Friday, January 4, 2008

Almost Human

If you possess a phobia about having your tongue ripped out… well… let’s instead quote a character from our next story: “What sort of fantastic butchery has been taking place here?” Indeed.

From the November 1953 issue of Beware #6






5 comments:

  1. Anonymous1/04/2008

    THATS A REALLY CREEPY STORY, SORT OF TAKES THE HITCHCOCK APPROACH WITH THE IMPLIED VIOLENCE HAPPENING OFF SCREEN.......VERY DARK AND EFFECTIVE.

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  2. I love the use of shadows, silhouettes, and interesting angles here... has a very noir vibe. Whoever colored this should have their eyes ripped out though.

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  3. Anonymous1/04/2008

    Hi

    Have only recently discovered your blog and just wanted to let you know how much I'm enjoying it. Today's offering is a particular gem - I've always enjoyed comic strips set in my home town of dear old foggy England, London ("blimey, guvnor, a real pea-souper and no mistakin"). And with a queer professor (or 'queer bloke' as us limeys would call him!) as well. Brilliant!

    Cheers mate.
    Mike O'Doherty

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  4. Anonymous1/04/2008

    I agree about the Hitchcock approach,very subtly handled for a very gory idea,only gripe is that the splash gives away the surprise about the robots,then again,you can't really complain about an opening with a toungeless corpse!also like the art(your right about the coloring,as Reid would say,queer)like A.C Hollingsworth but with the talent of Gene Colan.

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  5. I saw that coming, but it was a good one nonetheless.

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