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monsterism:

firegrowshigher:

goddamnitreddas:

exeuntomnes:

monsterism:

Why replace this original, beautiful, and scary artwork with THIS:

See how they’re ruining Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

oh god i remember the Brett Helquist replacement euuughhhh

Brett is good, but he’s no Stephen Gammell

yeah, there’s nothing wrong with the guy’s art, it’s not the same level of you’re-going-to-see-this-when-you-close-your-eyes-at-night kind of shit your pants

I always got the feeling the new illustrations were intended to reduce the level of panty-soiling terror after a long and storied history of sobbing, frightened children hiding their books in the closet where they couldn’t see them, and then subsequently being afraid of the closet (which is what I did, anyway).

Of course we all look back on it fondly now, but on the offset it doesn’t seem to be a good way to sell books to children.

I feel like the only reason anyone was buying these books was to see the terrifying illustrations. I mean, does anyone actually remember the plot of the story “Harold”?