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.

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7 comments:

  1. JMR7778/10/2020

    This was a clever little tale. Was this tale inspiration for the movies 'Vampire's Kiss' or Martin (1978)?

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  2. Brian Barnes8/10/2020

    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!

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  3. Glowworm8/10/2020

    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.

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  4. Grant8/11/2020

    I do a little more than sympathize - these stories are full of trigger-happy police, but that one takes the prize.

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  5. Grant8/11/2020

    Happy Birthday.

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  6. Guy Callaway8/12/2020

    Mustache aside, Hugh looks kinda like Bill Gaines.

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  7. Todd8/12/2020

    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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