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Horrifying Clichès

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Take any familiar phrase or colloquial expression, give it an eerie setting so you come up with a new-type monster...

FEATURE TITLE EXAMPLE WRITER / ARTIST ISSUE / DATE

Horrifying Clichès Escaping The Doldrums Phil Hahn / Paul Coker 103 - Jun 1966

Horrifying Clichès Hatching a Scheme Phil Hahn and Jack Hanrahan /
Paul Coker 105 - Sep 1966

Horrifying Clichès Accepting a Grim Reality Phil Hahn and E. Nelson Bridwell /
Paul Coker 107 - Dec 1966

Horrifying Clichès Feeding one's Ego Phil Hahn / Paul Coker 109 - Mar 1967

Horrifying Clichès Picking The Lesser of Two Evils Phil Hahn, George Woodbridge,
and May Sakami / Paul Coker 113 - Sep 1967

Horrifying Clichès Courting a Disaster Phil Hahn, Neal Barbera,
and May Sakami / Paul Coker 122 - Oct 1968

Horrifying Clichès Raising a Ruckus May Sakami and E. Nelson Bridwell /
Paul Coker 127 - Jun 1969

Horrifying Clichès Filling a Void May Sakami / Paul Coker 132 - Jan 1970

Horrifying Clichès Embracing a Belief May Sakami / Paul Coker 142 - Apr 1971

Horrifying Clichès Going Through a Phase May Sakami / Paul Coker 170 - Oct 1974

Paul Coker illustrates
reader's Horrifying Clichè -
Letters Section Deleting An Expletive Barbara Nell King / Paul Coker 172 - Jan 1975

Horrifying Clichès Opening an Old Wound Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker 248 - Jul 1984

Horrifying Sports Clichès Getting Hit With a Penalty Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker 250 - Oct 1984

Horrifying Show-Biz Clichès Doctoring a Horrible Script Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker 260 - Jan 1986

Horrifying Crime Clichès Putting Out a Contract Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker 267 - Dec 1986

Horrifying Political Clichès Hammering Out a Compromise Frank Jacobs / Paul Coker 311 - Jun 1992

Horrifying Political Clichès -
from The Fundalini Pages Committing a Gaffe Nick Meglin / Paul Coker 518 - Dec 2012

Horrifying Clichès -
Special Trump Edition Dividing a Nation Desmond Devlin / Paul Coker 548 - Dec 2017

Mad Beastlies and A Mad Peek Through the Microscope preceded Horrifying Clichès with their own fun with creatures.

Excerpt from Horrifying Clichès - from #105 - September 1966

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