Creepshow 'Illustrated Fiction' :: Countdown to Halloween 2012

That's right, when this thing came out in 1982 the term 'Graphic Novel' wasn't as commonly used as it is today. But that's basically what it is. A movie adaptation graphic novel, no less!

Based on...well, you can read it all there on the cover there. Which, when my wife first saw it declared 'I think the creepiest thing on that cover is that kid. He's a little too into that comic book!'

True.

I found this at a garage sale recently and paid all of fifty cents for it. I've yet to read it but I am sure I will enjoy it. I love Stephen King and Bernie Wrightson is of course a comic book legend.

I did like the Creepshow movies as a kid (part 2 more than Part 1,) but haven't seen them in decades.

But glancing at these illustrations, a lot of the memories of these stories in their film form came rushing back to me. This is going to make for a fun midnight read!

AAAHHH! Jeezus, Steve, don't scare me like that!

Oh, and do you see, up at the top right of the back cover: 'Illustrated Fiction.'

And at $6.95, this was a pretty pricey...ahem...comic book...in 1982!

Harley Qwednesday :: Thrillkiller Harley Quinn

'Thrillkiller '62' is an Elseworlds graphic novel that reimagined all the players in Gotham City, with a primary focus on Batgirl/Barbara Gordon. Published in 1998, it is a sequel to the Elseworlds story 'Thrillkiller.'

But we're not here to talk about Batgirl. We're here to talk about Harley Quinn! Harley was also reimagined in Thrillkiller '62, written by Howard Chaykin with art by Dan Brereton:

Not a huge departure from her standard look. More leg, and three thingamobobs on her head instead of two. Plus bangs.Otherwise that's unmistakably Harley Quinn! Oh yeah, and a female Joker.