Gahan Wilson’s 1977 cartoon turns an elaborate hooded executioner-style costume into an ordinary domestic annoyance. The figure is dressed in a bright purple outfit covered with skulls, chains, lightning-bolt symbols, and other macabre details, while casually reading the newspaper at home. The woman beside him simply complains, “I wish you’d stop wearing that around the house!”
That deadpan contrast is classic Wilson. His cartoons often treat grotesque or supernatural imagery as if it were part of everyday suburban life, and this one has especially strong Halloween appeal. Published in Playboy in October 1977, it blends costume humor, horror imagery, and domestic absurdity into a very recognizable piece of late-1970s dark comedy.
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