Creepy Archives Volume 8

Creepy Archives #8

by Philip R. Simon

Dark Horse's multiple award winning archive editions of Creepy have arrived at one of the most compelling and legendary eras of the horror magazine's epic run. Creepy Archives Volume 8 collects issues #37 -- #41, which herald the beginning of the more psychedelic and strangely spooky stories that came into vile vogue with the onset of the 1970s. This gore -- geously designed volume highlights work from amazing artists such as Basil Gogos, Ernie Colon, Vaughn Bode;, Ken Kelly, and others, and stories written by Nicola Cuti, Phil Seuling, Doug Moench, and other great monsterminds!

* Creepy Archives Volume 1 was awarded the 2009 Will Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection.

* "Terrifyingly good!" -Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net

Genres: Comics, Horror, Graphic Novels, Supernatural, Fiction

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 7, 2010

About the author

Philip R. Simon was raised in the heart of Cajun Louisiana and has been in Portland, Oregon, for eighteen years. He lives with his wife, two geriatric cats, over 150 filled comic book boxes, and a decent collection of vinyl records. Philip has worked in the editorial department at Dark Horse Comics for over twelve years, spearheading a wide variety of comic book and art book projects. He’s the editor of the long-running “Blade of the Immortal” manga series, and he helped launch Dark Horse’s Korean comics line, expanded Robert E. Howard fantasy line, and archival pre-Code hardcover line.

Reviews

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 3 out of 5]

The series still seems to be in at low point in this volume, which started in the previous volume. There's still decent stories and art from time to time, but as a whole this volume is weak. From what I understand, the series does pick up again eventually so I hope that happens soon. I still love this series, but this is not the series at its best.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A noticeable improvement over the previous volume. Still no artists consistently turning in work for every issue, outside of Tom Sutton and Jerry Grandenetti. There are a couple of good stories drawn by Dave Cockrum and Richard Corben and a story that, for the first time, stars Uncle Creepy. I don't know why, but overall, most of the writing is just better than the last couple of volumes.

[Kris Shaw · Rating 2 out of 5]

These stories run the gamut from great to horror-ble to passable. The artwork and writing are all over the place in terms of quality, but as you can see above, there is an assembly of great talent here. This is the largest of the Creepy and Eerie Archives yet, clocking in at well over 300 pages. It's a big, heavy honkin' book!

[Ruz El · Rating 4 out of 5]

A particularly strong volume where for the most part story and art combine in a pleasing way for once. Corben is in fine form and god damn but could Wally Wood draw. It has me second guessing my decision to stop buying these things.

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some so-so stories mixed in with some very good ones. On the whole, a pretty good volume of this series.

[Little Timmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was lucky and collected a full set of these magazines and got a chance to read the fantastic stories and enjoy the incredible art from many of the greats, many of who got their start here, from the comic world. If you like offbeat horror, supernatural, SiFi and just plan different stories then these are the magazines for you. Very recommended