That last story looks good, but boy is that confusing story-telling. Is that graveyard right on the front steps of the house? What happened to all the other people? And 'the town drunk' rushes off to... right where they all were to begin with? The whole thing with the inspector and the house is rather 'Huh?' so I'm inclined to blame the writer, but the whole pacing is off & that is one respectable, sober-looking 'town drunk' so the artist isn't completely blameless. It's Frank Bolle isn't it?
The rest of the issue is OK, though I'm not so sure of the point of old geezers/ghost couple one, or who we're supposed to sympathize with. All the characters seem to feel 'You belong to me but I don't belong to you.' It's not in a romance comic, I guess, and good thing! I do like Jack Sparling's art, though.
Grimm's Ghost Stories was always a treat. Thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteI never bought Grimms Ghost Stories back in the day but the art and story are consistently entertaining in these books.
ReplyDeleteThat last story looks good, but boy is that confusing story-telling. Is that graveyard right on the front steps of the house? What happened to all the other people? And 'the town drunk' rushes off to... right where they all were to begin with? The whole thing with the inspector and the house is rather 'Huh?' so I'm inclined to blame the writer, but the whole pacing is off & that is one respectable, sober-looking 'town drunk' so the artist isn't completely blameless. It's Frank Bolle isn't it?
ReplyDeleteThe rest of the issue is OK, though I'm not so sure of the point of old geezers/ghost couple one, or who we're supposed to sympathize with. All the characters seem to feel 'You belong to me but I don't belong to you.' It's not in a romance comic, I guess, and good thing! I do like Jack Sparling's art, though.