tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post6665438629420000417..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1254: Horrors! It's Halloween!Pappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-21006013893840763252012-10-31T12:03:05.863-07:002012-10-31T12:03:05.863-07:00One of those offerings to just savour... to see th...One of those offerings to just savour... to see the work as one of progress before the obligatory colouring is like seeing a manuscript with scribbles and marginalia before being printed en masse.<br />But some conductor, telling a traumatised man "Yep- you're brother's dead all right. And his arms and legs completely severed!"<br />No sympathy; reminds me of an Irish joke I'm find of relating.<br />Have to say though that such incidents are a common occurrence here in Germany; last year a student experienced two cases of jumpers on the way to school, the second time whilst on a school trip whilst waiting at the station.Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780519140837852601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-16221242326064140322012-10-31T10:49:16.970-07:002012-10-31T10:49:16.970-07:00Thanks, Dave and Brian.
Brian, me a kid once? I d...Thanks, Dave and Brian.<br /><br />Brian, me a kid once? I dimly remember — and the more the years go by the dimmer the recollection — there was a kid once who answered to my name, and went to school, and thought Halloween was great.<br /><br />Then something happened, and over time the kid was replaced by a grumpy old man.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-70043910013305414052012-10-31T09:55:13.271-07:002012-10-31T09:55:13.271-07:00Fantastic to see these originals, especially on Ha...Fantastic to see these originals, especially on Halloween!David Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06641868279432092301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-18136937182794359062012-10-31T07:42:14.550-07:002012-10-31T07:42:14.550-07:00Thanks Pappy, that's all I can say. I love Da...Thanks Pappy, that's all I can say. I love Davis, but Ghastly, there was nobody like him, nor will there ever be. It's all made worse by how badly his life was affected by all this, and how he ran from all the (sadly later) fame he deserved.<br /><br />I've got no proof but I'm always thought the drunk on page 4 (ironic, I know) is Ghastly himself.<br /><br />"No Body" was obviously built around the image of a the head/hands/feet combo. It's fun to see the sketch in the margins. This stuff is so great in it's original B&W form.<br /><br />The Davis art is also great, the story is a bit by numbers, though. Davis always had pretty static composition (Ingels always slanted and distorted his panels), but makes up for it with his great cartoonish-horror-drippy style.<br /><br />Pappy, be nice to the kids, you were one once :) Happy Halloween!Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.com