Grim Ghost: BURN, VILLAIN! BURN! In the fiery pits of hell! HAHAHAHAHA! Tarantula: AIAIAIEEEE!!!!!! Editor (entering): Is there a Grim Ghost here? My secretary said- Grim Ghost: I’m the Grim Ghost. Editor: Aren’t you the guy they used to call the Gay Ghost? Grim Ghost: I get that ALL the time. Look, that guy was DC’S GRIM GHOST. I’m the ATLAS/SEABOARD GRIM GHOST, OK? The DC Grim Ghost was a HAPPY guy. That’s why he was the GAY ghost first. I’m the Grim Ghost who’s actually GRIM. Editor: Right, right. Grim Ghost: ANYONE can tell the difference. Editor: Right. Grim Ghost: I mean, I like a laugh sometimes, sure. Who doesn’t? Editor: Right. Mr. Ghost, we want to start with two titles. One of them’s going to be Phoenix, because the symbolism just seems right. Grim Ghost: Then you want ME! I came back from the dead! Editor: I was hoping to do Tarantula, but I don’t see him around. Have you seen him? Grim Ghost: Tarantula? That spider-head guy? No. Editor: Darn. Grim Ghost: Maybe he’ll show up later. Editor: My secretary says she’s always loved Planet of Vampires. Grim Ghost: Look, there’s no way that’d fly. How many vampire books are there on the stands now? Editor: There’s Buffy. Grim Ghost: OK, OK, but the vampires didn’t save Captain Britain and MI: 13. And if you made the vampires modern vampires, where would you be? It’d be Planet of High School Kids with Weird Dietary Habits and No Shirts. Editor: But we’ve got to start strong, like Image did. What I want to know is: do YOU have what it takes to be our Spawn? Grim Ghost: Look, I’m NOT SPAWN, OK? I first appeared years BEFORE Spawn. Editor: OK! OK! Grim Ghost: I don’t even LOOK like Spawn. Much. And I’m a MUCH snappier dresser. Editor: Sort of an Alfred Noyes vibe. Grim Ghost: Alfred Noise? Is that like the Doppler Effect? Editor: Um, no. So what do you do? Grim Ghost: I send evildoers to my master, Satan. Editor: Oh, you mean like Sp- Grim Ghost: BURN, VILLAIN! BURN! In the fiery pits of hell! HAHAHAHAHA! Editor: AIAIAIEEEE!!!!!!
(Hat tip: I owe what I know about the comic, and particularly the point about his similarity to Spawn, to this series of posts on the Atlas/Seaboard titles. Warning: adult language and humour.)
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Jeff, I posted something about this in the Comic News section a few weeks ago and mentioned it again last week in Travis' A Comic A Day thread when he read the Grim Ghost.
It will be interesting to see how it all goes down...
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Tarantula: AIAIAIEEEE!!!!!!
Editor (entering): Is there a Grim Ghost here? My secretary said-
Grim Ghost: I’m the Grim Ghost.
Editor: Aren’t you the guy they used to call the Gay Ghost?
Grim Ghost: I get that ALL the time. Look, that guy was DC’S GRIM GHOST. I’m the ATLAS/SEABOARD GRIM GHOST, OK? The DC Grim Ghost was a HAPPY guy. That’s why he was the GAY ghost first. I’m the Grim Ghost who’s actually GRIM.
Editor: Right, right.
Grim Ghost: ANYONE can tell the difference.
Editor: Right.
Grim Ghost: I mean, I like a laugh sometimes, sure. Who doesn’t?
Editor: Right. Mr. Ghost, we want to start with two titles. One of them’s going to be Phoenix, because the symbolism just seems right.
Grim Ghost: Then you want ME! I came back from the dead!
Editor: I was hoping to do Tarantula, but I don’t see him around. Have you seen him?
Grim Ghost: Tarantula? That spider-head guy? No.
Editor: Darn.
Grim Ghost: Maybe he’ll show up later.
Editor: My secretary says she’s always loved Planet of Vampires.
Grim Ghost: Look, there’s no way that’d fly. How many vampire books are there on the stands now?
Editor: There’s Buffy.
Grim Ghost: OK, OK, but the vampires didn’t save Captain Britain and MI: 13. And if you made the vampires modern vampires, where would you be? It’d be Planet of High School Kids with Weird Dietary Habits and No Shirts.
Editor: But we’ve got to start strong, like Image did. What I want to know is: do YOU have what it takes to be our Spawn?
Grim Ghost: Look, I’m NOT SPAWN, OK? I first appeared years BEFORE Spawn.
Editor: OK! OK!
Grim Ghost: I don’t even LOOK like Spawn. Much. And I’m a MUCH snappier dresser.
Editor: Sort of an Alfred Noyes vibe.
Grim Ghost: Alfred Noise? Is that like the Doppler Effect?
Editor: Um, no. So what do you do?
Grim Ghost: I send evildoers to my master, Satan.
Editor: Oh, you mean like Sp-
Grim Ghost: BURN, VILLAIN! BURN! In the fiery pits of hell! HAHAHAHAHA!
Editor: AIAIAIEEEE!!!!!!
(Hat tip: I owe what I know about the comic, and particularly the point about his similarity to Spawn, to this series of posts on the Atlas/Seaboard titles. Warning: adult language and humour.)
(reposted)
It will be interesting to see how it all goes down...