SARAH PALIN: COVER GIRL ON NEW TALES FROM THE CRYPT COMIC

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SARAH PALIN: COVER GIRL ON NEW TALES FROM THE CRYPT COMIC BOOK

Daughter of original Crypt publisher pens editorial in response to
Palin-inspired book-banning controversy

Whether or not vice-presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin
explored the possibilities of banning books back when she was mayor
of Wasilla, Alaska, the controversy has placed her front and center
on the latest cover of the TALES FROM THE CRYPT comic book published
by Papercutz. Half of the comic's print run has a special cover
featuring Palin, wielding a hockey stick as she asks the horror-
hosts, the Crypt-Keeper, the Old Witch, and the Vault-Keeper, "Didn't
we get rid of you guys in the 50's?" Every edition of the comic will
feature "A Special Editorial" by Cathy Gaines Mifsud, daughter of the
legendary publisher of MAD magazine and the original TALES FROM THE
CRYPT.

“TALES FROM THE CRYPT is not endorsing any political
candidates . . . . nor are we attacking any candidates,” Gaines
Mifsud says -- but, she adds, TALES does care about freedom and
censorship. As Gaines Mifsud points out, the forces of censorship
pushed her father to stop publishing TALES and other horror comics.
“What usually seems to be behind banning books is an attempt to
repress ideas that may offer alternative political views. This is
not only un-American -- blatantly violating the very concept of free
speech -- but it is assuming that people are unable to come to their
own informed conclusions.”

Both editions of TALES #8, which will be on sale in October, will
contain Gaines Mifsud’s editorial and are identical except for their
covers. In writer-artist Christian Zanier’s “She Who Would Rule the
World” (a story unconnected to Governor Palin, by the way), a pair of
misguided scientists help turn a homeless woman into a near-
invincible, power-hungry being bent on becoming a human weapon of
mass destruction. In addition, horror novelist Joe R. Lansdale
(winner of Bram Stoker horror awards for best-sellers such as Leather
Maiden, Bubba Ho-Tep, and The Bottoms) and his brother, John L.
Lansdale, write “Virtual Hoodoo,” drawn by James Romberger, about a
video-game company employee who takes gruesome mystical revenge after an idea of his is stolen.

TALES FROM THE CRYPT, published bi-monthly and cover-priced at $3.95,
is a 48-page full-color revival of the classic 1950s horror comic
book. Half of the copies will feature the Palin cover, and half will
feature the standard cover.

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fearless-freak · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:34 am Post subject:

i love it

siborg6 · Zombie Joined: Jul 06, 2007 Posts: 4 Points: 0

she's the scariest thing i've seen in years..

ZombieElf · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:21 pm Post subject:

They sold me- I'd buy it just for the cover.
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tyler_james · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:18 am Post subject:

That's too funny!

Palin vs Cryptkeeper....looking forward to that debate!

Kryptik · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:15 am Post subject:

now thats funny right there

TypH · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:07 am Post subject:

this brings back some memories,boy I miss the cartoon of it:P

geekerella · Crypt Keeper Joined: Oct 19, 2007 Posts: 1108 Points: 543

SARAH PALIN IS A WENCH!
I MAY BE CANADIAN BUT IF I COULD VOTE IN THE STATES I COULD NOT BE VOTING FOR MCAIN!
SARAH PALIN IS A SMOKE SCREEN TO GET THE WOMENS VOTE..

WOMEN, WE'RE SMARTER THEN THAT!
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Rick · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: No offense, Sarah...

Note: Any resemblance between Vice-Presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin and any of he characters depicted on the cover of Tales From The Crypt TFTC#8 (living or dead) was purely intentional. Twisted Evil

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ZombieElf · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: No offense, Sarah...

ZombieElf · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:51 am Post subject:

I cleared out my box out at my LCS yesterday and, to my surprise, my copy of TFTC #8 does not have Palin on the cover?! What happened- I didn't think they were doing multiple covers...?

Does anyone have a copy of the Palin cover in their possession?
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"...I'd rather play here with all the madmen
For I'm quite content they're all as sane as me."