tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post8088170497878755834..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1964: Witchy womenPappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-78750435529693204532016-11-07T08:11:31.420-08:002016-11-07T08:11:31.420-08:00Grant, can you believe it? June Foray is 99-years-...Grant, can you believe it? June Foray is 99-years-old! <br /><br />Those voices you mention are firmly fixed in my mind. June made quite an impression on me.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-47145984650593251722016-11-06T14:32:28.062-08:002016-11-06T14:32:28.062-08:00It's funny how anxious the police are to charg...It's funny how anxious the police are to charge Lizette with murdering Brett and Nita, considering how trigger-happy two of THEM were in that first scene, and with Brett and Nita practically stuck inside those figures, no less!<br /><br />Whenever I read Lizette's word balloons, I hear a voice like the voice of one of those June Foray cartoon witches, which I don't always do when it comes to comic book witches, even cartoonish ones.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-56212220590704429662016-10-30T15:02:58.792-07:002016-10-30T15:02:58.792-07:00Daniel, thanks for the link. I don't think Wor...Daniel, thanks for the link. I don't think Woromay's artwork of the Eerie Publications era looks like it would have been published in a mainstream comic book of the sixties or seventies. His style seems old-fashioned, even if the gore is left out.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-39486447105992103512016-10-30T14:58:42.189-07:002016-10-30T14:58:42.189-07:00Brian, could be that by the time horror comics got...Brian, could be that by the time horror comics got to this point in 1954 everything had been done to death. <br /><br />I haven't seen a whole lot of advancements in the world of horror; most of it depends on the same old elements...horror is locked into clichés the same way romance or spy thrillers or any other genres are.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-88036834231529814432016-10-28T14:33:28.079-07:002016-10-28T14:33:28.079-07:00OK, I'm saying something about the plot. Feel...OK, I'm saying something about the plot. Feel free to hit me with a witch's curse for it!<br /><br />A lot of horror stories of the time made this same mistake -- a million and one plot elements. Why not just a weretiger and a werewolf? That's good enough! The demons, the witch, the cauldrons, the money scams, it seems to only serve to stretch out the page count!<br /><br />And then the second story -- TIME TRAVEL??<br /><br />Use those extra pages for characterization! That said, I still love them. Good, not-clean fun. Silly, overly dramatic fun.<br /><br />And Cameron drew a mighty fine weretiger!Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-20302058407469307032016-10-28T12:36:44.649-07:002016-10-28T12:36:44.649-07:00Oh, yeah. In my opinion — which will almost surel...Oh, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=woromay+eerie+publications&tbm=isch" rel="nofollow">yeah</a>. In my opinion — which will almost surely be disputed by someone — his work for Eerie Publications was wretched; in any case, it is markèdly different from the work that you posted here. I was first aware of Woromay as an illustrator for Eerie Publications, and was quite surprised when I began encountering some of his earlier efforts. Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-77633895218328704772016-10-28T10:25:00.415-07:002016-10-28T10:25:00.415-07:00Daniel, I think of Nostrand as an artist who combi...Daniel, I think of Nostrand as an artist who combined elements of Davis and Wood, although Davis’s style shines through more brightly.<br /><br />It is news to me that Woromay worked for Myron Fass; did he do new work for Eerie Publications? Woromay also did a couple of Space Ace stories in the first two issues of <i>Jet</i> for ME, and he looked to Wayne Boring (!!!) for inspiration.<br /><br />Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-78930134362643351292016-10-28T00:40:24.605-07:002016-10-28T00:40:24.605-07:00When I think of Davis imitators, Howard Nostrand c...When I think of Davis imitators, Howard Nostrand comes first to mind, though Cameron here catches some aspects of Davis's style that I think Nostrand would not. Of course, Woromay was later something of a <i>very</i> primitive impersonator of Davis for Myron Fass's Eerie Publications. (What <i>soul-crushing</i> work that must have been!) <br /><br />Since you hope that we won't think too much about the <i>plots</i>, I'll quit here. ☺Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com