tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post7202955278045390517..comments2024-03-28T07:49:33.628-05:00Comments on THE HORRORS OF IT ALL: Last Express!Mr. Karswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-12796660690015566592016-07-25T07:21:05.884-05:002016-07-25T07:21:05.884-05:00Trains do seem to play a huge part in horror, ther...Trains do seem to play a huge part in horror, there seems to be an endless supply of movies with this setting, possibly second only to ship bound horror on the high seas.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments :)Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-50611701074287990332016-07-19T01:10:36.995-05:002016-07-19T01:10:36.995-05:00Man, awesome splash! I think a good story detail m...Man, awesome splash! I think a good story detail might have been that chilling moment at which Ormesbee finally realizes he's punching the tickets for the same passengers who were on his last train. I don't really see why Death would try to fill the conductor job with a dead guy--that's pretty transient labor, right?, and not particularly cost-effective when it comes to the time and energy it takes to recruit and sign new talent. But I do think that customers and coworkers from the crashed train might get a little aggravated at Fred's vocational opportunism and drag him out of the train with them when they finally get wherever they're going. Mr. Cavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634994342702518448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-51913468053993644672016-07-18T14:23:33.930-05:002016-07-18T14:23:33.930-05:00Ah, another train to the after life story, we cert...Ah, another train to the after life story, we certainly got a lot of these in pre-code, it's really a modern take on the boat across the river Styx. Though, if the conductor would have turned out to be Dennis DeYoung, that would have been even more shocking!<br /><br />Lots of great art, and the pacing is good. Page 3, panel 2 is a huge Ghastly lift. Many editors of the day either picked up artists or told artists to draw like the folks at EC.<br /><br />The cover is actually pretty cool, GCD has no penciler, and it's super clean and looks like somebody who might have done advertising work. It's got some odd composition, but I like it!Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-42857473785954116892016-07-18T09:00:47.206-05:002016-07-18T09:00:47.206-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mestierehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469030153414408109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983171239671909762.post-47934982701191886952016-07-17T20:07:12.520-05:002016-07-17T20:07:12.520-05:00"You knew the job was dangerous when you took..."You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred!"<br />Well, no denying it, this guy was a jerk and deserved his comeuppance--but did everybody on the train the guy was originally hired for have to die so that he could die for his new job? That seems a bit unfair.<br />At least Death was nice enough to give a little warning. Glowwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01621527075382017998noreply@blogger.com