Mad Monster Party was a Halloween-themed stop-motion animation from the masters who brought you all of those great
Christmas specials like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. And it’s on the Halloween movie list every year for my boys and me.
With a heavy influence from MAD magazine — it was co-written by Harvey Kurtzman and the characters were designed by Jack Davis — it’s a real treat. And with voices by Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller, it’s absolutely irresistible.
In a notable change from the Victorian-era women in the Christmas specials, the female lead, Francesca, is a curvy, buxom, husky-voiced sexy red-head with a mind just as sinister as the ghastliest of the monsters.
Earlier in the storyline, Tempest was interrupted as she strolled down an Evil Inc hallway. Here’s who she was talking to.
Transcript
Evil Inc: Dec. 19, 2024
Panel 1
Caption: For the last epilogue, let's turn back the clock to this moment...
(Tempest stands in front of a door that's cracked open.)
Tempest: "Oh! It's you!
Panel 2
Herald from the Dark Dominion**: Have you been successful?"
Tempest: "I've been throwing myself at him, but Iron Dragon isn't taking the bait."
Panel 3
Tempest: "You can tell your boss I don't think Dragon is gonna cheat on Desi. Not with me, at least..."
Panel 4
Dark Dominion Herald: "Very well. You'll find the full sum of your agreed-upon fee has been transferred to your account."
Panel 5
Tempest: "Hot damn! All this flirting has made me horny as hell! I'm gonna go have some fun!"
(She strikes a pose and stretches.)
Panel 6
Dark Dominion Herald: "Do you need a wingman? Get it?"
(He flaps his wing)
Panel 7
Tempest has left the room. The door clicks shut behind her.
Herald: "Nevermore."
NOTES
*See chapters 13 and 14, which are collected in Evil Inc eComics 55 and 56.
**We met this Herald from the Dark Dominion in Chapter 10, collected in Evil Inc eComic 52.
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