue and it was written by Bill DuBay and it's titled "Orem Ain't Got No Head Cheese." Issue 86 is the Christmas issue. Read Joe Brancatelli's article in this issue about less being more. His column provides good insight into why the comic industry was dying off during that time period. There are no full color stories in the entire archive but there are two, half colored stories to be found. Issue 87 is the planet Mars issue while issue 88 returns Creepy back to its usual format. Getty Boudreau's magical children's story "Do You Believe in Singsigs" has some true elements in it. In this story, Pawtucket, Rhode Island is real. Slater Park is real. The duck pond and carousel are real. The main character is named Kip. Kip's is a local restaurant that is 2 miles from Slater Park and has been around for a long time. I was surprised to see my home town represented in a 1977 story. My vote for best story in the entire archive is the final selection titled "Second Childhood." This story was written by Bruce Jones and Ramon Torrents did the artwork. To see a masochist meet his match makes for a great story and a great way to end the book. I deducted one star on the rating because with the theme issues, there is a lack of strong storytelling. It's like everyone wanted to follow the theme of the issue but the stories lacked great punch. I hold Warren to a higher standard and for many, this may be a good read.
By Jason Kerr
Under the direction of Louise Jones Creepy is taking on new directions. We get theme issues, first the unusual Sports issue, almost entirely pencilled by Carmine Infantino, an excellent pencillor but he muted the talents of the talented inkers which included Wrightson, Leopold Sanchez and so on. Severin and Corben fortunately are solo (well Severin might as well be)and Kelly offers striking baseball pitcher cover. Next we get the all monster issue, with the infamous Hillbilly Headcheese story gorily drawn by Oritz, with an excellent Abominable Snowman cover painting by Kelly. Next we get the Christmas issue, with a cover painting (by Kelly) of a robot Strangling Santa Clause! Next we get a Mars issue, with the 1st unmanned craft crawling over the red planet in the news it was a natural. Cover is a series of panels by Wrightson which were colorized panels from his excellent story inside the issue. Next we get a hodgepodge issue with a very good poster art cover from an artist that never was used again. Warren was introducing a new wave of artists, some would equal the old masters, but of course some were not up to the task.
Overall an amazing display of dynamic 70's illustrated art.
By Dean Wirth
Creepy Archives Volume 18 Preview
Link
Please Wait...