In Deep

A Creepy Corben classic for Halloween now, written by and starring Bruce Jones. Sleep tight.

Richard Corben's Twilight Of The Dogs

From the first issue of Corben's own Fantagor, here's a dark and despairing look at humanity under the heel of alien invaders, some of us not minding all that much.
Like a lot of Corben's underground work, it feels like you've been shoved into the middle of a larger story, an approach I always like, as it feels like you're getting more bang for your buck.

Razar The Unhero

Richard Corben's satirical barbarian Razar The Unhero appeared in a couple of issues of underground Fantagor and one of later book Grim Wit, and is Corben at his funniest and most un-PC.
Razar, like all barbarians, is a king-size doofus who thinks with his groin, and seems to fall into adventures like he's stepping in cow-flop.
Corben meanwhile, is nearly up there with Don Martin as far as great sound effects go. What noise d'you make when punched in the gut by a treacherous naked female? Why, 'Beliak' of course.

Richard Corben's Encounter At War: Redux

Something for minutiae fans now. Just for the hell of it, here's two slightly different versions of the same story by Jan Strnad & Richard Corben. A Brief Encounter At War appeared in the 1971 issue of an underground called Anomaly and seems deliberately to suggest it's part of a larger epic, though there were no further tales in this setting that I'm aware of.

And here's the rejigged version that appeared in the next issue of Anomaly, a year later. It's certainly a tighter version in terms of the story, though you still wish there was more, and could find out what happens to poor old Captain Phillips. This version also made it's way into the 4th issue of Unknown Worlds Of Science Fiction, and years later, Corben coloured it and reprinted it in his own Den: Fantastic Adventures. So it's a tale that's had a bit of a shelf life. Still want to know what happens next though.