A review by magnetgrrl
The Chuckling Whatsit by Richard Sala

5.0

This is my favorite of Richard Sala's longer works. The story is complicated and bizarre and honestly it might not even all add up in the end, but I didn't really care. The plot is positively labrynthian. Psychics and Astrologers are being murdered. An out of work writer inadvertently begins investigating the case after finding an alluring photograph of a young woman, and becomes drawn into the deadly world of outsider art collection. A secret society of serial killers begins tracking down one of their own who mysteriously disappeared many years ago, but who may be making a comeback. Sala uses comic art to get at some aspects of mystery novels that have been largely forgotten these days; the art of misdirection for one. This is definitely worth a read for any comics buff as well as mystery or horror fans wanting to get into comics.