Ryan B reads A Sock For Christmas

 

Well ho ho holy crap, it's Christmas once again!

Christmas is actually my favorite holiday right behind Halloween. It's a time when things seem just a little more bright. Particularly if you happen to fall asleep next to a roaring fire and accidentally roll in.

Don't laugh, it happened to a friend of a friend of a friend of my cousin.

Okay, you can laugh a little.

But really, Christmas is great. The lights, the songs, the smells. And there's no reason you can't get just as scared around Christmas as you can the rest of the year. In fact the cold darkness of winter is perfect for a tale of terror.

Oh look! Here's one of those now.

Straight from my old uncle's trunk full of horror comics comes this yuletide tide of gore from The Vault of Horror #29. It's written by Al Feldstein with art by Johnny Craig.

And where there's Johnny Craig you can be sure that The Vault-Keeper's not to far away. So take it away, Vaulty, what do ya have for us?

People Are Strange...

Ryan B reads A Sucker For A Spider

I hate spiders. I hate 'em!

They're the only thing that truly fills me with dread, and so I thought that today I would bare my deepest fear to you all and together we could delve into a twisted web of terror from Tales from the Crypt #29 featuring those disgusting little nasty monsters.

Drawn by the great "Ghastly" Graham Ingels and written, as usual, by the great Al Feldstein, here it is, take it away Old Witch!

Ryan B reads Holly's Hobby

 

Bruce Jones, you magnificent bastard! Only you could craft a story this good and do it in only four pages.

From Twisted Tales #7,  this chilling yarn features some great art by John Bolton and one hell of a twist. You might even say it puts the twist in Twisted Tales.

On second thought don't say that.

Just enjoy this little quickie which begins in medias res and discover the horrible secret behind...

Ryan B reads Reflection Of Death



 

As the old Crypt-Keeper has recently brought to my attention, it has been many a full moon since I covered a story from Tales from the Crypt. So, to avoid any personal loss of life or limb I suppose I should return to that place where I spent most of my misspent youth, The Crypt of Terror.

This evening’s offering is a little mind screw courtesy of Al Feldstein and Issue # 23 of Tales from the Crypt.

Take it away, Crypty...

Coming up next at Comic Book Crud...

So, I go to open the old comic book trunk in order to pick a new story to share with you creeps and who should be hiding inside, but...

Okay, okay, you do have a point, Crypty. I suppose I haven't ventured into the crypt since my very first post on here, so as a personal favor to you my next blog will be a tale from the crypt. Happy?