Tales of Terror 6

 

 56pp

A4

Black and White

£10 UK (outside UK check store for cost)

https://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper/tales-of-terror-6-2026/paperback/product-gjzzjv7.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Contributors: Terry Ford, Darron Northall, Terry Hooper, Ben R Dilworth

The Annual Black Tower feast of Horror is here! The Reverend Merriowether ("God's Demon thumper") faces evil in two tales: Bastet and Varney the Vampyre! Will the Right Reverend succeed in his goal to wipe "the horrible things" from the Earth? Lady Silana, Tarot, Kotar and Sabuta combine forces in the now legendary mini epic: The Curse of the Lycanthrope" but fear not if one epic story was too little from his monastery retreat Ben R Dilworth brings us three tales of lycanthropy: Wolf. Werewolf and Wolf: Scream Life and what more could you ask for? Oh, a peek into The Black Files of Q Bureaux? An old case from 1898 maybe? Okay, babies you got it! All tales introduced by Black Tower's own stalwarts in the fight against vampires, werewolves, demons and...we'll not mention the psilocybin mushroom tea. Really.

Are You Ready for Tales of Terror 2026?

 

oooh,,,if only this came with money!

 Someone writing a book about the British Small Press apparently...

 Here's a quote worth laughing about since I cannot even get a table at Small Press events:

Here's one just been passed along to me:

"There was one person who was pushing British comics everywhere in the 1980s and when the Small Press started dying off he kept it alive promoting it across the US, Europe and beyond. Hal Hargett of Amazing Heroes described Terry Hooper as 'a human dynamo in comics'"

Yeah, and now I live a life of luxury and can't even get a table at events. Oh...and it is Hal Hargitt not Harget.

You Have To Laugh. You Have To Cry. You Have To Take Your Meds

 

I may really need artists but when people contact you and have not read the post as they state they have....

This kid will get on well.

"I draw whacky cartoon strips and until I can break into Marvel or DC I am looking for paying work."

Another one who does not read posts. My advice to him?

"Hello. I think you really ought top try Fantagraphics -home of the world's greatest (ripped off) cartoonists!"

Reply: "Thanks I'll give them a try! I still can't get my eyes to roll back down out of my head

oh, and:

"I read your post on CBO and I really want to get some experience drawing comics strips and adding to my portfolio which is very thin. I'll try any genre. How much are you paying?"

I do wonder whether he did read that post.....

Merriwether Not All Monsters Are Evil

 

Madame Foretell -The Early Years by BR Dilworth

 

A Question Cropped Up....

 ...and as usual it was in a chat because -Heaven forbid- someone would post a comment here on the blog!😁    

While I was chatting in Face Book Messenger with someone (and believe me I hate long chats) it was pointed out that after 40+ years and a world wide audience on this blog with 324,463 views that I must get a lot of feedback and had I ever thought of asking for suggestions of publishers outside the UK who might translate and publish Black Tower Comics?

There ain't enoughlaughing emojies to respond to that!  Rather like the people who thinki all the views here or on the FB page equate to high sales (seriously, it does not) so some assume that there is a lot of fan-to-publisher chat going on. Comic Bits Online hasw well over 8 million views but any comments are people I know exchanging pleasantries -2 people in fact!

The most interaction I had with people was during the pre-internet age and that was by letter. The internet has made antisociability a thing.

I would LOVE to hear from people but it seems that the audience is basically click, look over the posts and then go.  Oddly, the Black Tower page on Instagram gets far more reasctions than the blogs!

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