Sunday, April 12, 2020

Hopping Down the Bunny Trail

I posted this over at my other blog a couple of years ago, but aside from Mr. Cavin, I don't think anyone else that follows THOIA even noticed it. I also forget who donated the scans, but thanks again to that person who asked to remain anonymous back then anyway. So happy holiday, please enjoy this eerie Easter casket terror treat for 2020. From the September 1980 issue of The Unexpected #202.









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10 comments:

  1. Glowworm4/12/2020

    This is legitimately terrifying and would make a great Easter themed horror movie. Never mind why a giant monster Easter Bunny is luring children into a reportedly haunted house so he can cover them in chocolate and bite their heads off, this is pretty darn creepy. (The kids are actually innocent here--even the one who thinks the Easter Bunny is simply some guy in a costume.)
    Truth be told, I'm celebrating Passover--and not just because I don't want this guy showing up at my door.

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  2. Dr. Theda4/12/2020

    Loved these DC tales !!

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  3. Mr. Cavin4/12/2020

    I see I basically said this before, but these pages look so much more like advertising art than usual comic books pages--owing to the technical pen and the stylistic outlining--that I wonder if they just hired one of the cats who drew the Hostess Fruit Pies pages to draw it? I love the bats at the bottom of page two.

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  4. Mr. Cavin4/12/2020

    PS, Happy Easter!

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  5. Brian Barnes4/13/2020

    I'm with Mr. Cavin here, the art is really interesting. It's super clean-lined and not very shaded, even the castle (with the bats!) has a super clean outline to it. Which, I think works really well for this one because it's almost fairy-tale like.

    I love the transformation of the easter bunny, he's drawn relatively differently throughout the story and sort of werewolves out at the end.

    So in 1980 they still let all the kids in the town just head off to the haunted house with no parental supervision because .. a sign says so? That bunny should eat the parents next!

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  6. nutsilica.blogspot.com4/13/2020

    I love the 1970s and 80s D.C. horror
    Their horror comics were everywhere when I grew up.
    Good art in this story.
    It would make a good movie.

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  7. JBM4/13/2020

    I did enjoy your first posting of this at AEET, but Joan had not seen it. So a brightly multi-colored thank you Mr.K! is sent your way.

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  8. JMR7774/13/2020

    Now This is what Night of the Lepus should have been.

    Easter meets Halloween, The Nightmare Before Easter, if only, if only...

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  9. Bill the Butcher4/13/2020

    That's not Mr Snyder, that's the Black Rabbit of Inlé. Or the Easter Rabbit of Inlé. U embleer Hrair!

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  10. BTX4/13/2020

    The rare DC code approved comic where kids are the actual victims....

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