Hollywood's always done its best to prove the adage "truth is stranger than fiction", and the guys behind The Thrilling Adventure Hour have taken it even stranger with Tales from the Black Lagoon. A tale of Hollywood noir, Tales is a terrific whodunit according to "the newly-rediscovered memoirs of Ben Chapman", the man who played the titular beast from The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and a fantastic example of world building by the show's writers.
In Tales, everything you think you know about the golden age of the silver screen is topsy-turvy: Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff's infamous feud? Invented to hide the fact they were lovers. The hilarious Harpo Marx? A vicious thug with arms like boa constrictors. And the cherubic Angela Lansbury was a deadly femme fatale who'd "had more extras than Central Casting."
I really wanted to nail the likeness here, so this was a bit of a challenge. There's definitely a dearth of reference of Angela Lansbury looking anything other than 357% wholesome and adorable. Super-fun.
Soon to be colored and made into a cigarette card.
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