Our month long lurid love-In concludes with a Skywald freak-fest from the February 1974 issue of Nightmare #17. It's a rockin' little number that will hopefully serenade a few of you less-than-pleased commenters into a better "horror-mood" around here. Fantastic cover painting by bad ass Boada too! And lots more coming in March-- so stay tombed!
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That cover is gorgeous. Is there a story to go with it worth posting?
Awwww! I do like these little happy endings one; and if it's a good excuse for an artist -- seemingly half of the band Duran Duran -- to draw all sorts of freaks and weird stuff, all the better.
The alien reveal comes out of nowhere but I do like how it turns the first half of the story -- she isn't afraid of them because they are freaks but they are the wrong genetic material to test! It's much more wholesome that way!
The band is great! I love the random Frankenstein in the background, the groovy dracula, the hunchback bellboy.
All in that crisp B&W which really helps bring out the fine line work. There's a lot of fun to be had on all the pages. I like the rain work on the last page, that works well in B&W.
Well this story falls under the category screwball or curve balls galore-
The staff weren't a threat, they just wanted to live a normal life away from the sideshow and the stares of 'normal' judgmental people. Anyone who has been judged by others can sympathize with the hotel staff.
The husband and wife, presenting themselves as count and countess, readers were suspecting there was not only royal blood, but vampiric blood in their veins. It turned out they were not day sleepers after all.
The alien contact mission, completely out of left field, but it just fits in with this story of 'just go with the crazy.'
I could imagine this being turned into a comedy, played for laughs as each page gets wilder and wackier than the last. The husband stays cool throughout while the wife gets more flustered by the minute.
If nothing else, I am glad this was a happy ending type tale, a rarity in horror magazines.
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