I came across a weird comic called Plop! while looking up Sergio Aragones this past year. When I was actively collecting comics I pretty much stuck to the stuff that was coming out at the time (late 80s through the 90s), so I completely missed out on these types of books (except for the odd issue of MAD or Cracked I’d pick up.) I think marvel had a similar book around the same time, and I’m glad that I stumbled across these because I really like the silly humor, especially the monster themed strips (which there were a ton of.) Here’s a short two-page gag called The Message from Plop! #1 (the DC magazine of weird humor) published September/October 1973 and featuring a concept by Sheldon Mayer and art by Alfredo P. Alcala

There’s a large part of me that hopes my after life will be similar (though I’m sure I’d be stalking into houses to watch cartoons and repeats of old monster movies. Hey, a guy can hope can’t he…