Splatterbowl: The Shape vs Jason vs Leatherface
Back in the early 80s Fangoria held a Maniac Match-up contest. Contestants were asked to create a comic strip featuring a duel to the death between The Shape, Jason, and Leatherface. John Arnold and Linwood Sasser’s winning entry, 1st Fangoria Splatterbowl, was published in Fangoria #39.
Very cool! Thanks for posting.
Very 80s! Thanks for posting.
lol that was great. took a while for the pages to load for me tho for some reason. but worth the wait i loved it
I remember back, 25 years ago, what a kick it was to buy my monthly issue of Fangoria and open it up to see my first published work in a national magazine. I quickly bought another copy and rushed over to my friend and co-creator John Arnold’s apartment We had not received notice of our winning the contest prior to the publication, so it was a complete surprise. There’s nothing better than that feeling. Don’t tell that to my firstborn.
Oh yeah, Thanks for posting this. Uncle Bob Martin alerted me to this on Facebook.
I remember getting that issue (the V alien cover!) back in the late summer of 1984 when I was sweet-faced 13 year old horror-obsessed boy and being quite tickled with Sasser and Arnold\’s comic strip- funny, gruesome, and just well done all around with some great sight-gags and in-jokes (there was a sequel as I recall…Sucker-Swamp? I lost that issue).
Nice work guys- it’s been fun seeing it again after all these years.