Tuesday, November 12, 2024

The Human Skin Factory

You've seen today's post title, and nope, you haven't made a mistake and accidentally landed on The Horrors of it All page. You are most definitely at AEET and about'a read a truly bizarre Boody Rogers BABE story called "The Human Skin Factory." And yes, it's exactly what you think it's about, but in a funny sort of way! In what can only be described as one of the weirdest variations on the popular Li'L Abner / Snuffy Smith hillbilly comic, Boody really pulled out all the stops with some of these Babe tales, --see she's a cute, and oddly athletic Daisy Mae type cuntry gal, only surrounded by a satirical array of goofball freaks 'n geeks (ie merman, centaurs, murderous mountain men etc.) Today we'll see how she fairs against a bonkers Joe Ghoul 'n Scraper scheme. From the April - May 1950 issue of Babe, Darling of the Hills #11, --and be sure to let us know if this one made YOUR goose flesh crawl too!

2 comments:

JMR777 said...

The art and crazy story could have been a Powerhouse Pepper tale courtesy of Basil Wolverton. Wolverton's humor comics were as zany as his horror was memorable.



Mr. Cavin said...

"If infection doesn't set in you should be ready to work again in a year or so!"

Shudder.

This was excellent and gross. The creepy, toothy, cheese-colored hand rakes they use for scrapers were enough to raise a crop over here. Definitely the most off-putting special surgical utensils I've seen since Dead Ringers.

Boody is the best!