tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post8253570851088100490..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Warren Report Issue 34: February/March 1972John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-67125449759934683202020-05-25T08:57:11.655-07:002020-05-25T08:57:11.655-07:00Quiddity-
You caught me! I was trying desperately...Quiddity-<br /><br />You caught me! I was trying desperately to forget about Bill Barry and mistyped. Glad to see you're awaiting THAT story in Eerie #39. No secret it's my favorite Warren story of all time. I am very interested to see what my writing partner has to say about it. This might be the biggest disagreement we ever have!Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-28436271624063136222020-05-25T08:26:58.870-07:002020-05-25T08:26:58.870-07:00Dare I say it, this issue of Eerie is the rare one...Dare I say it, this issue of Eerie is the rare one where neither the T. Casey Brennan nor the Don McGregor story is the worst of the issue. In fact I think this issue is a rare example where both did a good job, with at least one of their stories. The Carrier of the Serpent I've always enjoyed a lot, made all the better by Jerry Grandenetti's artwork. And "The Night Spilled Red With Blood" is the rare McGregor story where he doesn't go completely overboard with his preaching for me. Sutton's artwork really is a highlight. I am very much looking forward to his story in the next Eerie issue, one of my favorite Warren stories from this particular era. "A Stake in the Game" on the other hand is complete garbage. It is the second longest stand alone story that Warren would ever publish (we will not be seeing the longest until the last year of Warren's existence) and feels way too padded out. Its biggest sin is its ending though, where the other doctor is revealed to be a vampire. This destroys the entire story because the whole reason the photographer discovered the vampire was because he didn't appear in the photo. Yet the other doctor was in the photo. So how in the world can he be a vampire at the end? Absolute garbage. I also didn't care for the story of "A Stranger in Hell", although like you loved the Esteban Maroto artwork. This story will eventually get a sequel although Adolpho Abellan draws it instead (quite odd because Maroto was still working for Warren at the time).<br /><br />Nebot had drawn more stories for Warren than I remembered for this era, with another this time and one more coming in the next Vampirella. "A Certain Innocence" brings back memories of the types of monsters we'd see in a Tony Williamsune story. "The Last Days of Hans Bruder" is another example of a Brennan story I thought was pretty decent. I'm not sure if it fits in Creepy though and was surprised it ended when it did. "Like a Phone Booth Long and Narrow" reminds me much of the EC story of the guy who had a telephone put in his coffin fearing he'd get mistakenly buried alive then when he wakes up gets really unlucky since everyone he calls is on another line and even the emergency lines are tied up due to Pearl Harbor. Martin Salvador will turn out to be one of the most prolific Spanish artists at Warren and will stay with them all the way to the very end. He unfortunately lacks that level of intricacy and uniqueness that practically all of the other Spanish artists have. If anything this story, with the 2 page sequence of John's high is about as experimental as Salvador will get with his work. Not that he's a bad artist, he certainly is a good one, but he is that "Jack Kamen" equivalent for me. Bill Barry actually drew 7 stories for Warren, all of which you have previously covered. Was he credited under another name for them? I thought he was pretty decent; agree that he's very Ernie Colon-like.<br /><br />No Vampirella this time! Well, at least I've read ahead!Quiddityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986124694445522253noreply@blogger.com