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The EC Artists' Library
''The EC Artists' Library'' are a series of books released by Fantagraphics Books, which collect anthologies by artists and themes of the comics originally published by EC Comics. Background On July 23, 2011, Gary Groth, president at Fantagraphics Books, announced during the company panel at the Comic-Con International in San Diego that Fantagraphics had established an agreement with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. to publish the EC Comic Library starting in 2012, with the aim to reintroduce the EC stories to new contemporary readers. The reprint run would feature all the EC comic material with the exception of ''MAD'' comics, whose rights belonged to another owner. Fantagraphics' publication would become the first EC Comics collection arranged by artist. Format Volumes of the series have been published in hardcover format measuring 7.25 inches × 10.25 inches (185 mm × 261 mm) and are printed in black-and-white. The books have been designed by Jacob Covey and eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Comics
Horror comics are comic books, graphic novels, black-and-white comics magazines, and manga focusing on horror fiction. In the US market, horror comic books reached a peak in the late 1940s through the mid-1950s, when concern over content and the imposition of the self-censorship Comics Code Authority contributed to the demise of many titles and the toning down of others. Black-and-white horror-comics magazines, which did not fall under the Code, flourished from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s from a variety of publishers. Mainstream American color comic books experienced a horror resurgence in the 1970s, following a loosening of the Code. While the genre has had greater and lesser periods of popularity, it occupies a firm niche in comics as of the 2010s. Precursors to horror comics include detective and crime comics that incorporated horror motifs into their graphics, and early superhero stories that sometimes included the likes of ghouls and vampires. Individual horror stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Williamson
Alfonso Williamson (March 21, 1931 – June 12, 2010) was an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western, science fiction and fantasy. Born in New York City, he spent much of his early childhood in Bogotá, Colombia before moving back to the United States at the age of 12. In his youth, Williamson developed an interest in comic strips, particularly Alex Raymond's ''Flash Gordon''. He took art classes at Burne Hogarth's Cartoonists and Illustrators School, there befriending future cartoonists Wally Wood and Roy Krenkel, who introduced him to the work of illustrators who had influenced adventure strips. Before long, he was working professionally in the comics industry. His most notable works include his science-fiction/ heroic-fantasy art for EC Comics in the 1950s, on titles including '' Weird Science'' and ''Weird Fantasy''. In the 1960s, he gained recognition for continuing Raymond's illustrative tradition with his work on the ''Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Set
A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists and bands with an extremely long and successful career often have anthology or "essential" collections of their boxes of music released as box sets. These often include rare and never-before-released tracks. Some box sets collect previously released boxes of singles or albums by a music artist, and often collect the complete discography of an artist such as Pink Floyd's ''Oh, by the Way'' and ''Discovery'' sets. Sometimes bands release expanded versions of their most successful albums such as Pink Floyd's ''Immersion'' box set versions of their ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973), ''Wish You Were Here'' (1975) and ''The Wall'' (1979) albums. Pink Floyd have also released ''The Early Years 1965–1972'' box set which features mostly unreleased mate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Krigstein
Bernard Krigstein (; March 22, 1919 – January 8, 1990), was an American illustrator and gallery artist who received acclaim for his innovative and influential approach to comic book art, notably in EC Comics. His artwork usually displayed the signature B. Krigstein. His best-known work in comic books is the eight-page story "Master Race", originally published in the debut issue (cover-dated April 1955) of EC Comics' ''Impact''. Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York City to a Jewish household, Krigstein studied art at Brooklyn College. Krigstein's earliest confirmed work in comics is penciling and inking the 10-page, patriotic "kid gang" feature "The Liberty Lads" in Harvey Comics' ''Champ Comics'' #25 (cover-dated April 1943). He went on to draw for Harvey and for Prize Comics through 1943, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. Following his service in World War II, he returned to comic books in 1945, working for publishers including Fawcett Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Elder
William Elder (born Wolf William Eisenberg; September 22, 1921 – May 15, 2008) was an American illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art but is best known for a frantically funny cartoon style that helped launch Harvey Kurtzman's '' Mad'' comic book in 1952. ''Playboy'' publisher Hugh Hefner said, "He was a zany, and a lovable one." Longtime ''Mad'' writer-cartoonist Al Jaffee called Elder "Absolutely brilliant... he was the star from the beginning. He had a feel for the kind of satire that eventually spread everywhere." Elder was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2018, the ''Comics Reporter''s Tom Spurgeon described Elder as "an amazing artist, a sneaky spot-holder on the top 20 of the 20th century". Early years Born Wolf William Eisenberg in the Bronx, New York, Elder was known in his teen years as Wolfie. Elder would later joke about his poor slum upbringing: "The people who had garbage were rich; they had someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reed Crandall
