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The EC Archives: Psychoanalysis by Marie Severin, Daniel Keyes, Robert Bernstein, Jack Kamen
redeyedandhungry's review against another edition
1.0
In 1955, E.C. Comics (publishers of Tales from the Crypt and Mad Magazine, among other works) published a 4-issue comic series entitled 'Psychoanalysis' as part of their 'New Direction' series (where they launched a slew of new comic strips in an effort to fight back against the puritanical influence of the Comics Code Authority). Much to the surprise of fun-loving GoodReads user 'Horsefeathers', the work is exactly what it says on the tin...
...And unfortunately, it doesn't work. It's a failed, dry chamber drama (or rather, a series of chamber dramas) that only transcends its poor writing and structural flaws through the occasional dream sequence (one involving a car being the most memorable and visceral of the bunch), with the rest of the work relying too heavily on an overwrought flashback structure. There's kitsch enjoyment to be derived from the exaggerated artwork through which this drama-free melodrama is viewed, but the aforementioned Tales from the Crypt is notably more pleasurable in this regard as well, rendering Psychoanalysis a mostly joyless and forgettable work.
...And unfortunately, it doesn't work. It's a failed, dry chamber drama (or rather, a series of chamber dramas) that only transcends its poor writing and structural flaws through the occasional dream sequence (one involving a car being the most memorable and visceral of the bunch), with the rest of the work relying too heavily on an overwrought flashback structure. There's kitsch enjoyment to be derived from the exaggerated artwork through which this drama-free melodrama is viewed, but the aforementioned Tales from the Crypt is notably more pleasurable in this regard as well, rendering Psychoanalysis a mostly joyless and forgettable work.
narcon_27's review against another edition
1.0
In 1955, E.C. Comics (publishers of Tales from the Crypt and Mad Magazine, among other works) published a 4-issue comic series entitled 'Psychoanalysis' as part of their 'New Direction' series (where they launched a slew of new comic strips in an effort to fight back against the puritanical influence of the Comics Code Authority). Much to the surprise of fun-loving GoodReads user 'Horsefeathers', the work is exactly what it says on the tin...
...And unfortunately, it doesn't work. It's a failed, dry chamber drama (or rather, a series of chamber dramas) that only transcends its poor writing and structural flaws through the occasional dream sequence (one involving a car being the most memorable and visceral of the bunch), with the rest of the work relying too heavily on an overwrought flashback structure. There's kitsch enjoyment to be derived from the exaggerated artwork through which this drama-free melodrama is viewed, but the aforementioned Tales from the Crypt is notably more pleasurable in this regard as well, rendering Psychoanalysis a mostly joyless and forgettable work.
...And unfortunately, it doesn't work. It's a failed, dry chamber drama (or rather, a series of chamber dramas) that only transcends its poor writing and structural flaws through the occasional dream sequence (one involving a car being the most memorable and visceral of the bunch), with the rest of the work relying too heavily on an overwrought flashback structure. There's kitsch enjoyment to be derived from the exaggerated artwork through which this drama-free melodrama is viewed, but the aforementioned Tales from the Crypt is notably more pleasurable in this regard as well, rendering Psychoanalysis a mostly joyless and forgettable work.
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