Are you familiar with Stacie Ponder’s website Final Girl? If not, it’s my pleasure to introduce you to it, as it’s one of the great places on the web for people like us. Stacie has a fondness for horror movies and golden era slasher flicks, and she writes about them with wit and insight (she’s even made a few short films herself). As a bit of a Renaissance woman (she’s also “a maker of comics, a writer, a video game player, a coffee drinker, and a kitten lover” as noted in her Blogger profile), Stacie has combined her pen and ink skills with her slasher chops to deliver Slashers 101, a thoroughly entertaining introduction to slasher movies.
On her blog, Stacie describes Slashers 101 as “a 24-page, black and white mini-comic” and “sort of my love letter to slasher movies”, and that’s exactly what it is. Through her stylized ‘toons, Stacie takes a brief look at the genre she loves and knows so well, starting with a quick history before getting into the specifics of what makes a slasher flick a slasher flick. Where else you going to find pieces on Slasherfros (genre characters with afros), Heads in Toilets, Heads in Fish Tanks, and Dull Killers in Jeans?
So, is it gross to say that as a slasher fan, I was charmed by Slashers 101? ‘Cause that’s what I was… totally *. I enjoyed Stacie’s bent take on the genre, and I loved that the info was presented in an entirely original way. If you’re a slasher freak too (and you must be because you’re on the Retro Slashers site), I’m willing to bet you’ll get a kick out of Slashers 101, and if you’ve ever wanted to introduce somebody to the genre, I can’t think of a more entertaining way to do it. Then you can hit ‘em with Maniac!
You know what else is great about Slashers 101? It’s only $5 (USD). For an extra $5, Stacie will even create an original colour sketch for you, inked on the back of your copy. At my request, she did an awesome Slugs illustration on mine.
To get yer own copy or ten, visit http://finalgirl.bigcartel.com. Slashers 101 may be small in girth, but it’s behemoth in slashery goodness.
* Thanks to Halloween’s Lynda van der Klok for the loan of the adjective.
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Written by: Dave Stewart | Visit Website
Dave Stewart is a Writer/Project Manager at an advertising company by day, and a freelancer at night. He has written, mainly about movies, for The Buzz, Rue Morgue, and Cathay Pacific's in-flight entertainment magazine Studio CX. A grad of Humber College's (Toronto) Film & TV Production program, Dave has directed and co-written short films, one of which (Florid) won the Viewer's Choice Award at the 2004 Reel Island Film Festival. He has been heard as a movie reviewer and pop culture commentator on CBC Radio, and he has edited and contributed scripts and ideas to television productions including My Messy Bedroom and Thrill on the Hill (CBC-TV's Canada Day Celebration). Dave's movie review cartoon strip And Yet I Blame Hollywood was adapted and animated as 26 two-minute television interstitials on CBC-TV's late night program ZeD, each episode written by Dave. You can contact him at [email protected].
the gal’s just adorable! and so does her art! She really knows her genre quite well, and I’m hyped about this comic!
I’m glad to see more women are truly embracing horror movies, As young woman when i was in school it made in outsider to the outsiders epsceally to the girls because I was entranced by scares, the blood the gore and the story and it’s was and still kinda hard to find a someone espeally a woman who has true understanding and love for the horror genre and sees as great means for empowerment of women.