Monday, December 21, 2015

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AT SCREAM INN - PART TWO



The Christmas of 1974 was unfortunate for Scream Inn: by then its home comic Shiver and Shake had folded and was absorbed by WHOOPEE!; to make things worse, the publication of the new combined comic was disrupted by industrial action of the printers, hence no Christmas issue of WHOOPEE AND SHIVER & SHAKE in 1974…



This next festive episode of Scream Inn is from the issue of WHOOPEE! cover-dated 27th December, 1975:


There was also an episode of Scream Inn in the SHIVER AND SHAKE Annual 1976 (published for the Christmas of 1975). Although it didn’t contain direct references to Christmas (such as a fir-tree or Christmas decorations), I believe it is safe to assume that the presence of snow and the overall festive mood, in addition to that fact that the episode was in an Annual packed with Christmas goodness, suggests that the Innkeeper and his crew were celebrating the Holiday Season (rather than a birthday or something else):


Come back soon for Part Three of X-mas celebrations at Scream Inn!


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1 comment:

  1. Lovely atmospheric stuff, Irmy. He knew how to use black to its best advantage. More please.

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