Sunday, August 4, 2013
The Cameo's Curse / Sonny's World
We're spinnin' out tales of spooky sorcery for the next few posts here, as well as over at my other blog HERE -- so are you too cool to handle the terrors of BOTH issues of Chilling Adventures in Sorcery (as told by Sabrina?!) This was a frighteningly fun but super short lived Archies spin-off series of pre/post code inspired horror tales concerning mad science, monsters, and the supernatural, featuring cool 'n clean, funny illustrations by Dan DeCarlo and Stan Goldberg, plus inks from John D'Agostino and Rudy Lapick... I really wish there were more than 2 issues! And for what essentially seems to be a comic geared towards younger readers, some of these tales have wonderfully grim, downbeat endings. So read on, today we have half of the stories from the October 1972 issue of Chilling Adventures in Sorcery As Told By Sabrina #2, and when you're done here head on over to THE HORRORS OF IT ALL by clicking HERE for the other half! I'll have issue #1 in our next post!
Daaaang, all four of these stories are super. While I probably love the werewolf story over at THOIA the most, the curse story here is maybe the best. The sweet and airy narration (and clean, bright art) contrasts well with a pretty harsh chain of events to really make the story itself come off extra nasty. The happy Bible ending was a little Jack Chick, but I'm over it.
ReplyDeleteI really dig that Droog on the Chopcycle, too. That's real horrorshow.
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ReplyDeleteIf you liked the werewolf story, wait'll you see the vampire story!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments, I'll have two more stories to post here next from issue #1, and the other two over at THE HORRORS OF IT ALL... stayed tuned!
cool! all 4 stories are really great - but I really like these two the best.
ReplyDeletethanks for posting them!
More on the way! Sabrina's got freaks, vampires, witchcraft and lots more lined up-- Mr Karswell is infatuated!!!
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