tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post8796198905703644271..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Warren Report Issue 10: January/February 1967John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-38834408254435577692019-06-25T16:57:54.364-07:002019-06-25T16:57:54.364-07:00Thanks, Q99! I am fortunate (I guess) in that I...Thanks, Q99! I am fortunate (I guess) in that I've never read any of these comics before, so they're all new to me. I read Famous Monsters and The Spirit but they were the extent of my Warren magazine purchases, and that all happened in the '70s.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-60442021854311532652019-06-24T20:11:44.601-07:002019-06-24T20:11:44.601-07:00Better late than never, right?
Eerie #7's cov...Better late than never, right?<br /><br />Eerie #7's cover is quite an amazing job by Frazetta. Quite minimalistic, yet it works perfectly. I generally agree with the ratings provided for the stories, Craig's story is the best, but the Adkins story is fairly strong as well. Gene Colan's stories are always of high quality as well. The rest, just not as much. Ditko's stories are usually quite good, but not this time.<br /><br />Creepy #13's highlights for me would be more from an art perspective than the stories, which are rather eh (none more than Adam Link, the eternal disappointment). Scream Test is unique in that I think it is the first time we see photos interspersed with art in a story for Warren. If I'm remembering correctly this technique gets used occasionally by Ernie Colon, who becomes quite a mainstay during the "dark ages" of Warren after Archie Goodwin leaves. It also gets used a ton by Leo Duranona in the late 70s. I'm pretty sure Scream Test is also the final story we get from Angelo Torres, which is very disappointing! He's got several other amazing artists to contend with from this era such as Craig and Colan, but he may be my personal fave. Fear in Stone will essentially get redone many years later in Vampirella 38's "On Little Cat Feet", a fairly strong comedic story that I like quite a bit. Medusa keeps her head on her body in that story. But then, I recall far, far later in one of the final issues of Vampirella a story called "Perseus" where the titular character chops the head off of Medusa and the head is still able to people to stone, so I don't think it was completely dependent on her head still being attached to her body. Or the writer of that story made the same mistake as Goodwin here.<br /><br />Quiddity99https://www.blogger.com/profile/17809157926893454731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-64954767075845406222019-06-18T14:48:31.318-07:002019-06-18T14:48:31.318-07:00That cover is a beaut, isn't it? I feel the sa...That cover is a beaut, isn't it? I feel the same way about Adkins and remember the same complaints you mention, similar to fan reactions to Rich Buckler.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-39053774857660878942019-06-17T23:54:58.623-07:002019-06-17T23:54:58.623-07:00That Frazetta cover on EERIE #7 is one of my all-t...That Frazetta cover on EERIE #7 is one of my all-time favorite paintings. I may still have a poster size print of it that hung on my wall in the 1970s.<br /><br />I frequently enjoyed the artwork of Dan Adkins, but he was criticized by fans in those days for swiping the work of other artists. His swipes were often obvious and recognizable, but they were attractive drawings.Thomas Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-33100857042639752172019-06-17T16:09:30.712-07:002019-06-17T16:09:30.712-07:00Thanks for pointing that out! I read the Stoker st...Thanks for pointing that out! I read the Stoker story long ago but did not pull it out when I read the comic version.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-46791078825271543882019-06-17T06:24:02.229-07:002019-06-17T06:24:02.229-07:00'I like Crandall's work on "The Squaw...'I like Crandall's work on "The Squaw!," a story I enjoyed when I read it in an anthology, but Goodwin overdoes it with one character's American speech patterns.'<br /><br />That's as much Stoker's fault as Goodwin's. Go back and read the dialogue of the token American (Quincy Morris) in Dracula and you'll see...Nequamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829037166873574240noreply@blogger.com