CRYPTOLOGY NO. 6 NOW SHIPPING

The latest issue of TwoMorrows Publishing's CRYPTOLOGY is now available for purchase. Issue #6 is an all-zombie issue and contains lots of articles on the flesh-eating dead. Included are several features on zombie films like NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE and WHITE ZOMBIE.

Also included are the usual number of articles on horror comics, from pre-code to post-code.

A most delectable smorgasbord of retro creep culture, all curated by your fiendly Cryptologist, Peter Normanton. And, good news: CRYPTOLOGY is now being published bi-monthly.

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From the publisher:

NOW BI-MONTHLY! “This time no one gets out alive, for I, your very own Cryptologist, have unleashed the walking dead for the sixth issue of my putrescent tome! It’s a gathering of zombies, journeying back to the films White Zombie and I Walked With A Zombie, before venturing on into the zombie apocalypse of George Romero and Lucio Fulci’s foul imagining. We also stagger through zombies that ran amok in the comic books of the pre-Code years, Bernie Wrightson’s cadaverous creations, and the decomposing abominations that overwhelmed the horror comics of Brazil. The contribution made by the black stars of classic horror cinema is consummately explored, digging out a few more of this atrophied brethren. But I can see you want more—so we have The Plague of Zombies in our Hammertime section, Fantaco’s macabre interpretation of Night of the Living Dead and the chilling Revenant from France. This decrepitude will have you frothing at the mouth, and it’s available especially for retro horror fans, by Tim Leese, Mark Voger, Steve & Michael Kronenberg, and editor Peter Normanton!”

I don't have an article in this issue, but I did get a letter printed!

JUST EARNING A LIVING . . .

Henry Mason gets caught up in a web of terror after he murders his wife (strangulation again!) for a beautiful woman that he "accidentally" hits on a remote road. Thinking he's got it made with a new babe, he quickly finds that her lustful designs have nothing to do with romance.

"The Wage Earners" appeared in WEIRD TERROR #1 (Comic Media, September 1952) with art by Chuck Winter.

YOU'RE INSANE!

Lust, murder, revenge and yes, hallucinations and insanity -- it's all here in this chillingly weird issue of WEIRD CHILLS #1 (Stanley Morse/Key Publications, July 1954) with a cover by Bernard Baily and a story by the equally twisted Basil Wolverton.

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Art: Eugene Hughes

Script: Bruce Hamilton

Art: Sal Trapani

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Art: Sal Trapani?

Script: Basil Wolverton?

Art: Basil Wolverton?

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Art: Eugene Hughes?

DADDY SHOULD HAVE LISTENED

Johnnie's Daddy is the best horror comic book artist in the world. He's won the "Ghoul" award for the last two years, but he's suddenly found himself out of ideas. That is, until Johnnie's friend Willie lets him in on a little secret-- his Daddy has a house of real monsters out in the country. Johnnie relays to his Daddy what Willie has shown him so that he can use them in his stories. Daddy's curiosity gets the best of him and he's got to get the the bottom of this so-called "monster house".

"My Daddy Should Have Listened" appeared in BEWARE #12 (Youthful, October 1952) and drawn by Vince Napoli, who began his art career supplying the early issues of WEIRD TALES with interior illustrations. On a humorous note, in one panel the artist is worried that his work will be eclipsed by other artists like Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Harry Harrison, Ernie Bache, and Steve Kirkel, all who drew for Youthful!