Creepy as Fuck!

Dark Horse has recently begun reprinting the Warren horror mag, Creepy. Last night I began reading volume two, which contains issues 6 through 10. Many of these stories have been reprinted before, mostly in later issues of Creepy itself. At least, I think they have. They all tend to blend together after awhile.

Which, fortunately, is not meant to be taken as an insult. At least, not necessarily. I mean, they do blend together, but they're still all pretty cool. The same can pretty much be said for EC as well, from whom this publisher owed an inestimable debt. Not only from a torch-passing, traditionalist point of view, but from a literal one as well. Several of the artists who worked for Warren also drove the EC line to its infamous legacy. My favorite, Johnny Craig, was once again published alongside Reed Crandall, Wally Wood, and many other EC stalwarts. 

The stories are a little more "modern" than the EC stuff, though there is still an abundance of standard vampire, werewolf and ghost fare. Still and all, it's way better than anything being published today. The stories aren't all home runs, but the artwork is great throughout.