The impact of EC Comics cannot be understated, having inspired countless horror creators, including George A. Romero, Stephen King, and many, many more. After nearly 70 years since the last comic book from EC, as first reported by the NY Times, Oni Press has partnered with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. to introduce new EC Comics! Starting this summer, Epitaphs From The Abyss #1 and Cruel Universe #1 will kick off brand-new stories from some of today's best comic book writers, and we have all the details:
"Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic fiction for more than 25 years – is proud to announce a brand-new publishing partnership with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. that will see the full-fledged return of EC Comics to comic shop and bookstore shelves worldwide with a slate of all-new series beginning in the summer of 2024.
Beginning with Epitaphs From The Abyss...
"Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic fiction for more than 25 years – is proud to announce a brand-new publishing partnership with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. that will see the full-fledged return of EC Comics to comic shop and bookstore shelves worldwide with a slate of all-new series beginning in the summer of 2024.
Beginning with Epitaphs From The Abyss...
- 2/19/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Whether it's The Halloween Tree or The October Country or Something Wicked This Way Comes, autumn is a wonderful time to read (or reread) Ray Bradbury's classic works. It's an especially perfect time of year, then, for Fantagraphics to publish Home to Stay!: The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories (featuring 28 Bradbury stories adapted by EC Comics in the 1950s), and we've been provided with "The Handler" story for Daily Dead readers to enjoy in its entirety ahead of the collection's October 18th publication!
Based on Bradbury's short story of the same name that was published in the 1947 collection Dark Carnival, "The Handler" (with artwork by Graham Ingels and a script by Al Feldstein) can be read in its entirety below!
We also have the official press release with additional details, and to learn more about Home to Stay!: The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories, visit:
https://www.
Based on Bradbury's short story of the same name that was published in the 1947 collection Dark Carnival, "The Handler" (with artwork by Graham Ingels and a script by Al Feldstein) can be read in its entirety below!
We also have the official press release with additional details, and to learn more about Home to Stay!: The Complete Ray Bradbury EC Stories, visit:
https://www.
- 10/17/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
EC Comics' 1950's science fiction title "Weird Fantasy" is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M. Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story at the time was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story at the time was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 2/11/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Idw Publishing's "Crime Comics Confidential", now available with 20 fully restored vintage comic book stories, is edited by Steven Brower and illustrated by 'Golden Age' comic book artists John Buscema, Alex Toth, Gene Colan, Bernie Krigstein, Reed Crandall, Everett Raymond Kinstler and a whole lot more:
"...relive the days when ruthless, moronic gangsters ruled the streets, in this gripping collection of notorious vintage 'pre-Code' crime comics.
"True life degenerate criminals including 'Al Capone', 'Legs Diamond', 'Pretty Boy Floyd', 'Dutch Schultz', 'Lucky Luciano' and 'John Dillinger' are featured alongside colorful pulp fiction characters with rods ablaze.
"These mobsters flaunted their sexy gun molls and ill-gotten gains of big cars and fancy suits...
"...living outside the law until getting their just desserts in the end."
Illustrators include Charles Biro, Dick Briefer, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Jack Cole, Reed Crandall, Fred Guardineer, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Bernie Krigstein, Mort Meskin,...
"...relive the days when ruthless, moronic gangsters ruled the streets, in this gripping collection of notorious vintage 'pre-Code' crime comics.
"True life degenerate criminals including 'Al Capone', 'Legs Diamond', 'Pretty Boy Floyd', 'Dutch Schultz', 'Lucky Luciano' and 'John Dillinger' are featured alongside colorful pulp fiction characters with rods ablaze.
"These mobsters flaunted their sexy gun molls and ill-gotten gains of big cars and fancy suits...
"...living outside the law until getting their just desserts in the end."
Illustrators include Charles Biro, Dick Briefer, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Jack Cole, Reed Crandall, Fred Guardineer, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Bernie Krigstein, Mort Meskin,...
- 2/6/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Idw Publishing's "Crime Comics Confidential", now available with 20 fully restored vintage comic book stories, is edited by Steven Brower and illustrated by 'Golden Age' comic book artists John Buscema, Alex Toth, Gene Colan, Bernie Krigstein, Reed Crandall, Everett Raymond Kinstler and a whole lot more:
"...relive the days when ruthless, moronic gangsters ruled the streets, in this gripping collection of notorious vintage 'pre-Code' crime comics.
"True life degenerate criminals including 'Al Capone', 'Legs Diamond', 'Pretty Boy Floyd', 'Dutch Schultz', 'Lucky Luciano' and 'John Dillinger' are featured alongside colorful pulp fiction characters with rods ablaze.
"These mobsters flaunted their sexy gun molls and ill-gotten gains of big cars and fancy suits...
"...living outside the law until getting their just desserts in the end."
