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Last House On The Left parody comic book pays tribute to seventies horror exploitation films
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Last House on the Left tribute comic book
I had to make note of an odd and very grotesque comic book series with the title: "Last Gas Pump on the Left."
It's obvious the author is paying tribute to Last House on the Left, but not only the Wes Craven classic--all of the truly morbid drive-in features of the sixties and seventies that had absolutely no moral constraints.
The first issue acts as if Last Gas Pump on the Left was a real movie that was never released in the theaters because it could never garner a rating from the MPAA. The film's director Dwight Alpenslack refused to make any further cuts leaving the picture in unedited limbo. The subsequent comic book is intended to show us the unreleased film frame by frame, er, or rather panel by panel.
In reality this comic book is written and drawn by Chaz Wood of Fenris Wulf Books located in the UK. I've read his material previously and he is a fan of exploitation films, as well as eighties horror and science fiction.
Now if you're thinking Last Gas Pump because of the "mature rating" on the cover is a sexy tribute let me remind you that the grindhouse pictures, while containing nudity aplenty, also were out to disturb you. And quite frankly, Last Gas Pump will make you want to wretch. The artwork reminds you of sixties underground with an emphasis on every ugly detail of the human body gone past 40 years of age. It's awkward , uncomfortable and twisted, my only complaint is that the art isn't displayed larger on the pages so we can get more of the effect of watching a movie on the big drive-in screen.
When the main starlet, pin-up gal Martha-Jane Baerbacker, reveals herself in all her glory we are treated to sagging breasts, nipples that appear to be made of rubber, wrinkles and overall a body that feels deformed by the weathering of time. The book may have sex, nudity and violence, as you would expect from an exploitation tribute, but don't expect to be turned on--unless you are one of those sick f*****s who likes wrinkly MILFS or granny hookers (to each his own).
Issue one is simply about a couple who stops by a rundown gas pump owned by Martha-Jane Baerbacker's character Bonnie Hart and they decide to spend the night in one of the rooms. Something bad is going to happen and after one of the ickiest love making sessions you'll probably read we're waiting on issue 2 for answers. There are indications that both the couple and the gas pump owner may be deranged in some manner.
And I don't want to give away the grossest scene, but let's just say Martha Baerbacker has strong lips.
It's hard to say if the story will continue to engross me with being "gross," but I have to say I had a morbid fascination with the artwork. The sags, the wrinkles, the attempts at being sexy when the clothes should remain on--ugh, gives me the shivers. When the violence starts it will be satisfying to see these characters slaughtered. Hopefully Chaz will deliver the blood in an unrelenting fashion.
If you want to pick up a copy of Last Gas Pump on the Left for yourself you can visit the publisher site at Fenris Wulf Books . I can only recommend this series for fans of exploitation horror and sixties to seventies underground art. Current horror for the most part contends to be sexy, from the beautiful young people to the rock music to the choreographed violence to the special effects. With low budget exploitation films of the past, none of that is true. They are a delightful mess, and so is Last Gas Pump on the Left.
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