Friday, January 29, 2016
Devil's Due
Is it getting hotter in here? Are you sweating profusely? This can only mean one thing-- another Devil tale at THOIA today! Actually all that sweat can mean another thing-- a Rudy Palais story, though this particular yarn of his isn't as sweaty as most. Long time followers of this blog may also be experiencing a wave of devilish deja vu, as they'll possibly remember that I first posted this cursed classic from the July 1952 issue of Chamber of Chills #10 over half a decade ago. But as part of an unending contract I signed many many moons ago (don't ask), it's now time to take another look at it and raise a little Hell. And yes, unfortunately it will not be featured in DEVIL TALES either, the reason being that we chose to save it for another upcoming book in the IDW / Yoe Book Chilling Archive --more news on that COMING SOON, although I'm sure it's not tough to figure out the subject since it's already been mentioned here in the intro ;)
"Pay the paper." Ha.
ReplyDeleteMagnificent splash! I also dig how the freaky colorist seems to have taken it upon himself to color those patented Palais sweat beads on page two. I guess I've heard of sweating blood, but sheesh.
It seems, as we see more and more of these stories, the devil seems to be getting less and less of a deal. I'm not even sure what he got out of this one except a chew toy for his dog! He was obviously getting the man's soul anyway (he was already a crook and wanted his enemies dead.)
ReplyDeletePage 4, panel 5 is great, the massive sweat, the pie-plate eyes with the images of the dog. I don't know if I've ever seen that in a comic! I also really enjoy the more dapper devil, with top hat and cane.
"I fired a high shoot after the madman..." Uh, did he skip police training?
As everybody is going to mention, the splash is awesome.
The card at the end is understandable -- she's got all naked and Satan tricked her by not having genitals!
I have giant, unsightly globs of sweat rolling down my face as I think of the Rudy Palais book that must be coming sooner or later! Yes...yes...YES!!
ReplyDeleteWhat I love about Palais is that his characters are often more grotesque than his monsters.