Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Laugh at Love/Beach Read FORBIDDEN BRIDES OF THE FACELESS SLAVES IN THE SECRET HOUSE OF THE NIGHT OF DREAD DESIRE Part 2

...and you experience not only writer's block, but constant distractions, like unexpected relatives dropping in!
Perhaps our Author should take a different approach to this story...

when We Conclude this Terrifying Tale...
TOMORROW!
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Monday, August 28, 2023

Laugh at Love/Beach Read FORBIDDEN BRIDES OF THE FACELESS SLAVES IN THE SECRET HOUSE OF THE NIGHT OF DREAD DESIRE Part 1

Welcome to our annual "beach read" book-length gothic novel...
...this time, with a twist, as only the amazing Neil Gaiman can deliver it!
Neil Gaiman took his prose short story from the 2005 Scholastic Publishing anthology Gothic! (winning the 2005 Locus Award for Best Short Story), satirizing gothic romance novel tropes and, with artist Shane Oakley, made it into a graphic novel satirizing gothic romance comic books/graphic novels!
You'll note the difference between the harried writer's world (in full color) and the world of the story he's writing (in muted, almost black-and-white tones)!
But there are even more fascinating aspects to this tale, as you shall see...

when We Continue...
TOMORROW!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!

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(An anthology of original Gothic horror prose tales by various authors where the short story the graphic novel is based on first appeared)
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(Prose anthology of Gaiman's work featuring the short story the graphic novel is based on, along with background information)
and/or
(Graphic novel adaptation of the short story)

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Laugh at Love! MARVEL ROMANCE REDUX "Mice and Money" / LOVE ROMANCES "By Love Betrayed!"

Here's a Silver Age romance story illustrated by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta...

...which noted award-winning novelist/screenwriter/comic book author Joe R Lansdale rewrote!
I doubt plotter Stan Lee and scripter Larry Leiber or artists Kirby and Colletta ever thought this story would end up reading like that!

In fact, editor Lee was so pleased with the results that he made it the cover story for Atlas' Love Romances #102 (1962)...even though no cover art existed!
(The main figure is from the story's splash panel and the others are re-worked art from other stories!)
Next Week:
Our Annual "Beach Read" Gothic Romance...but with a Humorous Twist!
And We Guarantee That...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
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