Shades of Gray: "Bayou Witch" by Seuling and Morrow

More voodoo for you, Groove-ophiles! Here's a twisted tale authored by Phil Seuling and masterfully illustrated by our main man, Gray Morrow. Beware the "Bayou Witch" from The Witching Hour #15 (April 1971)!

Countdown to Halloween! Shades of Gray: Essays Into the Supernatural

Check these out, Groove-ophiles! From Archie/Red Circle's Red Circle Sorcery series, here are several of Gray Morrow's Essays into the Supernatural written by Phil Seuling and Marv Channing. These fillers ran in most every issue of Sorcery and fed the nigh-ravenous hunger for the macabre pop culture was feeling at the time. I dare ya not to shiver at least a little bit as you read these imperishable passages!

"Where Did Groovy Age Comicbooks Come From, Groove?"

Today's comicbooks are printed in lots of different places in lots of different formats. Back during the Groovy Age, most of the major publishers--namely Marvel, DC, Archie, and Harvey--used good old fashioned newsprint and the services of World Color Press. (We'll talk about Charlton and the others when you get older...) World Color Press was so important to the publishing industry that June 18, 1977, was declared "World Color Press Day". Joe Kubert and the students at his aptly named Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art were tapped to create a (-n extremely rare) comicbook tribute called Magazineland, USA to help celebrate the occasion.

"Okay, so World Color Press is where comics came from, but how were they made, Groove?" My, but you're a precocious li'l Groove-ophile today, aren't you? Okay, if you think you're ready for it, here's how World Color Press made your favorite Marvel, DC, Archie, and Harvey comics way back in the Groovy Age...


Pretty far-out, huh? But hey, Ol' Groove doesn't do things half-way, ya know! Here, via YouTube and thanks to DynaPubs, is actual film footage taken on that fateful day at World Color's main plant in Sparta, Ill! Not only can you see first-hand how comics were made, but there's even a little "mini-interview" with the late Phil Seuling, one of the founding fathers of the direct-sales market! Man, do I dig up the stuff for ya or what? Watch, listen, learn, and enjoy, baby!