Slappy's tales of horror

- Goosebumps Graphix: Slappy’s tales of horror. R. L. Stine et al. 

Anthology of four Goosebumps tales adapted to comic book format: “A shocker on Shock Street” (art by Jamie Tolagson), “The werewolf of fever swamp” (art by Gabriel Hernandez), “Ghost Beach” (art byTed Naifeh), and “Night of the living dummy” (art by Dave Roman). All are introduced by the character Slappy the ventriloquist dummy (the last one is even a sort of epilogue). 

The first three stick pretty closely to the original books, only trimming necessary bits here and there. The fourth one modernizes it (iPhones are present for instance). The divergent art styles do provide some nice variety, and Hernandez in particular gives the swamp tale a fittingly moody atmosphere. 

A fairly good anthology of horror comics for children —and, like the original books, equal parts silly and scary. 

Generally recommended. 

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