A wonderfully harmless little comic. Which, honestly, is all I've ever thought Harvey Comics were. But last weekend I picked up a reprint collection of some of their early 50s horror comics, and they're messed up. Wonderfully messed up. To me, Harvey has always been about Casper and Richie Rich titles, and little else. So to see that the company came from a fairly brutal place is very interesting.
Now, that said, there's always the old saw that goes around about Casper, in that he's the ghost of a child. Usually, that's a pretty terrifying prospect. In light of the Afterlife with Archie series, can it be long before we get a grim'n'gritty(tm) reboot?
I might actually read a bit more Casper tomorrow. There's certainly something to be said for a comic that amuses but does little else. Sometimes thinking is overrated.
More to come...
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