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February 19, 2008
TOO LATE Week Ten! Plus Commentary!
Go on over and read this week's installment then come back here below the cut for the utterly bizarro inspiration for what Eddie does to commune with the dead!
Also don't forget to check out the archives:
I don't think folks noticed the first time Eddie was communing with a spirit (Meghan's a couple weeks back), but he wasn't wearing his trademarked hat. On the first page of this week's installment we see Eddie take his hat off to be able to speak with Marcus' spirit. I wanted this to be one of those things that's not actually addressed in the story, but to serve as a subconscious cue that he's talking with the dead.
The inspiration for this came from possibly the creepiest kids' show ever made. That would be:
Today's Special told the story of the mannequin Jeff who would only be brought to life when a magical hat was placed on him. Here's Jeff, a woman in a bad pants suit, and a couple of horrifyingly scary puppets:
Yikes, that's some creepy shit. Anyway, the show scarred me as a kid because I kept wondering what would happen if a living person put the hat on, you know? If putting the hat on the mannequin brings him to life, would a living person putting it on die? What about if you put it on a corpse, would it turn into a zombie? This is the kind of shit that kept me from falling asleep at night, folks, and that I was finally able to turn into something positive.
Here's the intro to the show. Beware, it may creep your shit out:
Posted by Schamberger at February 19, 2008 09:25 PM