tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post6339534622940081200..comments2024-03-28T07:49:33.628-05:00Comments on THE HORRORS OF IT ALL: Man Who Murdered Himself / Stamps of Doom!Mr. Karswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-90315273328998685122014-01-15T15:46:23.198-06:002014-01-15T15:46:23.198-06:00The first story seemed like a quick job from Wrigh...The first story seemed like a quick job from Wrighston, and still a hundred times better than meticulous jobs from other artists.<br /><br />I blame the bad narratives on these stories on the editors, or maybe the writer (Otto Binder, who was in no way a bad writer) was doing his own editing. They read like stories written for people who already know the plot. An important part of an editor's job is to fix the narrative where the author's own internal knowledge screws up the ability of others to follow it.<br /><br />As Trevor said, that Weird Mystery cover is great, especially the placement of the characters.Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-42631376709595326032014-01-14T09:57:30.144-06:002014-01-14T09:57:30.144-06:00I hate to badmouth House of Mystery, I really do.....I hate to badmouth <i>House of Mystery</i>, I really do... but that first scan was one of the most clumsily narrated stories I've ever seen.<br /><br />"Famous philatelists"? Again with the rock star professions.<br /><br />C'mon, man, if you say you feel so strongly about the "innocent blood" surrounding something taken from a concentration camp, why didn't anybody ask why you frigging stole them in the first place? You're either a bad liar, or you've got stupid friends. (Well, both, really.)<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02340526426993960520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-90993380174509633962014-01-13T13:17:54.996-06:002014-01-13T13:17:54.996-06:00Geez, I love that cover advertised for WEIRD MYSTE...Geez, I love that cover advertised for WEIRD MYSTERY at the end of the second story!<br /><br />I don't know what Liz would say while being strangled, but I'm pretty sure that the last word of the strangled in Missouri is: "Kars--AACK!--well!"Morbidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605497974434648896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-45003982071951129712014-01-13T11:59:27.249-06:002014-01-13T11:59:27.249-06:00I was waiting for someone to crack that one, Tim.....I was waiting for someone to crack that one, Tim...<br /><br />What would you say while being strangled, Liz?Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-26805928645245771632014-01-13T11:57:26.856-06:002014-01-13T11:57:26.856-06:00"Or you might call him the ghost who fingered..."Or you might call him the ghost who fingered himself."<br /><br />Oh my.Tim Whitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18072021569016967821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-15379987908555474942014-01-13T08:26:36.512-06:002014-01-13T08:26:36.512-06:00If I'm being strangled, I don't think I...If I'm being strangled, I don't think I'd be saying, "Yaaaaa!"Liz D-Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02854930609526005483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-8270371402290099322014-01-13T07:30:21.283-06:002014-01-13T07:30:21.283-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mestierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469030153414408109noreply@blogger.com