tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post7602524644799868623..comments2024-03-28T20:33:20.294-05:00Comments on THE HORRORS OF IT ALL: The Freaks of Fear!Mr. Karswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-63954696681116730392020-05-24T22:32:48.918-05:002020-05-24T22:32:48.918-05:00Freaks would definitely make a good Chilling Archi...Freaks would definitely make a good <i>Chilling Archives</i> theme book, along the lines of devils and snakes. I liked the demonic hoard here, too--especially that infernal tableau in the splash (and the cover)--though I wish Dick had employed even more surreality. Take the panel at the top of page four: It's so great; and it's also really flipping strange. I'd love to see even more off-the-wall strangeness along those lines. Charles Burns type stuff. I do like the way Ayers keeps Ghost Rider just as weird as everyone else, though--it's pretty neat when he materializes hat-first behind the sheriff or gallops along dangerously swaddled in his overlong shroud.Mr. Cavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634994342702518448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-48865952326009063102020-05-24T17:53:26.069-05:002020-05-24T17:53:26.069-05:00Sideshow attractions from a 1952 comic book to ins...Sideshow attractions from a 1952 comic book to inspiration for Ace/Marvel super villains, or at least the seed of an idea for said villains.<br /><br />Thanks for the post Karswell.<br /><br /> JMR777https://www.blogger.com/profile/03538238702295526065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-48961643324780702512020-05-24T16:13:15.306-05:002020-05-24T16:13:15.306-05:00We just have to acknowledge the attitude and move ...We just have to acknowledge the attitude and move on, it was 1952 (which makes freaks, decades earlier, even more forward facing.)<br /><br />Ayers does a great job here, with a lot of fun panels showing the "super powers" of the freaks, with a lot of emphasis on the snake gal's proportions (page 4, panel 1 gets a lot of loving details!) I love some of the more demonic freaks and it's always fun to see Ghost Rider's bag of tricks.<br /><br />I love Ayer's cape work, that's a lot harder than it looks.Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.com