"Bless Us, Father..."
7 pgs.
Appeared first time 
in Creepy
#59 (1974). Reprinted in Comix
International #1 (1974), in
Heavy Metal Special: Richard
Corben Special (1998) and in
Heavy Metal Special: The Best
of Richard Corben from Creepy and Eerie! (1998).
Story: William DuBay. Color(prob. colored by Corben's overlays)/Art:
Richard Corben (no signature, ©
around 1974). Lettered by hand (Warren).
| In France: as "Bénissez-moi,
mon père" in Creepy
[FRA] "annual serie" #26 and Une
femme bafouée (1982). In Spain: as "Bendícenos padre..." in Delta #20 and Famosos "Monsters" del cine #10 (1976), #12 (1976). |
Keywords: Uncle Creepy. Mad Santa Claus. Killer. Massacre.
Meat Axe. Cop. Daddy's girl.
Synopsis: Another alternative Christmas story. Poor Randolph
has to dig out red christmas color with meat axe, and gets cop
after him.
Comment: The whole consept of this story is ground breaking:
there is two columns of panels on every page. Left column's panels
run down with Randolph's parents' dialogue and panels on right
column run down with dialogue of Randolph's wife and daughter.
And same time Randolph (and cop) have normal left to right, running
down story to go. Brilliant. Corben's colors are dirty(!) and
very red.
Copyright © 2000 Heart-Attack-Series, Ink!, SidSid Keränen
Appeared first time 12th Jan. 2001. Last modified February 26, 2006.
