Stig Eh.
Not very good. The descriptive text was an effective way of getting
across the frantic, addicted tone of the narrator, but there wasn't
nearly enough expression of the power of 'The Monkey'.
How
exactly does he envision this monkey? Why envisage a monkey at all?
Wouldn't it have been more interesting to express him seeing this Monkey
everywhere, as a demonic expression of his suppressed guilt?
Oh,
and of course, the law figure is as insensitive as ever. "Hello, Kid.
We're getting you off the drugs and your father is dead because you
smashed his head open. Now get in the car! Hey, does 'get in the car'
sound like 'have a withdrawal seizure'? I don't think so! Don't make me
hit you with my torch!"
JUST ADD MILK! DID
SOMEONE SAY MONKEYS, GRAHH!!! I LOVE THEMS MONKEYS!!!! I MAKE THE ICE
CREAM OUT OF THEEM ANKLE HOOFS!! HOOFS I TELL YA! THEY'RE COVERED IN
HARR!
katb don't
denigrate it guys. i'm almost 70. those of my generation knew little of
the consequences of drug use. that's a good, unexaggerated story of the
way it was back then. there was little or no help available. kids
didn't know what use lead to.
today, my 15 year old
granddaughter knows more about drugs, stds, homosexuality and sex than i
did when i got married in my 20's.
Nadia katb, you're lucky that she knows about it. Many people don't... believe me, it's worse that way.
And
what do you mean with "unexaggerated"?! I'm a pharmacist and I've never
read such a manipulative story in my whole life.
BTW doesn't the red coat on panel 1, page 8 look like it's got a face?
Guidance Counselor "THE ALLOWANCE MY MOM AND DAD GAVE ME WASN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP MY NEEDS SATISFIED NOW. I NEEDED MORE DOUGH. I GOT A JOB AFTER SCHOOL..."
EC fan "I'm not criticising the message itself; just the delivery."
What?
Are you dyslexic? I think you're meaning that the other way around.
Message might be a bit dented but the delivery (art, narration, style)
is academy award winning.
Guest I
can't tell if you're actually making a subtle kind of joke there or
not, but that 'red coat' *is* his mum's face. And it is speaking in the
panel.
lborl | 01.30.09 - 8:24 am | #
Well, I did joke about it.
After
3-4 times reading of this, I still can't figure out what actually makes
that woman's face so hot-tomato red. It doesn't look like grief is the
reason, so my conclusion here is that she simply hated her hubbie, gave
her kid a helping hand in killing him by adding some hidden lead weights
in the otherwise harmless lamp, witnessed the whole thing (this
explains her blood-covered face), called her son out load for the
neighbours to hear, than called the cops and betrayed her son.
Meow I
decided to get a job, too, when I started using Heroin. That's about
the only realistic thing in this comic. However, I still really enjoyed
reading it. I definitely agree with those who said it was awesome.
Crypt Keeper Lover I
can't believe that this issue comes from the comic which was one of the
ancessors of the great Tales from the Crypt show. I can only imagine
what our beloved Crypt Keeper will say about this terror tale:
Well,
kiddies, I think our little HEROin had known all along that this could
hAPEn to him. You know what the saying is - it takes only a SPLIT HEAD
second to ruin your life. /=Heee heeee heeee heeeeeee...
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"The
EC Comics story ''The Monkey'' suggests that smoking one joint
will result in instant addiction, which, within three months, will
lead to heroin addiction and then bashing your father's head in with a
lamp for drug money."
Simone, Atlanta GA This art is some of the best shit in the world.
(Not shit as in shit, you should know what I mean, I come from a newer generation where terms have different meanings.)
The main guy also reminds of James Dean in that one movie I've only seen the trailer for, Rebel Without A Cause, because there was a scene where he tried to kill his dad.
Except this guy is tougher. And less gay.
COMICS WITH PROBLEMS #29
The Monkey, by Al Feldstein and Joe Orlando
Classic heroin abuse drugscare story, from EC's SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES (issue 12, 1953) - posted for Halloween, Oct 2008
PROBLEM(S) DEALT WITH: Heroin, hard drugs, hoodlums
See also: HOOKED (1966) and TRAPPED (1951)