Description
Product ID: | 9783836549769 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | IT |
Title: | The History of EC Comics |
Authors: | Author: Grant Geissman |
Page Count: | 592 |
Subjects: | Comic book and cartoon artwork, Comic book & cartoon art |
Description: | Select Guide Rating In 1947, Bill Gaines inherited his father’s publishing company, EC Comics. Over the next eight years, Gaines and his writers and artists reinvented the comic book, introducing mature themes and legendary titles like Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, and MAD. With more than 1,000 illustrations, EC fans are sure to find something new. 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 SuspenStories, Weird Science, and MAD. |
Imprint Name: | Taschen GmbH |
Publisher Name: | Taschen GmbH |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-08-07 |