WHAT IS IT?

OF COURSE!

OTHER TIMES, I COPIED THE PLOTS FROM DEAD
AUTHORS WHOSE COPYRIGHT HAD LAPSED. BITE ME.

A PEDANT MIGHT SEE THE WIRES,

DEAD - WE'RE TOO LATE.
LOOKS LIKE OUR MAN STRUCK AGAIN.

'AS LINDA BREATHED HER LAST GREEN BREATH,

THESE MINI-SEMINARS WILL HELP ELUCIDATE
AND UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES OF DARKPLACE -

I CALL GARTH THE ORSON WELLES OF HORROR.

THE POINT IS, I THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS A FREAK,
AN OTHER.

I HOPE HE HEEDS MY WORDS.

I CAN TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

SOME HORROR NOVEL BY...GARETH MARUNGHI.

'YOU ARE ENTERING MY DARKPLACE.'

IT'S… I SUPPOSE, ONE OF THE MANY
BURDENS HE HAS TO BEAR

I HAVEN'T ACTED SINCE.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT TOOK OVER HIS HEART.

DO I HAVE TIME TO GO TO THE TOILET?

THERE IS ONE THING.

YOU GET JIM BACK TO THE HOSPITAL.
I'LL COVER YOU.

COULD THE GAS HAVE CONTAINED
COSMIC FUNGI AND/OR SPORES?

I AIN'T NEVER GOIN' BACK. NOT NEVER.

I'M GOING OVER THERE TO TELL HIM THAT.

SANCHEZ WILL BE WITH YOU
AND YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE TOGETHER.

'LOOK OUT, HE'S GOT A STICK!'