Houseoftheunusual wants to hear your stories. Here you could discuss a variety of topics and current events.
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May 30, 2020
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Houseoftheunusual wants to hear your stories. Here you could discuss a variety of topics and current events.
Why is our love for Frankenstein greater than our love for Dracula?
Mine isn't, lol. I'm a Drac fan through-and-through. But there does seem to be more people that like Frank than Drac. Maybe because the Universal design is more monster-like, whereas Drac is closer to a normal looking human.
My 2 part interview with Kirk Demarais, author of Mail Order Mysteries
https://youtu.be/oyOJkQlNAxI
https://youtu.be/yHYY2hJ2p_E
Really fun interview!
The "Life of the Party: A Visual History of the S.S. Adams Company Makers of Pranks & Magic for 100 Years" is really tough to find at a decent price. Amazon has it for $60.00 and Ebay is $32.00 and up! Looks like a cool and informative read. Hopefully I can find one for a reasonable price.
Won a fairly cheap copy of "Life of the Party: A Visual History of the S.S. Adams Company Makers of Pranks & Magic for 100 Years" on Ebay! Can't wait to read it.
Dan Goodsell is a super great guy. Fun seeing him and Kirk chat about many of the old odd things I loved as a kid and still treasure today. Both of Kirk's books are amazing BTW -- favorites of mine that I reference frequently. Nicely done, gentlemen. And Dan ... if you happen to see this ... Hello from Tod.
I have both of Kirk’s books as well and use them often as references. Never can have too many reference books.
Two of my favorite things: The original X-Ray Spex and the original Eddie Guevara.
...And both are antiques..🤣😂🤣😂
I would love to jump on the "Making Fun of Eddie" bandwagon with you, Joe ... but I'm even older than Eddie is!!! HA! 😎
I love getting mail. Ordering something from the back of a comic book and waiting for it to arrive in my mailbox is one of my great childhood memories. That continues to this day. I still love getting mail. Not bills and junk mail but fun stuff I’ve ordered or packages from friends. At least MOST friends.
Eddie had been sorting through his massive collection with a mental list of “want items” that Joe and I had mentioned during our previous phone calls. Weeks had passed and he finally announced he was sending Joe and I our packages — complete with the tracking numbers so we could chart our “surprise” packages as the crossed The United States to our front doors.
Delivery day finally came and I was excited to find out what surprises my “friend” had sent me.
That bum sent me a box of invisible presents. Literally, a cardboard box, some crappy packing material and not one single thing inside. Invisible presents my @$$! What else should I have expected from the House of the UNUSABLE!
That’s me. Once again. Totally GULLIBLE. Falling for this mail-order BS.
I’m still irritated by this little gag … also still laughing about it. THANKS, quite literally, FOR NOTHING my dear good friend Eddie Guevara. Ya BIG BUM!
TOTALLY LOVED IT! — 😎😎😎
I bet you guys can‘t wait for the second box of the new world famous House of the unusual....Mean unusable......HA!
How Horror Transformed Comics
THE PARIS REVIEW
By Grant Geissman | October 29, 2020
The History of EC Comics tells the story of one of the most infamous and influential forces in twentieth-century American pop culture. Founded in 1944, EC Comics quickly rose to prominence by serving up sharp, colorful, irresistible stories that filled an entire bingo card of genres, including romance, suspense, westerns, pirate tales, science fiction, adventure, and more. Perhaps most crucial to the company’s success, however, was its pivot to horror. In the following excerpt, Grant Geissman chronicles the origins of such gruesome, bone-chilling series as Tales from the Crypt and explores how the relationship between two key figures—the artist, writer, and editor Al Feldstein and the company’s publisher, Bill Gaines—acted as an engine that propelled EC Comics to the forefront of the industry.
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I love the old EC Comics. The covers themselves are very inspirational and creepy.
I completely agree, Joe. Those early Entertainment Comic covers are some of my all time favorite artwork -- not just in that genre but art in general. There was some serious talent working on those things back in the day. EC was also where Joe Orlando got his start and he's a favorite of mine.
The book looks beautiful but out of my price range. If anyone has it, please share what you think. -- 😎 😎 😎
Igor I know I know............Will soon get to him dig him out of his Grave.....
That is real cool. A man with Impeccable character could only do this.
Igor is pretty ugly compared to the rest
I think he's adorable. I mean ... super scary. But he looks so lonely all by himself. I'll bet he is missing all of his Hair-Raising Monster friends. Looking forward the family reunion. -- TRM
I am sure he is sure he is....