It's Zombie Sunday Funday, and time for another variable spin on the 'ol monkey's paw-esque creeping dead classic, via the Sept. - October 1954 issue of Voodoo #17! Yes, sometimes paying a gruesome price to get your loved one back actually (sort of) pays off. I'd say "Be careful what you wish for!" --but in the end, it's not so judassy after all, --eh, Dr. Judas?
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Well this was, interesting-
Dr. Judas doesn't so much trick Geoffrey, as he simply neglected to tell him what his wife would look like returning from the cemetery.
Dr. Judas was going out of his way not to swindle Geoffrey, Dr. Judas tells him to hold onto the check until his wife is returned. If nothing else, Dr. Judas is a man of his word.
Seeing the zombie couple talking about their future together, it reminds me of Fastball's song "The Way"
Great interview with RippedTopps Karswell.
Thanks again, JMR! :)
IMHO, it's always more important what a reader takes away from a story than the intent of the author, but I do have to wonder what the author thought of his own ending.
Did he mean it to be frightening? Scary? Or sweet? And loving? To me, this was a happy ending, even with the looming threat of control from the zombie master (who, while could be accused of swindling, didn't see to actually do anything altogether evil) didn't seem all that bad. And they are going to setup house in a nice tomb!
I smiled at that ending, it was great for all involved!
This one has some substituted words, editorial needed another pass but I'm probably the last person to point out stuff like that!
Oh what a tender love story at the end, fair brings a tear to my eye :D
I'm glad Geoffrey sort of atones for some of his jerk 'tude regarding they way his dead wife looks. It was obvious that she had feelings he was hurting, that she was unhappy to die again. His brutal rejection of her was the most villainous thing in the story. Had she been more realistically horrible, or maybe in horrible in pain, his actions might have played more nobly. But then the ending would not have.
This is the kind of art I think looks amateurish by the way. Blots of shadows applied haphazardly on disproportionate anatomy (the splash); tiny figures crammed into the bottom of otherwise roomy frames (panel three); the same angle over and over again (page two). All these big-headed wooden people (everywhere)! And yet... page three is a masterpiece. Absolutely stunning from tip to toe--the best art and the most effectively communicated mood applied just where it was needed most. So what can I say? If he had to buckle down and expend all his excellence in just one spot, he knew just where to do that. Kudos.
As far as spelling errors go, as Brain Barnes pointed out (and hey, it happens to the best of us), I found just two (just something I'm good at, I suppose). The biggest one being the second panel of page 3, where Dr. Judas says "Not let me see" instead of "Now let me see" and on the last page, panel 3 where Dr. Judas says "You change your mind again!" instead of "You changed your mind again!" But, grammar errors aside, the tale is quite good. I like to think that Dr. Judas just hangs around in graveyards during funerals and reads the obituaries in the newspaper to see if he has any potential clients that he can raise a little business with. I also love that he has his own business card that he totes around with him. Door to door necromancer at your service! 🤣🤣 I don't really find Dr. Judas all that evil. I mean, he didn't ask for the check until he sent Geoffrey his wife to show that he actually had the power to bring her back and to be fair, he did take advantage of his horror at seeing his wife again and pushed up his price to send her back. Yet, he still kept his word and did it once he was paid. No further advantage was taken of him. That entire third page is fantastic with Dr. Judas bringing Dolores back from the dead. Just the way she comes up out of her grave is a great panel. I also love that she tries to reason with her new master. She knows her husband may not appreciate how she looks now and she even tries to explain this to him. Yet grief will do that to someone. They want miracles and sometimes, the miracles work but there are a few drawbacks to them. The ending is surprisingly sweet though. Dr. Judas technically does get an extra payment in the end. He gets two new zombies to do his bidding. However, right now, he'll let them enjoy a little downtime.
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