The Pit and the Pendulum

We wrap up our Poe Fest this week with the second THOIA appearance of The Pit and Pendulum (the first time was last May with the Beware #10 version HERE.) Today’s story though comes from the Fall 1952 issue of Nightmare #2, and is illustrated by the truly great Everett Raymond Kinstler. (NOTE: take a look at page two, panel three--- it's Vincent Price appearing a full 9 years BEFORE starring in Roger Corman's film of the same name!)

I hope everyone enjoyed this admiration filled glimpse into the mind of the original Master of Horror, Mr. Edgar Allan Poe. Happy 200th Birthday Day old boy!

And once again I want to thank Todd Hunter for all the great Classics Illustrated issue scans this week... and another round of applause to my gracious fellow bloggers: Admiral David Tackett at Quasar Dragon, Kitty LeClaw at Killer Kittens from Beyond the Grave, and Sir Chuck Wells at The Comic Book Catacombs for hosting THOIA story submissions for our Poe Week (plus an additional set of Devil Horns to Kitty for her sweet as Hell tribute to THOIA yesterday too.)

And before I forget, there's a couple pulse-pounding versions of The Tell-Tale Heart in the THOIA Archives for you to also check-out. Click HERE!

TOMORROW: The 70’s Time Machine Returns!

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Edgar Allan Poe Stamp: for Now, Not Nevermore

Poe gets commemorated on his 200th Birthday with a stamp! Click HERE for more info and start putting a little EAP on your mournful death notes!

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Tagged!

Amazing Alan over at the endlessly fun Robot Nine blog “tagged” me recently, and the game goes down like this: Enter your hard drive - go to the fourth folder - pull out the fourth image file - post it. Lucky for me the fourth folder on my C Drive is reserved for my client Big Dumb Rock Productions who I create concert posters for occasionally, and the fourth file was a 45 Grave design I created for them a few years back (featuring art I lifted from the cover of the July 1952 issue of Black Cat Mystery #37!)

FYI: I’ve been thinking about printing these up and selling them, if anyone is interested just drop me a line at karswell@hotmail.com for info.

And as most tagging games require, I must now pick 4 lucky souls to enter their own hard drives and go fourth folder - fourth file - post image. But! I hate having to choose (and I love breaking rules) so I leave it wide open for anyone who wants to play… just be sure to drop me and Alan a line so we can check it out on your own blog. Have fun!