This cover's from 1969, and I admit it's fascinating to me in its over-the-top horror. The more I looked at it, and a slew of other covers from the same "Eerie Publishing", I got to wondering--who made this stuff? Who was the artist, and what went through his mind?
Myron Fass, onetime Comics artist and Emperor of Eerie Publications.I suppose if you're a working comics artist and need some bread and the editor says "Hey, can ya pop some eyes out?" or "We need more heads chopped off!" then ya might just say "Sure, boss!" and after a while get used to it.
Playing every angle--and eyesocket--for max grue.That's about all I can come up with as an excuse for the slasher slice 'n' dice people today, they musta got desensitized one bloody stump at a time.
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Skywald Publications also published this type of material in the early 1970s. I actually bought a few copies of "Nightmare" and similar publications. I enjoyed Warren's horror comic books but found Skywald a few steps down in quality even though they employed some top talent. My limit was a gruesome cannibal comic strip. I can handle vampires etc. but cannibalism seemed in bad taste if you'll excuse the pun. :))
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