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One of the greatest cartoonists ever writes....and writes very well too. Off-beat and shadowy.
A few of the stories truly are desturbing and oddball; however, some are stupid copycats of Stephen King's "IT", or predicable things.
This is a book so wonderful that after you read it, you not only re-read, but buy more copies and send them to your friends. Written and illustrated by Gahan Wilson. Each story is a precious jewel.
Wilson is as good a writer as he is a cartoonist.
A droll series of stories collection from various submissions to magazines over the years.
I remember reading a sort of Lovecraftian story by Gahan Wilson that involved pigeons? That seems right. Anyway, it was the first story I'd ever read by him, and it rather impressed me, so I put this on my queue. Sadly, that story's not in here, but most of these stories were quite fun, too.Basically, all these stories are light (in spite of the murders and so on that often goes on) and usually short and they frequently involve a "twist in the tail." They're not many of them game-changers or any...
Nice collection of stories. Most you'll see where he's going with them early on, but they're still enjoyable. The best ones are the lightly humorous ones, rather than the usual twilight zone stuff.
"Gahan? He's the man."
Quirky, weird little stories. I don't think there were any clunkers in the bunch. Sort of horrific, but in a lighthearted, humorous way. An enjoyable collection.
"The Cleft"- Of all the stories in here, why is the collection named after this one? What was the point of this "humour" story mixed in with all these other horror stories? It suffers from some real gross Orientalism. Just skip it. ⭐"Phyllis"- Tired femme fatale trope. Possibly more original when it was first published in 1962.⭐⭐"Leavings"- People experiencing homelessness are people too. ⭐""- I'd read this one before in Unnatural Creatures. It was still excellent. Would love to read the case of...
Wilson is known primarily for his work over the years in the pages of Playboy, providing gruesomely humorous vignettes - a daffy and dark blend of Gary Larson and Charles Addams. His website: http://www.gahanwilson.com/My starring procedure will be based - unfairly - neither on the content as a whole package nor on each individual story's own merits. I'm looking for that particular Gahanian flair:Poe writes "The Tell-Tale Heart", he gets five stars as-is, right? But if Wilson, not Poe, had writt...
Weird, wild stuff. I'm not sure if I'd be able to read a full novel by Gahan Wilson, but these stories were definitely a unique reading experience. A little Hitchcock, mixed in with some Night Gallery, served up with a twist of Twilight Zone. I especially liked the one where a young boy steals the finger from a kid's corpse, and the kid comes back looking for it!
