Okay, so I'm reading issue #2 of Creepy magazine (reliving my youth again[1]), and I read about the cannibalistic Beane clan in Scotland, and think, No way, just too weird, but wouldn't you know, ol' Uncle Creepy is right, there is such a story...http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/dumfriesshire/legends/the-legend-of-sawney-bean.html➚
I'm part Scottish, always wondered why I preferred the dark and had a taste for pickles and salt pork.
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Rich Nickel and I used to sit up in the loft in my garage and read these. His parents didn't mind them as I recall, but mine would have had conniptions had they known. They were so deliciously irreverent, if sometimes a little too much.
Wow - unbelievable. Who would have thought the writers at Creepy would come up with that story. But then, they must have always been on the lookout for material. I think I remember some of those comics. It think you're right - they went over the top now and then - touching on subjects truly repulsive.
ReplyDeleteAs for Scottish Cannibals - umm - I prefer to remember the exploits of William Wallace to those of the Beane Clan.
Thanks for the uplifting material!
Ha, I had to look him up (Wikipedia is your friend). The only Bean(e) from that part of the world I know is Mr Bean, who, come to think of it, might make a suitable Bean Clan member in a movie version ... http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1124&bih=860&q=mr+bean&gbv=2&oq=mr+bean&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=3184l4069l0l4506l7l6l0l0l0l0l146l608l3.3l6l0
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