Monday, September 30, 2024

Is it spooky season? EEEK!

September 30? Ah, close enough. Some might consider October spooky season, but I saw a lot of Christmas stuff over the weekend. Way too much. But, I did find this from a clearance rack, too: from 2010, EEEK! #1, stories and art by Jason Paulos. Cover by Aly Fell. 

Paulos delivers 16 (!) short stories here, in the vein of classic Creepy or Eerie. Highlights include "Thrill Killer," in which a creep decides to try his hand at murdering strangers, but soon finds he's hardly the only one; and "Six Digit Disaster," where a spacefaring crook makes a fatal counting error. I think Paulos may still be crunching out horror tales for Asylum Press; good for him. 

As usual, I don't have a plan in my head, but do I have enough horror comics within arm's reach for the next month...? Mmm, tomorrow's book probably doesn't qualify as horror; but I guess it depends who you ask.

3 comments:

  1. Mr. Morbid5:42 AM

    3$ for an almost 15$ trade isn’t a bad deal at all. Did you enjoy most of the material inside & was it spooky/creepy enough to keep your attention?

    Idk about you, but my local stores were putting out Christmas stuff either around or right after the 1st week of September, and Halloween stuff as early as late August. I really wish there wasn’t a huge rush by companies to speed up the already fast pace of time by forcing you to think about holidays and what to shop for sooner than you need to.

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  2. No, it wasn't bad! Pretty comparable to a solid issue of CREEPY or EERIE, and the cover makes it a nice package. Dunno if I'd have paid $15, but definitely worth the $3!

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  3. Mr. Morbid10:07 AM

    I probably wouldn’t have bothered to pay full price for it either.

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