And happy birthday to another funny fellow wise guy, THOIA chum, and Youtube's Mondopiece Theatre's very own horror host, Brian Barnes, as he turns another century older today.
Monday, August 10, 2020
The Vampire's Victim
Don't snark at that goofy lookin' vampire bat in the splash too quickly now, as Mannie Banks unleashes a blood sucker unlike anything else we've ever seen here at THOIA over the many past, monstery moons! From the maliciously macabre, May 1954 issue of Marvel Tales #123.
And happy birthday to another funny fellow wise guy, THOIA chum, and Youtube's Mondopiece Theatre's very own horror host, Brian Barnes, as he turns another century older today.
And happy birthday to another funny fellow wise guy, THOIA chum, and Youtube's Mondopiece Theatre's very own horror host, Brian Barnes, as he turns another century older today.
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This was a clever little tale. Was this tale inspiration for the movies 'Vampire's Kiss' or Martin (1978)?
What made this entire thing work is the hypochondriac angle -- it made his transformation logical and actually a bit more tragic.
The art might be a little on the amateur side but I love it. I love the giant monster bat/chicken/vampire, I love all the dense shading and the close-ups and the kind of odd but interesting work on the faces (Page 4, panel 1 is especially good.) All the darks make the coloring pop a bit more.
Thanks for the birthday wishes and one cool monster to go along with it!
This one does have a hilarious punchline. Although you'd think that Hugh would have realized upon looking into the mirror, that if he didn't see his reflection, he'd know for certain if he was a vampire or not. The hypochondriac angle really does make this tale a bit more convincing as you truly sympathize with the poor guy.
I do a little more than sympathize - these stories are full of trigger-happy police, but that one takes the prize.
Happy Birthday.
Mustache aside, Hugh looks kinda like Bill Gaines.
It's true I didn't see that ending coming.
Pretty sure a cop would get in trouble for gunning down a guy like that nowadays.
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