Shifting gears now as we run screaming from old-time horrors, and head right smack dab into the jungle for some zombified voodoo doll madness. From the Fall 1953 issue of Ghost Comics #8... say, does anyone recognize the illustrator? There's some really interesting art in this one.
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It's amazing the amount of mileage they got out of zombies! This one gives us some new elements, the super villain-ish Soul Stealer and the zombies are really skeletons in photographs!
I really like the art in this; I think it's actually helped a bit by the faded colors (or maybe it was printed that way.) I love the dark shadows, the imposing jungle, the wide eyed zombies.
Extra shout out to the dream sequences which are really densely packed and make them feel that much more oppressive. The unknown artist here really did a great job.
Have you considered combining these stories into an archive for individual download? I would appreciate the ability to archive these locally.
Just curious, thanks for providing these. I always enjoy reading them.
The story is better than the average old style zombie tale, but even a ridiculously bad story would have been rescued by this level of superb artwork...except for the WIDE THE HELL OPEN TILTED HEAD middle panel, bottom row, page 4. I almost laughed aloud when I saw that. I wonder why the artist did it.
I've heard of "Touched by an Angel" but "Touched by a Zombie" sounds pretty metal. Also, I'm kind of amused that the Soul Stealer also does honest work as a psychiatrist. Guess Soul Stealer doesn't exactly pay well.
Really loving the colors here, especially in that gorgeous splash panel jungle.
As for the art: All those stripey textures and grody details remind me of Lee Elias. So does the woman in red. I mean, I don't for one minute believe it's him--for one thing, if it was, GCD would certainly know it. But if Elias was inked by a heavy hand, like Palais, it may very well look like this. Especially after cheap printing. I guess what I am saying that I'm digging the art on this one a bunch.
I wish my film would screw up like that. I'd love to take X-ray Snaps of all my friends.
Maybe I say this too often, but I wanted a happy ending, especially with David being so willing to risk himself by replacing Ann.
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