From the March 1953 issue of Mister Mystery #10
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Modern Design
Here’s a gruesome story submitted by one of my favorite ebay sellers of pre-code horror--- Mr. Brian Hirsch! Tomorrow I’ll have another one from Brian too so let’s all say thanks for sharing and give him a big hand! Not a glory hand, please just clap your hands...
From the March 1953 issue of Mister Mystery #10
From the March 1953 issue of Mister Mystery #10
AWESOME STORY!!! THANKS BRIAN! I'M CLAPPING MY GLORY HANDS TOGETHER FOR YOU MOST EVILLY!
ReplyDeletebeen waiting for another mr mystery story since you posted that one about the hand way back in july....great stuff!!!!
ReplyDeletethanks brian!!!!!!!!
The wife-lamp at the end could almost be something by Allan Jones! Thanks for posting all these great old stories.
ReplyDeleteBrian's got another good one lined up for you tomorrow too so come back little ravens...
ReplyDeleteIt's the whole version of the lamp from Bob Clark's A Christmas Story!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad someone made an Allen Jones analogy, shows how intelligent my blog attendees are! For those who don't know, Jones was most famous for designing / inspiring the Korova Milk Bar costumes and props in Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, amongst other fetishistic furniture. See this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tribu-design.com/collections/alpha.php?pc=c&tofind=Jones%20Allen&ac=r&lg=en
Great art,great use of the host without getting too corny,and a good variation on the "adultery=murder" plot. >A Christmas Story. I ruined my ex-fiancee's Christmas once by telling an E.C-style joke about the wife dismembering the husband as revenge for the lamp he brought into the house,while we were watching that movie.
ReplyDeleteIf poor Lonny had only looked over his shoulder at his wife in the right bottom panel of Page One he'd have known that she was eeeeeevil. Actually, while his peacock lamp was pretty damn good, and would still qualify as a good piece today, didn't he at least ask what his customer wanted belt getting down to work? Made a few concept drawings or something?
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