Fans of the original Creepshow (1982) film, as well as Stephen King's short story "Weeds" (read it HERE) might enjoy another look into the weird, weedy world of Jordy Verrill (though minus the lovable hick), via the April 1984 issue of Scream #3. It's a spooky little "ghastly tale" one-pager, and apparently another one of those infamous meteors has fallen to Earth-- only to be discovered, this time, by a young boy...
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After reading King's story, I prefer the Creepshow version more. Maybe it's just me, but the film adaptation just appeals to me better than the written version.
Seeing his mum turned into a chrysanthemum made me think of Night Gallery's version of Green Fingers, though the cause of their becoming greenery are quite different in each story.
I wonder if his dad will turn into Swamp Thing once he gets home.
I love British comics. Especially Scream. I have to say the idea of this boy being a carrier, instead of a suffererer, of the meteor shit disease sort of one-ups The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill, at least in its potential for greater length and variety. Makes it a little ironic that this is a just one-pager.
One of the UK weekly mags -- didn't last very long and the entire run is up on archive.org to read! IMHO it's not near the quality of 2000 AD but worth a look.
There's no way that 82 -> 84 this wasn't inspired by Creepshow, though like was mentioned I also like the reversing of the victim to carrier. It would have been interesting to see where the author would have taken this if they got more than a 1 pager.
BTW, that's a great cover, it would have really stood out on the newsstands.
Ummm surprise, practically every comic book ever created is free to read online somewhere… where you been?! lol
I have the worst problem with those sites becoming defunct or just hard to use because they send you to countless ads instead of letting you read the comics themselves. Or having those "non-secure" warnings attached.
Can anyone here tell me of good ones, especially for Bronze Age items?
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