Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Secrets of Sinister House

When I was a young kid, my brother and I had this one comic book that gave me sense of anxiety whenever I looked at it.  I would credit "Secrets of Sinister House -The Haunted House-Mobile" by DC comics (one issue of a 2 year anthology) as one of the key influences in my liking and dread for the horror genre (the other influence being "The Exorcist").  No longer in possession of this comic, I remember the key frights of the story being a man gazing into the window of a house, to see a skeleton looking back out at him, and also one of the characters being chased by a pack of dogs.  I recall the dogs being all different colors (yellow, green, etc.) and for some reason in my mind, that was part of what made the scene scary!  My brother did us both a favor, by cutting out from the comic and trashing a drawing of part of a stone wall, that was carved in the shape of a skull.  It's good for family to look out for each other, right?  Here's the cover of the comic (image obtained from www.postmodernbarney.com):




I had this comic cover loosely in mind, when I created my "Skeleton Attack" drawing:



Let me know if you've ever been dragged up the stairs by a skeleton!  

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