Thursday, December 31, 2015

The Witch of Tarlo

Ending 2015 on a witchy note with a 10-page Sheldon Moldoff doozy from the February 1953 issue of  This Magazine is Haunted #9. I sincerely hope everyone enjoyed this year of posts, as well as all of the IDW / Yoe Books projects your humble host has been involved with. Lots more precode horrors on the way (in web and print form for 2016), you know the routine-- STAY TOMBED!













7 comments:

Mestiere said...
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Brian Barnes said...

Fun tale, This Magazine is Haunted usually had the pretty good adventure/horror tales. The artist really lifted from Ghastly, though. Page 4, panel 1 is a decent enough version of the Old Witch. Last page, panel 2 got a lot of Ghastly in there, too, not just the witch but in the face of the husband.

The witch learned what all villains eventually learn -- stop monologuing, and stop playing with your victims. Kill them immediately!

Happy New Year, Karswell, and thanks for all the horror goodness (badness.)

Alex. G said...

Dang, the likeness to The Old Witch is ridiculous, amazing they didn't get sued for it. There was also a CK-lookalike in "Search for Evil", any Vaultkeeper ripoffs out there as well?

JMR777 said...

I liked how the colorist used so many different colors in this story, it added an almost dream like quality to this tale.

A wild and fun tale, even if there was a whole lot of swiping going on.

Grant said...

As much as I like weird stories that go off into strange areas (like any given thing by Lovecraft), there's also something great about a straightforward "wicked witch" story set in a rural area.

Mr. Cavin said...

Happy New Year! I love all the orange in this one. Don't see much orange in these four-color comics, and that's just too darn bad.

Marco said...

The work that you have to post these tales is remarkable. This is a great way of keeping alive these comics of that golden age! Congratulations and in 2016 I will be here to appreciate more.