High Summer's darkness descends on Moonbase like suspicion
I see the sinister in smiles
Like the exposed gums of Millennium's Cthulhu cover
They recall the mad maw of King Crimson's Crimson King
and the crazed vast smile of Famous Monster's Sardonicus
Hands can be menacing too
Consider John Russo's Return of the Living Dead paperback cover
where blue hands bring terror
as they do on the cover of Eerie 10.
Do you know of any similar horror covers.
The front cover of Warren's Creepy magazine, (issue 26, 1968), featured a grinning Lon Chaney from London After Midnight; painted by genre artist, Basil Gogos. It's a memorable image which many may find familiar, even if they're unfamiliar with the film. Those twins of twisted terror, Creepy and Eerie, never failed to deliver a gruesome line up of scary front cover faces, Woodsy :)
ReplyDeleteI know the one Tone. Terrific. Gogos' art was simply brilliant and influenced a generation. I adored Creepy and Eerie as a kid - up to a certain pint in time in the very early 1970's. I've since spent a lot of time getting a collection of them together again. One day I will get them all out and read the lot!
DeleteThat an enviable collection of vintage horror magazines you've amassed there, Woodsy. Around here they were prized possessions if you were lucky enough to get hold of them as kids. Was eBay the main source for finding the issues for your current collection? I'd imagine they're difficult to track down in the UK? :)
ReplyDeleteMostly bought over many visits to Memorabilia at the NEC Tone in its early days. Got some by mail order too from Star Trader in Blackpool. I have a lot of horror comics in general.
DeleteYes . . . methinks Edvard Munch needs a name-check here, so I'm name-checking Edvard Munch!
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whats the munch link hugh?
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