Today, our panelists venture into the dark with two short stories from "Creepshow!" Join us for an exploration of the history of horror comics, the nature of pulp fiction (not the movie!), and how our resident artist would draw a better crotch grab.
- (00:00) - Creepshow
- (03:07) - Front Matter
- (04:40) - History with Creepshow
- (05:54) - The WILD history of Creepshow
- (23:45) - The King genes
- (25:28) - “Hair”
- (30:39) - Pulp horror
- (33:34) - Art in pulp horror
- (35:06) - Visual Storytelling
- (37:57) - You could do a Columbo!
- (40:35) - A fun font!
- (42:53) - Wolverton Station
- (45:15) - No protagonist
- (51:45) - The sillier stuff
- (52:18) - Michael Walsh’s candy gore
- (58:43) - Max creep
- (01:00:48) - The short story
- (01:03:41) - The “crotch grab”
- (01:06:24) - Final thoughts
- (01:10:03) - Further Reading
- (01:11:23) - Back Matter
Further Reading:The Comics Code of 1954Pulp Sunday, more pulp style art by FrancavillaWolverton Station by Joe HillUniversal Monsters: Frankenstein by Walsh, Carey, GriffinA comics podcast for everyone, proud to be a part of The Worst Garbage network.
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Nick
Matt
Scout
Robin
Jillian
Editing by Matt Horton and AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.