#cebracomics

I've already discussed Eerie magazine itself and its historical context in previous posts. I just want to say that this is a selection and reissue from the end of the century, and that I've browsed through the volume, finding some of my favorite stories from the four complete volumes in their original English.

If you're one of my English-speaking readers and you're not familiar with the magazine, I recommend starting with this selection. Thanks to the blogger mentioned, who, by sharing treasures from the Internet Archive, makes our lives better—I mean that sincerely.

Buaaaaaaah! que ridicula soy! No sabía que los comics de las revistas de terror USA clásicas y vintage que puse el otro día estaban publicadas en España en tomo, perdón.

Os dejo el link que puso @spaceintruderdetector y no me odiéis (mucho) por estar leyendolas en inglés! gracias a él, a todos y perdón, perdón!

Por lo que he podido leer indagando un poco, esta obra es capital influyendo a otros y asentando la cifi en cómic en mi país, poco más sé por ahora, pero no me hago la lista y este blog es como mi diario intelectual, así que prefiero quedar de ignorante pero compartirlo ya para que lo lean a la vez aue yo y descubran conmigo.

But this post is about horror in comics, and this blog always seeks out different cultures or a different approach to something pop. I wanted to offer you this, which I read was one of the most important magazines for the genre.

Magazine? It's a long story. Censorship (self-censorship applied to distribution, though not legally mandated) dictated the rules for comic books, the low-cost stapled booklets sold in newsstands and supermarkets. Horror managed to survive in comics by transitioning to a larger, more expensive, and higher-quality magazine format, thus falling outside the scope of the self-censorship imposed on comic books, which favored superheroes above all else. Although less accessible (visible) in retail outlets and less affordable, it was never as popular as before, but it did produce memorable magazines like this one.

Pierde un poco de fuelle, pero aún quedan unas cuantas historias buenas en los tomos 3 y 4 ¿Cuáles? Pues sé que eso depende mucho de gustos.... ¿por qué no se las leen y me comentan?

EERIE TOMO 3

EERIE TOMO 4

Sendos links a Internet Archive.

Creepy was another magazine of short horror comics, or should I say IS, because I was researching it and I find it's been revived by another publisher. I've already talked about the history of this format and even shared some examples in English and Spanish, so I won't repeat myself.

What I will do is recommend again that you read these old comics. Many premises and tropes of later horror films seem to have originated here, and although reading a lot of them can sometimes leave you with a mixed feeling—there are bad stories, as with everything, and many of them are now predictable or too similar to other things we've seen before—it's a highly recommended and undemanding read. Each story is only a few pages long, and if you don't like it much, you can pick up another one to see if you like it more than the previous one… And that way you end up reading over a hundred pages, and it's the middle of the night on a weekday, and you haven't even noticed how much time has passed! That's happened to me before!

When black and white horror comics were still profitable—we talked about this and I've made some copies available for download on my blog before—Jack Kirby was convinced that the future of comics was to be a mature way of telling stories, longer and with better print quality. He was thinking about what we now call graphic novels with broad themes when the industry only saw superheroes on cheap, stapled paper for teenagers.

That's why he started this magazine, using mixed media techniques with photography and seeking to tap into the new age sensibility, despite being a mature man who had fought in World War II. That I've read indicate that it was in a curious, brave, and somewhat misguided work in capturing the angst of the early seventies, but its value lies in the unusual attempt, which I misunderstood at the time. I can't tell you more; I've only encountered reviews and references from comic book historians. But thanks to @spaceintruderdetector, I'm finally going to read this strange thing he supposedly did, and I'm sharing the magazine and my joy…