Something terrible has happened, leaving Eleanor catatonic. The mood immediately makes readers apprehensive from the first scene. However, the effect of Arthur’s emotional degradation towards his wife and the trauma she endures leaves everyone unsure of how well she will fare. Here, readers can sense her growing desperation to appease her husband and follow his neatness standards. She also gives readers more information about what society expected of women at that time. Her use of the pronoun ‘I’ reveals her emotional state of being as the story unfolds. The Neat Job is written from Eleanor’s first-person point of view. Arthur’s ability to measure and correct her performance as a wife, forcing her to attain constant neatness, drives Eleanor into despair. While she got the husband that she insisted she needed, the pleasures of being a wife in her home did not exist. She explains that although she was gifted a grand, century-old mansion furnished with hand-picked antiques, she was unhappy. Thus, she has agreed to marry Arthur, a man she does not love. In The Neat Job, Eleanor Berdeen is afraid of the looming idea of being a woman that society regards as too old for marriage.
It all comes together exceptionally well with the imagery created by the writers. Their combined artistic talents create a fantastic atmosphere that amplifies the scenes and pulls readers along with the characters, so that both feel every emotion as the stories unfold. They produced better detailed, three-dimensional scenes and facial expressions that added to the dramatic use of bold and vibrant colors and contrasting darker muted tones. Gains, hiring a younger team of artists and writers, including Jack Kamen, Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Graham Ingles, Marie Severin, Wally Wood, and Al Feldstein. This artistic advantage and evolution were due to the head of EC Comics, William M. I was not disappointed.ĭespite being created during the superhero golden age, more modern art techniques from the silver age gave the comic magazine a distinct edge. I had to know what plot the EC Archives Shock Suspenstories had to tell. There, covered in aged grime and dirt, was a box full of my dad’s old comic books! Seeing the familiar art style again filled me with interest, adoration, and curiosity.
The smell of old dust of years past disturbed and forced up again from its resting places.
I was ten again! As a child, I searched in the stifling heat of my Tio’s dimly lit garage. When I found the EC Archives Shock Suspenstories published by Dark Horse Books, I had the most vivid memory return to me in my local comic book shop.
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