In Memoriam: Richard Corben

[cyberghostface]

It was reported today that artist Richard Corben passed away last week following heart surgery. He was eighty years old. To celebrate his career I've decided to share a Hellboy story he illustrated.

This is from Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil #1.

In 1960, Hellboy travels to Kansas to meet with Mr. Sullivan. Sullivan explains that he was a drunk until a stranger appeared and gave him the deed to a house. He moved there and learned that by putting a person in a certain room, the house would kill the person and pay him gold.

Comments

[tripodeca113]

That's sad I really enjoyed his work, from what little I've seen of it.

[doctor_spanky]

This is gorgeous. I mean like, it's awful, but it's gorgeous

[themajesticmoose]

:(

Shit....I can't believe he's no longer with us....

Also this is a cool horror story concept

I like the idea of Evil Locations

Like...not a house that's haunted but a house that's just Generally Malevolent

Like in Silent Hill where you have the concept of a town where it's the location itself that is messed up or The Haunting of Hill House or even just the forest from Blair Witch. That's creepier than a haunting to me because ghosts are just people who have passed away but the idea that there's just something wrong with a place is very weird and inhuman and that makes it scarier I think

[alicemacher]

Agreed 100%. If a house is haunted, you can salvage it by exorcising or appeasing the ghosts. But if the house itself is sapient and evil...

[themajesticmoose]

Also I've never really thought of ghosts as being evil in general mainly because from a logical standpoint what would the ghosts gain from doing evil deeds?

If your a ghost you know there's life after death so if you have the power to kill someone you know they are just gonna live forever as a ghost as well.... I'd imagine being a ghost would make you pretty chill about things

I think most ghosts would just be like Annie from Being Human they just want to watch Antiques Roadshow and have a cup of tea

[silicondream]

I mean, often ghosts want to kill you because you'll come back as a ghost, and they want you as a companion or a slave or something. I guess immediately getting whisked off to heaven instead would be a good way of trolling them, though. Might be fun if you're an evangelical with a terminal disease.

As for Annie, imagine wanting to watch Antiques Roadshow and have a cup of tea but not being able to operate the TV or the stove...forever. You'll be a swirling mass of madness and hatred inside a week.