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Russ Cochran (publisher)
Russ Cochran (; July 3, 1937 – February 23, 2020) was a publisher of EC Comics reprints, Disney comics, and books on Hopalong Cassidy, Chet Atkins, Les Paul, and vacuum tubes. He was a publisher for over 30 years, after quitting his job as a physics professor. His EC Comics reprints included the black-and-white '' The Complete EC Library'', the four-color '' EC Annuals'', and the full-color hardcover EC Archives. In 1982, he was awarded an Inkpot Award. Cochran was associated with Another Rainbow Publishing, Gladstone Publishing, and Gemstone Publishing. EC Comics reprints Cochran's reprints (which have been released through a number of publishers, including Cochran himself) were compiled primarily from copies of the original artwork pages (complemented when necessary by scans of the original printed comics), which were owned by EC Publisher William Gaines. Cochran befriended Gaines and also handled the resale of the original artwork to collectors via mail-auction catalogs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EC Comics
Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books, which specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, dark fantasy, and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the ''Tales from the Crypt'' series. Initially, EC was owned by Maxwell Gaines and specialized in educational and child-oriented stories. After Max Gaines' death in a boating accident in 1947, his son William Gaines took over the company and began to print more mature stories, delving into genres of horror, war, fantasy, science-fiction, adventure, and others. Noted for their high quality and shock endings, these stories were also unique in their socially conscious, progressive themes (including racial equality, anti-war advocacy, nuclear disarmament, and environmentalism) that anticipated the Civil Rights Movement and dawn of 1960s counterculture. In 1954–55, censorship pressures prompted it to concentrate on the humor ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhob Stewart
Robert Marion Stewart, known as Bhob Stewart (November 12, 1937 – February 24, 2014) was an American writer, editor, cartoonist, filmmaker, and active fan who contributed to a variety of publications over a span of five decades. His articles and reviews appeared in ''TV Guide'', ''Publishers Weekly'', and other publications, along with online contributions to Allmovie, the Collecting Channel, and other sites. In 1980, he became the regular film columnist for '' Heavy Metal''. Start in publishing and writing Stewart got his start in science fiction fandom, publishing one of the earliest comics fanzines. He published ''The EC Fan Bulletin'', the first EC fanzine, in 1953, and co-edited the Hugo Award-winning science fiction fanzine '' Xero'' (1960–1963). He is credited with predicting the arrival of "underground comics" (as a counterpart to underground films) during a panel discussion with Archie Goodwin and Ted White at the New York Comicon in July 1966.. As there were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incredible Science Fiction
''Incredible Science Fiction'' was an American science fiction anthology comic published by EC Comics in 1955 and 1956, lasting a total of four issues. Creative team ''Incredible Science Fiction'' ran for four issues, boasting a number of skilled artists including Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Orlando and Roy Krenkel. Three of its covers were done by Davis, with the final issue's cover by Wood. This comic is notable for having Jack Davis' only science fiction work for EC. Roy Krenkel also provided his only solo story for EC with issue 31's "Time to Leave". The story "Food For Thought" from issue 32 (which featured art predominantly from Al Williamson but also Roy Krenkel as well) was awarded best artwork for an individual science fiction story at the 1972 EC Fan-Addict Convention. History Origin ''Incredible Science Fiction'' was a retitled version of the comic ''Weird Science-Fantasy'', which changed its title in 1955. The comic changed its title with issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weird Science-Fantasy
''Weird Science-Fantasy'' was an American science fiction-fantasy anthology comic, that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s. Over a 14-month span, the comic ran for seven issues, starting in March 1954 with issue #23 and ending with issue #29 in May/June 1955. Origin The comic, published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, was a merger of two previous bi-monthly titles, '' Weird Science'' and ''Weird Fantasy'', which ran from 1950 to 1953, both ending at issue #22. Because of the losses suffered from those two comics, Gaines and Feldstein combined the two into a single comic, published quarterly and priced at 15 cents. The price would be lowered back down to 10 cents after the first two issues. The comic reverted to a bi-monthly schedule with issue #27 in January/February 1955. In the summer of 1955, there was yet another title change as ''Weird Science-Fantasy'' became '' Incredible Science Fiction'' for the final four issues. Artists and writers Cover il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vault Of Horror (comics)
''The Vault of Horror'' was an American bi-monthly horror comic anthology series published by EC Comics in the early 1950s. Along with '' Tales from the Crypt'' and ''The Haunt of Fear'', it formed a trifecta of popular EC horror anthologies. ''The Vault of Horror'' hit newsstands with its April/May 1950 issue and ceased publication with its December/January 1955 issue, producing a total of 40 issues. Origin In 1950, William Gaines and his editor Al Feldstein discovered they shared similar tastes in horror and began experimenting with such stories in EC's crime comic ''War Against Crime'' and its companion title, ''Crime Patrol''. With issue #12 the ''War Against Crime'' title was replaced with ''The Vault of Horror''. Due to an attempt to save money on second-class postage permits, characteristic of comics publishing of the era, the numbering did not change with the title; the first issue of ''The Vault of Horror'' was thus labelled "No. 12". There is, however, evidence of an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frontline Combat
