If you just fled over here to AEET in hopes of escaping the skull crushed gore ghost haunting your screen over at THOIA, well then prepare yourselves for a couple of peppy little Halloween humdingers instead! We have witches and goblins, and lots of jack o lanterns, as well as the scariest monster of them all-- a NEIGHBORHOOD BULLY! Yep, it's a downright dandy double feature that the whole family can enjoy featuring Danny, Kuppie, Alice, Speck, Spot, Siss, Pee Wee, Brickbatt, and oh heck, even a buncha pantywaist rich kids. So set your sights on fun now, it's time to swish away into non-stop action and 1940's silly style laughs! From the November 1942 issue of Pep Comics #33, and the May - June 1947 issue of Humdinger V2 #1.
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This is such an interesting story. The caption on the splash very much acts like a horror comic (and this is years before that), but it's also kind of a young adventure comic, and then kind of a fantasy comic, and then blatantly lifts from Fantasia. It's all over the place, but it's a fun breezy read.
I really adore the witch. Her mumble pacing on page 2 got a real chuckle out of me. I love those weird little asides in comics.
Alice doesn't have much trust in Danny's adventuring skills! I also love how the witch just tries to "nope" out of there.
Speck-spot and Sis has some really interesting art. It's got a good style but it's really wooden. Page 4 is a really good example there's a lot of active but it all looks really static, but the artist has good skill at making distinct kids.
The first story is an interesting blend of fantasy and young adventure, with a dash of Sorcerers Apprentice near the end.
The second story is a comic book version of Little Rascals/Our Gang with different characters to avoid copyright issues, but a fun tale that stands on its own.
These both have a fun connection to Halloween, perfect for the month of October.
Thanks for the lighthearted adventure posts.
Page four of the Speck, Spot and Sis story is really neat. I love the way Brickbat operates from behind the panels themselves--literally an outside agitator--to throw monkey wrenches into the proceedings. That's a really inventive use of the format itself to push the tension between factions in the story, a method of breaking the forth wall that is entirely diegetic.
Ugh. I wore a jack-o-lantern to a party one time. At the very beginning of the night my friend Mark told me he was impressed--he'd never seen anyone try to pull that off in real life before. I'd scraped it out thoroughly, dried the thing for days, and even wore a hefty trash bag between me and all that orange meat--but it was still a torture chamber in there. I thought it looked super, but... not recommended.
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