Swamp Monsters

Biblioteca de cómics de terror de los años 50 #5

by Craig Yoe (Editor), Bob Powell (Illustrator), Lou Cameron (Illustrator)

Something's out there in the mad, murky depths of the fear-filled, sinister swamp... some... swamp... THING is coming for you! And it's out for mud!

The terror team that brought you Zombies, Return of the Zombies, and the petrifyingly popular, hit series, Haunted Horror, take you on an excursion of evil into the dankest, lagooniest corners of your nightmares, and dredge up over 240 pages of icky, drippy, slimy, grimy beasts from the grungy bottom of the Pre-Code comics' bog. See the art of these full color classic comics by mire monster masters Bob Powell, Lou Cameron, Hy Fleishman, Lin Streeter, the Iger Shop, and marshy more! Swamp Monsters Includes a fascinating introduction by comics legend, the acclaimed artist of Swamp Thing, "Swampy" Stephen Bissette!

Genres: Horror, Graphic Novels, Comics

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 19, 2019

About the author

Craig Yoe is an author, editor, art director, graphic designer, cartoonist and comics historian, best known for his Yoe! Studio creations and his line of Yoe! Books. Yoe is married to Clizia Gussoni, who is also his creative partner

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Swamp Monsters collects a bunch of pre-code horror comics that take place in swamps and feature various sorts of monsters. There was a were-boar, zombies, more than one were-crocodile, tentacled monsters, and other creatures. The art was largely top notch for the time period and the restoration eliminated some of the muddiness these reprint collections tend to have when people don't take proper care. Of all the pre-code horror collections from Yoe books I've read so far, this was my favorite by a large margin.

[Rodrigo Tello · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una maravilla como todos los tomos de esta colección. La magia del cómic de una época dorada que ya nunca volverá

[Bill Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slimy fun on every page! Another great themed collection from Yoe Books, this one works even better than most because there are a bunch of diverse critters in these swamps. My favorite story is by the one and only Myron Fass, “Dead Woman’s Swamp,” a tale of mad science and giant leeches, but every story here is appropriately murky and demented. I miss the monthly Haunted Horrors and Weird Love comics, but as long as we get regular fixes of pre-Code insanity I won’t light out for the bayous.

[ISMOTU · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quirky collection of horror comics taking place exclusively in swamps. This batch of terror tales fall into a very specific sub genre of swamp monsters though there aren't as many Heap/Swamp Thing types as I was expecting. The art is varies but is mostly pretty solid and the stories are bonkers.

[Bob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting collection of pre code 50's horror comic stories featuring monsters from the swamp. All stories are pre Swamp Thing and involve a variety of ghosts, voodoo curses and zombies. They are prefaced by an illustrated introduction by the talented artist, Stephen Bissette. Highly recommended

[Aidan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very spooky

[Brannigan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The arts fun but the stories haven’t aged well.

[Fernando · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un nuevo volumen de esta colección de clásicos del cómic de terror de los años cincuenta. Dedicado a las "criaturas del pantano" (una de mis filias personales que sigue muy de cerca a los aparecidos) nos encontraremos toda clase de narraciones cortas ambientadas en ciénagas, bayous, desde Lousiana a Florida, desde reales a imaginarios, muchos de ellos asfixiantes y poblados por amenazantes criaturas viscosas, zombis de limo, peligrosos ofidios, brujas malignas del vudú, viejas mansiones o cochambrosas cabañas escondidas, tesoros ocultos y antiguas maldiciones, cultos ancestrales. Cabe destacar también la original pieza escrita desde la perspectiva de un monstruo que no para de crecer y se despierta, después de milenios burbujeando, en un mundo extraño con el que no logra comunicarse a pesar de sus infantiles esfuerzos. Un tomo bello a color que, a pesar de su envergadura, resulta ligero y manejable, y del que cabe destacar también la introducción en torno a esos "chicos monstruo" de aquella generación de décadas con pensamiento ultra conservador que llenaban sus estantes con maquetas de monstruos y no contaban con un acceso sencillo a determinados tipos de culturas alternativas. Preciosa edición la española a cargo de Diábolo, que no hace más que elevar la calidad de sus publicaciones.

[Gonzalo Oyanedel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una extensa y profusa introducción del dibujante Stephen Bissette abre un recorrido entre pantanos y ciénagas. Diecisiete historias empapadas de la entrañable serie B y el terror pulp donde abundan la codicia, el terror y la muerte como justo castigo, ilustradas con el pincel espeluznante que dominó estas publicaciones durante los años 50. Y aunque su título es algo engañoso en cuanto a los monstruos del pantano - menos presentes que las brujas, espectros y otros terrores -, la selección destaca en títulos como "I Am a Thing" (Out of the Night 12, octubre de 1953), que precede en una década a la compasión hacia los monstruos explotada por Marvel Comics. Horror de vieja cepa.