In time before the internet made every information available at the mercy of your fingertips, a small pleasure was derived from watching Hitchcock movies, just to spot his cameos. Of course, the much bigger gratification came from the suspense of his celluloid masterpieces, but getting a glimpse of his presence had it's own delight, to this kid.
First time I noticed him on a film was in the newspaper ad from "Lifeboat" (1944). Ever since, I was glued to the screen to catch his next appearance. There was no compendium of Hitchcock cameos, at least nothing available to me back then. Therefore, it was something I would always look forward to whenever a movie made by the Master of Suspense was listed in the TV-Guide. OMG. TV-Guide! You don't hear that phrase very often these days either. Anyway, perhaps as a node to Alfred, from the early days of the path I chose to entertain others, I wanted to place cameos as a common recurrence in stories I tell. The question was; to whom or what should go the honor? I knew for sure it wasn't going to be me, but beyond that notion, everything else was a mystery for a good while. That is, until I published my first book, which coincidentally was: Pump-King & His Buddies. Naturally, it was up to the walking/talking Halloween fruit and his cohorts to fulfill this role, not only because they paved the road for the rest to come, but because finding an interesting and meaningful placement for an anthropomorphic character within a human story is somewhat a challenge... A challenge I gladly accepted. And just like that, here is the page where Pump-King & His Buddies light up the Holiday spirit. Let me know in the comment section whether they succeeded... Or perhaps I failed? Speaking of which... There are still few remaining copies left of the extremely limited (and now destined to be collectors item) Pump-King & His Buddies #1. As a special offer, to celebrate their newest cameo, I'll be listing the bundle of all 4 variant covers with a 50% off deal, right now... Right here. Note: Covers A & B have a 25 copies limited print, while Covers C & D were only printed in 15 pcs each. All books are hand numbered and never to be reprinted again. The deal will run while supply last or the cameo ends. Whichever comes first. BTW, did you figure out the Pump-King & His Buddies cameos in the Blues Ratz book? That's a doozy, and not an easy one to catch. If you did, feel free to let everyone know your keen detective skills in the comments bellow. Page No.5 from our upcoming: "Twisted Holiday Horror Tales" #1 Art / Colors by TRISH ISIDERIO Story / Letters by ATTILA KISS Publisher: SCATTERED COMICS, Inc
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