Werewolves of the Silver Age
If you missed the last one… The Silver Age of Comics begins with a general prohibition on werewolves (zombies, vampires and gore). You don’t see Read More
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Frankenstein’s Monster in Silver Age Comics
If you missed the last one… The Silver Age brought in the Comics’ Code and Horror comics became much tamer. Despite this, a classic like Read More
More Silver Age Plant Monsters
If you missed the last one… More Silver Age Plant Monsters, because they just never seem to run out! Here’s a baker’s dozen more botanical Read More
If Your DC Series Is Getting Old…Just Add Monsters!
Movie Landmarks If your DC series is getting old…Just Add Monsters! I mean it worked for Universal Pictures, didn’t it? Dracula, The Wolfman and good Read More
Pulp Scenarios in 1960s Sitcoms
We are going to look at Pulp Scenarios that showed up in the wacky sitcoms of the 1960s. I’m not going to suggest that Sherwood Read More
Monster Hall of Fame: The Severed Hand
The Addams Family and its close competitor, The Munsters, were shows based on Horror clichés. By 1965 the idea of a vampire, a Frankenstein monster, Read More
Bob Hope: Afraid of Ghosts?
Bob Hope made The Ghostbreakers in 1940 with Paulette Goddard. His comic book The Adventures of Bob Hope (that ran from February 1950 to February Read More
Link: Funny Mythos: Comedy & Tentacles
A new comic book called Arcane Secrets by Angel A. Svoboda (Amigo Comics) got me thinking that there aren’t many Lovecraftian comedies out there. In Read More