Hilarious
EC spoof of the giant ant sci-fi / horror film classic,
THEM! (1954), from the Feb-March 1955 issue of
Panic #7, with wild 'n wonderful art by
Wally Wood. (You can also check out some funny travel poster spoofage from this same issue as well over at my other blog
HERE!)
2 comments:
This has been a great week! I can't believe how many PANIC jokes still land all these years later. Everybody on that rag was a genius. Favorite gag: when the sun-baked little girl finally starts talking and her dolly turns into an Oscar™. That's comedy gold right there.
Wally was in fine form here, too.
The K-9 running gag is a lot of fun, giving Wood a lot of chances to draw silly things and setting up the end gag; even though this isn't Kurtzman the meta-end gag is very much a lift from him. You can see how he was a good bit upset about Panic, especially as they were stealing away people like Wood.
The film strip that switches the giant ants for a woman but the text still fits is another great gag.
I really love the movie Them, expect even as a kid the wings on the queen just took me out of it. Still love it!
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