Friday, October 19, 2018

The New Tenants

Bill Everett's turn to show us all that he's not only THE expert at drawing creepy 'ol crazy koots, but also the jaw dropping master at illustrating crumbling old house textures and detail. This is a weird one-- OMG that ending, haha... from the September 1953 issue of Uncanny Tales #12.











Haha, just found this picture on tumblr and had to add it to this story... enjoy! --Mr. K

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8 comments:

  1. Mestiere10/19/2018

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  2. JBM10/19/2018

    Mr. Everett's art on the hands in this one jumps out at me. They are beautifully drawn and brimming with emotion. I was expecting the Newtons to be the bringers of justice. Thank you Mr. K..

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  3. Mr. Cavin10/20/2018

    Yeah, wow, I agree with everyone about the art. I always expect Everett to dazzle me and he still kind of outdid himself here. This is my favorite mode for the man, kind of grimly cartoony but with all the dynamic verve of the superhero comics he mastered in the forties. All the character designs in this--including the characters that are houses--are crisp, individualized, and enormously charismatic. I'd love to see this one animated.

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  4. Todd10/20/2018

    I'm glad George was OK in the end… even if Mestiere is right about him being "cuckoo bananas." Grange is no loss either way.

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  5. Brian Barnes10/21/2018

    Everett nails this one, as he nailed every one. Every piece of decaying architecture was well done and Grange's face just oozed evil ... t wasn't because he was "old" (the old couple at the end looked fine.) Greed was just chiseled into his face.

    The ending ... the whole story was obviously written around it and the writer should have cut back on the dialog a bit ... I loved it. I'm a sucker for a wacky ending as long as it meets the internal consistency of the story, which this one does. Even though it's completely unrealistic.

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  6. Caffeinated Joe10/21/2018

    I really thought George was gonna end up buried in a house collapse. But, so far so good? Fun read.

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  7. Mr. Karswell11/11/2018

    Mr. Karswell added a crazy photo to this crazy story for you crazy fiends

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  8. Mr. Cavin11/11/2018

    Ha!

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