Sunday, June 15, 2014
Man with a Tail
I'd love to see a collection of Larry Woromay's greatest pre code horror hits, because man oh man I dig his fun, noodley slick style from this Atlas era where the art sublimely balances on real and cartoony, (sort of the same reasons why I adore Bill Everett's unique work so much!) This is a cute little "tail" with a great twist, originally appearing in the October 1952 issue of Astonishing #18 and reprinted in 1975 in Marvel's Uncanny Tales from the Grave #8.
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Man, Woromay was so good at the faces and the acting. Cartoonists are always loose and groovy, I'll bet he'd have made a great animator. I particularly love the second to last panel on page two and that first crowd shot on page four (but really, every little detail of page four is magnificent). Excellent stuff.
I think the one thing that kept Atlas neck and neck with EC (other than sheer volume and it's own feel that wasn't really duplicated by others) was the knack -- and I suspect Stan had a lot to do with this, as Al did -- for placing the right artist with the right story.
A less cartoon-y artist and the ending of this story might not have worked so well, but it's easier to get swept up into the story for what seems like a wacky off-beat Disney cartoon.
Notice in some of the illustrations of our hero when he was young he was given prominent buck teeth, like a mouse. Not sure if that's just me reading into it, or a setup. Either way, it's pretty neat!
Maybe the result is the same, but I always prefer it when a character like poor Benjy gets killed in a wild way like this, instead of shot by the police. I didn't really want him to get killed at all, but it's just more poetic this way.
This story is amusing, almost ridiculous. So the guy never realized he was a mouse instead of a cat?
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