tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post8068522749238048114..comments2024-03-28T20:33:20.294-05:00Comments on THE HORRORS OF IT ALL: Slow Death in QuicksandMr. Karswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-55583234694711013002012-09-22T10:03:20.952-05:002012-09-22T10:03:20.952-05:00This reminds me of a very similar story I saw a lo...This reminds me of a very similar story I saw a long time ago. It featured three young men, all brothers and they went to visit an old man in a cottage by a swamp who used to know them when they were kids.<br /><br />He told them a story of how he hid some treasure in the swamp when he was a member of some pirate crew or something and the brothers throw him in quicksand to make him tell where exactly and leave him to die.<br /><br />While they push a raft on the water ghosts appear and one brother is frightened and jumps overboard and is bitten in the throat by a snake. When the ghosts disappear the other two carry on and find the treasure but the ghosts appear again and the second brother runs away into the jaws of an alligator that pulls him underwater.<br /><br />The last brother grabs the treasure and gets away but is pulled by a monster into the same quicksand pit back where they began and throws the chest at the ghosts pleading for his life. As he drowns the chest breaks open against a tree and the money flies out over the water carried by the wind.<br /><br />The twist is that some people in a boat find some of the notes and recognize it as counterfeit phony money.<br /><br />The similarities with this story amaze me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-48060813736909762012011-09-13T03:53:46.076-05:002011-09-13T03:53:46.076-05:00I read this story just now, two years after you po...I read this story just now, two years after you posted it. <br />Laughing my head off about your comments...<br />"World's best dad"...<br />And the World's Most Hardboiled Family, I might add. <br />Hilarious.SpaceLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09793130148012146870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-54680389756483769802009-09-15T21:22:31.910-05:002009-09-15T21:22:31.910-05:00Almost like a horror version of Arrested Developme...Almost like a horror version of Arrested Development!Joey Deadcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-37647934462852061542009-09-13T23:28:43.701-05:002009-09-13T23:28:43.701-05:00This series was notorious for grim stories like th...This series was notorious for grim stories like this. It's why it is one of the best too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-70217582978548641692009-09-13T17:55:11.456-05:002009-09-13T17:55:11.456-05:00Well, it's all in the fambly. I also couldn&#...Well, it's all in the fambly. I also couldn't believe how heartless the little brats were. And quicksand in the bay? A fantastic story! Thanks as always for the efforts Karswell.<br /><br />"An asshole for dinner"? Can't wait!sfdoomedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325396808542883807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-84234051119517865802009-09-13T11:06:13.302-05:002009-09-13T11:06:13.302-05:00Those Jubels make the Bundys look like the nicest ...Those Jubels make the Bundys look like the nicest people on earth.goblinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-43697968355386401192009-09-13T10:55:03.974-05:002009-09-13T10:55:03.974-05:00i like how the narrator stopped droppin' his/h...i like how the narrator stopped droppin' his/her G's about a third of the way in. and yeah, skeletons in pirate garb are always a big help when it comes to gettin' out of quicksand...Prof. Grewbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16132543249418576650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-33031977737468347302009-09-13T10:26:29.556-05:002009-09-13T10:26:29.556-05:00Wow -- what a family!
I like the way on the last...Wow -- what a family! <br /><br />I like the way on the last page how father decides to ask for help from some living skeleton standing there.<br /><br />"An asshole for dinner"? I'm not hungry.jpmorganhttp://www.fissionchicken.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-85275360940366128162009-09-13T10:06:25.982-05:002009-09-13T10:06:25.982-05:00Hope everyone is having a great weekend (and not p...Hope everyone is having a great weekend (and not planning any trips to the beach with your fathers!) I wanted to say real quick that I appreciate all the story submissions many of you have been emailing to me, I'm just a little swamped right now with a few other things to get to first, but I will get your scans up shortly so hang tight, and thanks again!<br /><br />And what's everyone think of the THOIA theme song? I get about a dozen emails a day from BOX notifying me that people are downloading it, I'd love to hear your thoughts about it. (If you haven't heard it yet, check the righthand sidebar underneath the THOIA tee shirt info up towards the top.)<br /><br />NEXT UP: An asshole for dinner!Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-481353090737289372009-09-13T08:54:10.370-05:002009-09-13T08:54:10.370-05:00Initially I was going to complain about how the fi...Initially I was going to complain about how the first paragraph of the story gives the whole plot away, but then I read this thing to discover that's the least of its offenses. What a mess. It's almost as if this were some sort of insane round-robin where the staff passed the pages around the office and a different writer (or janitor) wrote each panel.Tamfoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007519945208611127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-23320657537288508762009-09-13T08:49:50.633-05:002009-09-13T08:49:50.633-05:00I'D LIKE TO PRESENT SOMEONE THE WORLDS BEST BR...I'D LIKE TO PRESENT SOMEONE THE WORLDS BEST BROTHER AWARD TOO, HA!!!!!! CRAZY STORY......BY THE END I WAS LAUGHING LIKE CAPTAIN PETTGREW TOO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-50901637934566724992009-09-13T04:37:28.201-05:002009-09-13T04:37:28.201-05:00Vicious children, cruel parenting, greed, and quic...Vicious children, cruel parenting, greed, and quicksand.<br /><br />That brings to mind 'Stick In The Mud', a piece from 'Mysterious Adventures'. I never actually read it, but the plot elements were cited in the infamous 1955 Senate report linking comic books to juvenile delinquency.<br /><br />Do you happen to have the story, Karswell? It might benefit those of us who are far closer to senility than delinquency.BEMavenhttp://foolsgoldcomics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-28178633431819029272009-09-13T03:36:32.213-05:002009-09-13T03:36:32.213-05:00The sociopath bunch! Or is it Family Affair, the e...The sociopath bunch! Or is it Family Affair, the evil version?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05779107279394475454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-1646605142265832222009-09-13T02:28:07.747-05:002009-09-13T02:28:07.747-05:00I like how vicious the kids are. The only hero in...I like how vicious the kids are. The only hero in this story is the snake. I hope the snake gets some treasure.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836904680434822238noreply@blogger.com