Comics Are Great! 67 – Scary Stories
November 14, 2012 by Jerzy Drozd
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Writing horror with Jon David Guerra, Paul Storrie, and Dave Carter.
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It’s a Halloween-themed episode with a talk on what characterizes a scary story, and we’ve got a full roundtable of people well-suited for the job! I’m joined by Jon David Guerra, Paul Storrie, and Dave Carter, who help to draw the line between “disturbing” and “frightening,” and how telling a story visually presents a unique challenge when creating scary stories.
We close, as always, with a bunch of great comics recommendations when we’re joined by Erin Helmrich of the Ann Arbor District Library.
Links mentioned in this episode (thanks to Eric Klooster for collecting them!):
- RL Stine video on what makes a scary story
- The Saturday Supercast Halloween specials, Part 1 | Part 2
- Dr. Zaius
- It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- Ben Cooper Costumes
- Zatara
- The William Shatner Mask is Michael Myers’ mask!
- The Steve Miller “Spider” mask
- The Jump Scare
- Horror Manga
- The Woman in Black
- Resident Evil
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Invasion of The Bodysnatchers
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- The Horror, Etc. Podcast
- The Ring
- Jon Lovitz as the Devil
- Parents
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- The Mist
- Titanic
- John Carpenter
- Soylent Green
- Planet of The Apes
- Werewolf by Night
- The Shining
- Twisted Journeys
- My Boyfriend is a Monster
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula
- Creepshow
- Doc Macabre
- Ted Cassidy
- 30 Days of Night
- Anathema
- Gravity Falls
- Magic
- The Hunger
Comics Recommendations (some affiliate links):
- Peculia and the Groon Grove Vampires
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
- The Rick Geary series of non-fiction comics
- Uzumaki
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Audio hosting provided by Ka-Blam Digital Printing. This episode was recorded live at the Ann Arbor District Library.
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Ladies if you are like me and in circa 1978 were doing the Wonder Woman transformation spin as a vestibular exercise to do well in preschool then by all means try to meet Dave Carter for lunch. I met Dave Carter once and it was the most fullfilling 15 minutes I ever had with an expert on Comics and superheroes. Some people you meet just live what they love and can tell you anything about it. That is the vibe this comic genius gives off and oh what a great experience. Long live comic art and people like these guys who keep it going with enthusiasm, knowledge, and talent. Loved the Comics are Great is it Scary show!