Up next: two tales from Grimm’s Ghost Stories No. 10, July 1973. What young girl could resist an immortality of partying and dancing? Wouldn’t most die for the chance? The wonderful thing about this story is the tremendous amount of personality given to our young heroine in so few panels and pages. Also wonderful is Adolfo Buylla’s lace-like art work.
John Celardo’s panels for Gold Key always look carved in ancient wood, perfectly finished and burnished; and his style is used to good effect here. An amazing story is told in these scant pages – done a bit too quickly. Still, not many stories have a cartoonist as the hero. I also love the concept of the decaying skeleton of a dead schoolmaster being flogged with his own hickory switch for payback.
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I remember as a kid that witch scared me so much i didn't crack one of these comics open. Now that I'm not bed-wettin' age anymore I can enjoy them. thanks!
KW: The cool thing about that witch (whose name was Hephzibah) was the way each Gold Key artist drew her different. I like the way Adolfo Buylla drew her in that first story. -- Mykal
That shot with the silhouette of the Hung Girl, along with 'If only that rope broke as easily as her heart' beats alot of classic literature pound for pound. Sometimes a happy ending is 300 years in the making, eh ? Not that a Gypsy (played by Johnny Depp), or a Chauffeur (played by Denzel Washington), wouldn't break her heart despite overcoming the Party Curse !
Lysdexicuss: That was a damn good panel and line, wasn't it? I found that script just about right overall. Nice and tight with plenty of punchy lines. I like how the young queen notes with a private giggle how a doting count reminds her of her dog, Fritz. Then later, Jack tempts her to the eternal dance by suggesting nothing need ever touch her again - even the death of her beloved Fritz would not faze her. Also, that crushed rose was such a perfect metephore for all she would lose by joining the rafish Jack. I think those sort of touches really add a depth and effecient realism to a nice, brisk 8 page script.
I like your casting! -- Mykal
Both great stories, but I love love love the art on the first. I had never heard of Buylla before, but his stylization is lovely, as is his ability to draw convincing characters from varying time periods. Have any more stories by him?
Jacque: His stuff is lovely indeed. I do have one more story indexed so far. "Color Me Dead" Just click on his name label at the end of this post, and you will find the story in the November 2, 2009 post.
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