Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Modern Design

Here’s a gruesome story submitted by one of my favorite ebay sellers of pre-code horror--- Mr. Brian Hirsch! Tomorrow I’ll have another one from Brian too so let’s all say thanks for sharing and give him a big hand! Not a glory hand, please just clap your hands...

From the March 1953 issue of Mister Mystery #10





8 comments:

Anonymous said...

AWESOME STORY!!! THANKS BRIAN! I'M CLAPPING MY GLORY HANDS TOGETHER FOR YOU MOST EVILLY!

Anonymous said...

been waiting for another mr mystery story since you posted that one about the hand way back in july....great stuff!!!!

thanks brian!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

The wife-lamp at the end could almost be something by Allan Jones! Thanks for posting all these great old stories.

Mr. Karswell said...

Brian's got another good one lined up for you tomorrow too so come back little ravens...

Anonymous said...

It's the whole version of the lamp from Bob Clark's A Christmas Story!

Mr. Karswell said...

I'm glad someone made an Allen Jones analogy, shows how intelligent my blog attendees are! For those who don't know, Jones was most famous for designing / inspiring the Korova Milk Bar costumes and props in Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, amongst other fetishistic furniture. See this:
http://www.tribu-design.com/collections/alpha.php?pc=c&tofind=Jones%20Allen&ac=r&lg=en

Anonymous said...

Great art,great use of the host without getting too corny,and a good variation on the "adultery=murder" plot. >A Christmas Story. I ruined my ex-fiancee's Christmas once by telling an E.C-style joke about the wife dismembering the husband as revenge for the lamp he brought into the house,while we were watching that movie.

Bill the Butcher said...

If poor Lonny had only looked over his shoulder at his wife in the right bottom panel of Page One he'd have known that she was eeeeeevil. Actually, while his peacock lamp was pretty damn good, and would still qualify as a good piece today, didn't he at least ask what his customer wanted belt getting down to work? Made a few concept drawings or something?