The Fall of the House of Usher #2: Remembering Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday

 Today would be the 213th birthday of the legendary author Edgar Allan Poe. From The Fall of the House of Usher #2, freely adapted from the Edgar Allan Poe story; adaptation and art by Richard Corben.

The Conqueror Worm #1: Remembering Richard Corben's Birthday

 And one more horror comic in honor of Richard Corben's birthday: From The Conqueror Worm #1 (very loosely inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe poem of the same title); story and art by Richard Corben.

National Lampoon June 1986, "Where Do I Get My Horrible Ideas?": Remembering Gahan Wilson's Birthday

 Today would be the 91st birthday of cartoonist Gahan Wilson (born Feb. 18, 1930). From National Lampoon June 1986, "Where Do I Get My Horrible Ideas?"; story and art by Gahan Wilson, caricaturing himself and including a topless autograph-seeker:

The Fall of the House of Usher #1: Remembering Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday

 Today would be the 212th birthday of legendary author Edgar Allan Poe (born Jan. 19, 1809). From The Fall of the House of Usher #1, a loose adaptation of the classic Poe story with added nudity (and incorporating a bit of another Poe story, "The Oval Portrait"); script and art by Richard Corben.

Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror #3, "Tar Feathers": Happy Birthday, Ann Nocenti!

 Happy birthday to writer Ann Nocenti (born Jan. 17, 1957)! From Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror #3, "Tar Feathers"; story by Ann Nocenti (very loosely inspired by Poe's story "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether"), art by Fred Harper.

Heavy Metal Monday: Son of Heavy Metal, "Night": Terrance Lindall

Reposting from the old Tumblr site: From the special edition Son of Heavy Metal, "Night": Based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted and illustrated by Terrance Lindall.

And on a side note: With this post, I believe I have now re-posted all of the Heavy Metal scans that I had originally posted on the old Tumblr site...so from now on, "Heavy Metal Monday" will be all new material! (Well, obviously, the material itself might be anywhere up to 43 years old...but it's going to be stuff I haven't posted HERE before.)