''Frontline Combat'' is an anthology war comic book written and edited by Harvey Kurtzman and published bi-monthly by EC Comics. The first issue was cover dated July/August, 1951. It ran for 15 issues over three years, and ended with the January, 1954 issue. Publication was discontinued following a decline in sales attributed to the end of the Korean War. The title was a companion to Kurtzman's comic book ''Two-Fisted Tales''. Both titles depicted the horrors of war realistically and in great detail, exposing what Kurtzman saw as the truth about war without glamorizing or idealizing it. Artists and writers Artists who contributed included Kurtzman and EC regulars such as John Severin, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, George Evans and Will Elder. Non-EC regulars who contributed included Alex Toth, Ric Estrada, Joe Kubert and Russ Heath. Kurtzman wrote the majority of the comic's stories with Jerry DeFuccio contributing one-page text stories and an occasional regular story. The issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shock SuspenStories
''Shock SuspenStories'' was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s. The bi-monthly comic, published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, began with issue 1 in February/March 1952. Over a four-year span, it ran for 18 issues, ending with the December/January 1955 issue. Artists and writers Front covers were by Feldstein, Wally Wood, Johnny Craig, George Evans and Jack Kamen. Kamen was the comic's most prolific artist, usually doing the lead eight-page story in each issue. Other stories were illustrated by Craig, Evans, Wood, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis, Al Williamson, Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall, Bernard Krigstein and Frank Frazetta. Writing was handled by Gaines and Feldstein exclusively through the first 12 issues with the exception of a single story written by Craig. Over the last 6 issues other writers who contributed included Carl Wessler, Otto Binder, and Jack Oleck. Issue 13 featured "Squeeze Play", the only solo story Frank Frazetta drew for EC. Origin and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weird Fantasy
''Weird Fantasy'' is an American dark fantasy and science fiction anthology comic that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s. The companion comic for ''Weird Fantasy'' was '' Weird Science''. Over a four-year span, ''Weird Fantasy'' ran for 22 issues, ending with the November–December 1953 issue. Publication history The bi-monthly science-fiction comic, published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, replaced romance comic '' A Moon, A Girl... Romance'' with the May/June 1950 issue. Although the title and format change took effect with issue 13, Gaines and Feldstein decided not to restart the numbering in order to save money on second class postage. The Post Office took note, and starting with issue #6, all the issues were numbered correctly. Because of this, "''Weird Fantasy'' #13" could refer to either the May/June 1950 issue or the actual 13th issue of the title, published in 1952. The same confusion exists for issues #14–17, #17 being the last issue publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weird Science (comics)
''Weird Science'' was an American science fiction comic book magazine that was part of the EC Comics line in the early 1950s. Over a four-year span, the comic ran for 22 issues, ending with the November–December, 1953 issue. '' Weird Fantasy'' was a sister title published during the same time frame. Publication history Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, the bi-monthly ''Weird Science'' replaced ''Saddle Romances'' with the May/June 1950 issue. Although the title and format change took effect with issue 12, Gaines and Feldstein decided not to restart the numbering in order to save money on second class postage. The Post Office took note and, starting with issue #5, all the issues were numbered correctly. Because of this, ''Weird Science'' #12 could refer to either the May/June 1950 issue, or the actual 12th issue published in 1952. The same confusion exists for issues #13-15, #15 being the last issue published before EC reset the numbering. Artist/Writer Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-Fisted Tales
''Two-Fisted Tales'' is an anthology war comic published bi-monthly by EC Comics in the early 1950s. The title originated in 1950 when Harvey Kurtzman suggested to William Gaines that they publish an adventure comic. Kurtzman became the editor of ''Two-Fisted Tales'', and with the dawn of the Korean War, he soon narrowed the focus to war stories. The title was a companion comic to '' Frontline Combat'', and stories Kurtzman wrote for both books often displayed an anti-war attitude. It returned to adventure-themed stories in issues #36 through #39, co-edited by John Severin and Colin Dawkins, with a cover-title change to ''The New Two-Fisted Tales''. The bimonthly title ran 24 issues, numbered 18–41, from 1950 to 1955. In 1952, EC published ''Two-Fisted Annual'' which had no new stories but instead bound together past issues of ''Two-Fisted Tales'' with a new cover by Kurtzman. The same procedure was repeated in 1953 for an annual with a new Jack Davis cover. Years after its d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales From The Crypt (comics)
''Tales from the Crypt'' was an American bi-monthly horror comic anthology series published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1955, producing 27 issues (the first issue with the title was #20, previously having been ''International Comics'' (#1–#5); ''International Crime Patrol'' (#6); ''Crime Patrol'' (#7–#16) and ''The Crypt of Terror'' (#17–#19) for a total of 46 issues in the series). Along with its sister titles, ''The Haunt of Fear'' and '' The Vault of Horror'', ''Tales from the Crypt'' was popular, but in the late 1940s and early 1950s comic books came under attack from parents, clergymen, schoolteachers and others who believed the books contributed to illiteracy and juvenile delinquency. In April and June 1954, highly publicized congressional subcommittee hearings on the effects of comic books upon children left the industry shaken. With the subsequent imposition of a highly restrictive Comics Code, EC Comics publisher Bill Gaines cancelled ''Tales from the Crypt'' and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantagraphics
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint. History Founding Fantagraphics was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Michael Catron in College Park, Maryland. The company took over an adzine named ''The Nostalgia Journal'', which it renamed ''The Comics Journal''. As comics journalist (and former Fantagraphics employee) Michael Dean writes, "the publisher has alternated between flourishing and nearly perishing over the years." Kim Thompson joined the company in 1977, using his inheritance to keep the company afloat.Dean, Michael"Comics Community Comes to Fantagraphics' Rescue," ''The Comics Journal'', Posted July 11, 2003. (He soon became a co-owner.) The company moved from Washington, D.C. to Stamford, Connecticut, to Los Angeles over its early years, before settling in Seattle in 1989.Matos, Michelangelo"Saved by the Beag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
