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From the comic adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Wally Wood, originally published in Weird Fantasy #17 by EC Comics.
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Dennis O’Neil: Have I Offended Anyone?
So there’s some kind of election going on? Well, not in comicbookland there isn’t and maybe that’s just as well. Last week, we blathered about the lack of ethnic diversity in mass entertainment, particularly regarding names, and suggested that the purveyors of such entertainment didn’t want to alienate potential customers by giving their heroes traits…
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Ed Catto: Geek Culture’s Panic Attack
As I watched FoxâÃÂÃÂs Lucifer the other night, I uttered my all-too common refrain âÃÂÃÂOh, thatâÃÂÃÂs from a comic book.âÃÂàEven I am amazed how often I recite it. The frequency with which we all say that simple phrase is proof that Geek Culture is thriving in 2016. But in many ways Geek Culture never…
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Mike Gold: Jack Davis, We Truly Knew Ye
Relax. This isn’t an obituary. It’s bad news, but it’s not an obituary. And that’s the good news. First, the headline. Legendary cartoonist Jack Davis decided to retire. One of the very last of the EC artists, one of the very best of the Mad Magazine artists and a man whose work graced hundreds of…
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Mike Gold: Marvel’s 75-Year Marvel
If you can find a decent magazine rack near you, or you are lucky enough to live near a bone fide comic book store, you might want to check out Marvel’s 75th Anniversary magazine, conveniently pictured to our left. Oh, look! Rocket Raccoon and Star Lord and Groot and Nova! And no Sub-Mariner or Human…
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Al Feldstein, 1925 – 2014
Comics legend Al Feldstein died yesterday at his Montana home, at the age of 88. Best known for his work as editor of Mad Magazine from 1956 to 1984, Al co-created, wrote and drew for most of the classic EC comics, including Tales From The Crypt, Weird Science, Panic and Shock SuspenStories. Prior to signing…
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Mike Gold: EC Comics Fight – T’aint The Teat, It’s The Humanity
Over at The Comics Journal website Michael Dean posted an article about how the Harvey Kurtzman Estate (represented by Denis Kitchen) and Al Feldstein filed to “regain” the copyrights to their EC Comics work. Feldstein and the Bill Gaines estate reached an agreement – undisclosed, of course – but the Kurtzman situation is more complex. Kurtzman…
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Michael Davis: Milestones – African Americans In Comics, Pop Culture And Beyond, Part 3
Please read parts one and two before this installment. The Comics Code Authority (CCA) tried its best to stop EC from publishing a particularly offensive (to them) comic book. The book they were trying to stop was Weird Fantasy #18 (April 1953); the story was called “Judgment Day.” What was objected to was not a gory scene…
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Harry Harrison: 1925-2012
Harry Harrison, best known for his character Jim DiGriz, the Stainless Steel Rat, and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (adapted into film as Soylent Green) died yesterday at the age of 87. Harrison started as a comics illustrator in 1947, notably with EC Comics’ two science fiction comic books, Weird Fantasy and Weird Science,…
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John Severin: 1921-2012
John Severin, Eisner Hall of Fame winner and one of the last of the legendary EC artists, died Sunday in Denver, Colorado. He was 90. Severin was among the greatest draftsmen of the EC crew. He was especially well known for his western comics and war comics, but worked across many genres, including a 45…
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FREE HALLOWEEN PULPY GOODNESS FROM EL GORGO!!
Just in time for Halloween! El gorgo spins you an eerie tale of greed and horror. 6 pages of free EC-style comic goodness. http://elgorgo.com/2010/10/27/watery-grave/
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Al Williamson 1931-2010
Al Williamson, the youngest artist in the acclaimed EC stable of artists, died yesterday after a long illness. Born in 1931, he was raised in Bogotá, Colombia, Williamson was attracted to American comic strips, notably Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon, before relocating to the United States at age 12. As a teen, he attended Burne Hogarth’s…
