I always wondered if a young Mike Mignola read this comic or at least saw this cover. The heavy shadows, textured stone and crooked cross tombstones are his trademarks and this cover prefigures them nicely.
It was All Hallow's Eve. The full moon illuminated the night when the veils are thin, and spectres from both sides seek to cross the borders. The kids sat down by one of the derelict tombstones, ready to perform a ritual to bring back the soul of the deceased. #7DayTale#WritingCommunity
One of my favorite tombstones. A very feminine Woodmen of the World monument. Tree cut in half means a life cut short; scroll symbol of life and time. Ferns mean sincerity and mushroom means something good after darkness with the lily meaning purity & fidelity. #31DaysofGraves
When the crypt doors creak And the tombstones quake,
I have a hyper specific type of tombstone that fascinates me, which are the Woodmen of the World tombstones (the Woodmen were a fraternal organization.). They usually look like trees or have nature elements.
I like when a house has tombstones and a witch crashed into a tree and a Bates Motel sign and Jack Skellington and a ten-foot spider and Trump in an orange prison jumpsuit and a bat