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Geissman Grant - The History Of Ec Comics - Hardcover
Geissman Grant - The History Of Ec Comics - Hardcover
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Description: In 1947, Bill Gaines inherited EC Comics a new venture founded by his legendary father M. C. Gaines who was responsible for midwifing the birth of the comic book as we know it during his tenure at All - American Comics bringing the likes of Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to the world. Over the next eight years Bill Gaines and a who's who of the era including Al Feldstein Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood would reinvent the very notion of the comic book with titles like Tales from the Crypt Crime Suspen Stories Weird Science and MAD. EC delighted in publishing gory morbid horror and crime comics that had snap ironic endings but they also pioneered the first true - to - life war comics the first real science - fiction stories and a series of tales about such then - taboo subjects as racism bigotry vigilantism drug addiction police corruption and anti - Semitism. Too good to last they were eventually caught up by various 1950s guardians of morality who were convinced that EC's often over - the - top content was causing juvenile delinquency. A year or so after a full inquiry investigating horror and crime comics the incredible EC Comics were no more. Taschen presents the full fascinating story of this fabled company written and expertly curated by EC - authority Grant Geissman. Even the most die - hard EC Fan - Addicts will find something new within these pages with the Gaines family archives providing more than 100 rarities that have never seen print. Many of the cover images are reproduced from Gaines File Copies which are widely regarded as the best surviving copies of the EC Comics. Gathering more than 1,000 illustrations that include the rarest and most notorious covers interior pages and panels photos vintage original artwork and some of the most celebrated stories ever to be printed in four colors for a dime this is the ultimate EC Comics compendium and a must - have for any comics enthusiast or pop culture historian.
Title: The History Of Ec Comics
Author(s): Geissman Grant
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836549769
Pages: 592 Pages, 1500 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 9/7/2020
Category: Comic Book & Cartoon Art
Description: In 1947, Bill Gaines inherited EC Comics a new venture founded by his legendary father M. C. Gaines who was responsible for midwifing the birth of the comic book as we know it during his tenure at All - American Comics bringing the likes of Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to the world. Over the next eight years Bill Gaines and a who's who of the era including Al Feldstein Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood would reinvent the very notion of the comic book with titles like Tales from the Crypt Crime Suspen Stories Weird Science and MAD. EC delighted in publishing gory morbid horror and crime comics that had snap ironic endings but they also pioneered the first true - to - life war comics the first real science - fiction stories and a series of tales about such then - taboo subjects as racism bigotry vigilantism drug addiction police corruption and anti - Semitism. Too good to last they were eventually caught up by various 1950s guardians of morality who were convinced that EC's often over - the - top content was causing juvenile delinquency. A year or so after a full inquiry investigating horror and crime comics the incredible EC Comics were no more. Taschen presents the full fascinating story of this fabled company written and expertly curated by EC - authority Grant Geissman. Even the most die - hard EC Fan - Addicts will find something new within these pages with the Gaines family archives providing more than 100 rarities that have never seen print. Many of the cover images are reproduced from Gaines File Copies which are widely regarded as the best surviving copies of the EC Comics. Gathering more than 1,000 illustrations that include the rarest and most notorious covers interior pages and panels photos vintage original artwork and some of the most celebrated stories ever to be printed in four colors for a dime this is the ultimate EC Comics compendium and a must - have for any comics enthusiast or pop culture historian.
Title: The History Of Ec Comics
Author(s): Geissman Grant
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836549769
Pages: 592 Pages, 1500 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 9/7/2020
Category: Comic Book & Cartoon Art
