I used to mark my calendar waiting for the day I knew those monster mags would be delivered to the Delta Drug. It was a good two miles away. But I would ride my bike, uphill all the way, to be there when they were put out. I loved the artwork more than anything.
Coincidentally, I just put a classic horror film at the top of my Netflix queue. Hangover Square, the 1945 film that drove Sondheim to write Sweeney Todd. It's about a composer, driven into violence filled blackouts by discordant music.
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
Updated On: 12/27/07 at 10:33 PM