tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post1734720897487468877..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 2211: The Most Dangerous Island of Death GamePappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-85532811176605607162018-07-25T08:08:44.813-07:002018-07-25T08:08:44.813-07:00I like how Elder includes the High School of Music...I like how Elder includes the High School of Music and Art in New York City, where he, Kurtzman, Feldstein, and a few other Mad writers and artists came from all came from (as well as Miss America Bess Myerson.)Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-65595061356653996272018-07-25T02:14:42.920-07:002018-07-25T02:14:42.920-07:00“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Edward Connel...<a href="https://archive.org/details/TheMostDangerousGame_233" rel="nofollow">“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Edward Connell jr</a> is of course really a morality tale. I quite like it, in large part because it does not <i>dæmonize</i> those who hunt for sport, but asks them to consider the experience of being hunted. <br /><br />In some ways, <a href="https://archive.org/details/TheMostDangerousGame" rel="nofollow">the 1932 movie</a> is more direct; but, though it is a fine film, it does not provide Rainsford's introspection as clearly. Also, someone placing himself in the position of the cinematic Bob Rainsford is going to be thinking more about protecting Eve Towbridge (Fay Wray) than about the first-person perspective of being hunted. <br /><br />This comic-book story seems to have been a matter of Kurtzman meeting a deadline. There is no particular life-lesson, and the resolution is by two gods-from-machines (Eric and then the hornets). But, just as you say, it is of interest because it is from Kurtzman.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com