Reed Leonard Crandall (February 22, 1917 – September 13, 1982) Reed Crandall at the , via GenealogyBank.com; and vi FamilySearch.org citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing. Retrieved on 22 February 2013. Neither gives specific day of death. First cit [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Severin
John Powers Severin (; December 26, 1921 – February 12, 2012) was an American comics artist noted for his distinctive work with EC Comics, primarily on the war comics ''Two-Fisted Tales'' and ''Frontline Combat''; for Marvel Comics, especially its war and Western comics; and for his 45-year stint with the satiric magazine ''Cracked''. He was one of the founding cartoonists of '' Mad'' in 1952. Severin was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2003. Early life John Severin was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, of Norwegian and Irish descent. He was a teenager in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, when he began drawing professionally. While attending high school, he contributed cartoons to '' The Hobo News'', receiving payment of one dollar per cartoon. Severin recalled in 1999: He attended the High School of Music & Art in New York City, together with future EC Comics and '' Mad'' artists Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Al Jaffee and Al Feldstein. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Orlando
Joseph Orlando (April 4, 1927 – December 23, 1998) was an Italian American illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist during a lengthy career spanning six decades. He was the associate publisher of '' Mad'' and the vice president of DC Comics, where he edited numerous titles and ran DC's Special Projects department. Early life Orlando was born in Bari, Italy, emigrating to the United States in 1929. He began drawing at an early age, going to art classes at a neighborhood boys' club when he was seven years old. He continued there until he was 14, winning prizes annually in their competitions, including a John Wanamaker bronze medal. In 1941, he began attending the School of Industrial Art (later the High School of Art and Design), where he studied illustration. This school was a breeding ground for a number of comics artists, including Richard Bassford, Frank Giacoia, Carmine Infantino, Rocke Mastroserio, Alex Toth and future comics letterer Gaspar Saladino. Infantino and Orla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Ingels
Graham J. Ingels (; June 7, 1915April 4, 1991) was a comic book and magazine illustrator best known for his work in EC Comics during the 1950s, notably on ''The Haunt of Fear'' and ''Tales from the Crypt'', horror titles written and edited by Al Feldstein, and '' The Vault of Horror'', written and edited by Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Ingels' flair for horror led EC to promote him as Ghastly Graham Ingels, and he began signing his work "Ghastly" in 1952. Pulp illustrator Born in Cincinnati, Ingels began working at age 14 after the death of his father, commercial artist Don Ingels. Graham was 16 when he entered the art field drawing theater displays. He studied at New York's Hawthorne School of Art Graham and Gertrude Ingels married when he was starting as a freelancer at age 20. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1943, and he began working that same year for Fiction House Publications, both in their pulp magazines and their comic book division. Black and white illustrations signed G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kamen
Jack Kamen (; May 29, 1920 – August 5, 2008) was an American illustrator for books, magazines, comic books and advertising, known for his work illustrating crime, horror, humour, suspense and science fiction stories for EC Comics, for his work in advertising, and for the onscreen artwork he contributed to the 1982 horror anthology film ''Creepshow''. Early life Jack Kamen was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York on May 29, 1920. Career Kamen's first professional job was as an assistant to a sculptor working for the Texas Centennial. He studied sculpture with Agop Agopoff and was a student of Harvey Dunn, George Brandt Bridgman and William C. McNulty. When Kamen attended classes at the Art Students League and the Grand Central Art School, he paid for his studies by painting theatrical scenery, decorating fashion mannequins and creating sculptures. Shortly after he began his illustration career with Western and detective pulp magazines, he was called into the Army in 1942 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Feldstein
Albert Bernard Feldstein ( ; October 24, 1925 – April 29, 2014) was an American writer, editor, and artist, best known for his work at EC Comics and, from 1956 to 1985, as the editor of the satire, satirical magazine ''Mad (magazine), Mad''. After retiring from ''Mad'', Feldstein concentrated on Visual arts of the United States, American paintings of Western wildlife. Early life and education Al Feldstein was born October 24, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York, to a Jewish household. He was the son of Max, who made dental molds, and Beatrice Feldstein. After winning an award in the 1939 New York World's Fair poster contest, he decided on a career in the art field and studied at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, High School of Music and Art in Manhattan. During World War II, he served stateside in the United States Army Air Forces, Army Air Forces. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