Illustrators include Charles Biro, Dick Briefer, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Jack Cole, Reed Crandall, Fred Guardineer, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Bernie Krigstein, Mort Meskin,...
"...relive the days when ruthless, moronic gangsters ruled the streets, in this gripping collection of notorious vintage 'pre-Code' crime comics.
"True life degenerate criminals including 'Al Capone', 'Legs Diamond', 'Pretty Boy Floyd', 'Dutch Schultz', 'Lucky Luciano' and 'John Dillinger' are featured alongside colorful pulp fiction characters with rods ablaze.
"These mobsters flaunted their sexy gun molls and ill-gotten gains of big cars and fancy suits...
"...living outside the law until getting their just desserts in the end."
Illustrators include Charles Biro, Dick Briefer, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Jack Cole, Reed Crandall, Fred Guardineer, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Bernie Krigstein, Mort Meskin,...
- 11/21/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Idw Publishing's "Crime Comics Confidential", available May 5, 2021, with 20 fully restored vintage stories, is edited by Steven Brower and illustrated by 'Golden Age' comic book artists John Buscema, Alex Toth, Gene Colan, Bernie Krigstein, Reed Crandall, Everett Raymond Kinstler and a whole lot more:
"...relive the days when ruthless, moronic gangsters ruled the streets, in this gripping collection of notorious vintage 'pre-Code' crime comics.
"True life degenerate criminals including 'Al Capone', 'Legs Diamond', 'Pretty Boy Floyd', 'Dutch Schultz', 'Lucky Luciano' and 'John Dillinger' are featured alongside colorful pulp fiction characters with rods ablaze.
"These mobsters flaunted their sexy gun molls and ill-gotten gains of big cars and fancy suits...
"...living outside the law until getting their just desserts in the end."
Illustrators include Charles Biro, Dick Briefer, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Jack Cole, Reed Crandall, Fred Guardineer, Everett Raymond Kinstler,...
"...relive the days when ruthless, moronic gangsters ruled the streets, in this gripping collection of notorious vintage 'pre-Code' crime comics.
"True life degenerate criminals including 'Al Capone', 'Legs Diamond', 'Pretty Boy Floyd', 'Dutch Schultz', 'Lucky Luciano' and 'John Dillinger' are featured alongside colorful pulp fiction characters with rods ablaze.
"These mobsters flaunted their sexy gun molls and ill-gotten gains of big cars and fancy suits...
"...living outside the law until getting their just desserts in the end."
Illustrators include Charles Biro, Dick Briefer, John Buscema, Gene Colan, Jack Cole, Reed Crandall, Fred Guardineer, Everett Raymond Kinstler,...
- 2/6/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
EC Comics' 1950's science fiction title "Weird Fantasy" is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M. Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story at the time was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story at the time was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 1/30/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
EC Comics' 22-issue, pre-Comics Code title "Weird Fantasy" (1950), is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 10/20/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
EC Comics' 22-issue, pre-Comics Code dark fantasy series "Weird Fantasy" (1950), is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 7/27/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
EC Comics' 22-issue, pre-Comics Code dark fantasy series "Weird Fantasy" (1950), is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 5/1/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
EC Comics' 22-issue, pre-Comics Code dark fantasy series "Weird Fantasy" (1950), is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a new partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 2/9/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Kayti Burt Feb 8, 2019
Hivemind, the company behind The Expanse on Amazon, has teamed up with EC Comics to produce two screen projects.
Comic book publisher EC Comics, whose name you may recognize from titles like Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science, Two-Fisted Tales, and Mad Magazine, is getting back into the screen adaptation business. Or, more accurately, the publisher has signed a deal with production company Hivemind to bring some of its creations to new life.
To put the deal into context, Hivemind is the production company behind Netflix's The Witcher, which looks very cool, and has Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark currently in the works at CBS Films. Hivemind is also currently producing The Expanse for Amazon.
Which comics will EC Comics and Hivemind team up for first? According to Deadline, the partnership will focus on Weird Fantasy and a biopic of EC Comics publisher William M. Gaines...
Hivemind, the company behind The Expanse on Amazon, has teamed up with EC Comics to produce two screen projects.
Comic book publisher EC Comics, whose name you may recognize from titles like Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science, Two-Fisted Tales, and Mad Magazine, is getting back into the screen adaptation business. Or, more accurately, the publisher has signed a deal with production company Hivemind to bring some of its creations to new life.
To put the deal into context, Hivemind is the production company behind Netflix's The Witcher, which looks very cool, and has Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark currently in the works at CBS Films. Hivemind is also currently producing The Expanse for Amazon.
Which comics will EC Comics and Hivemind team up for first? According to Deadline, the partnership will focus on Weird Fantasy and a biopic of EC Comics publisher William M. Gaines...
- 2/8/2019
- Den of Geek
EC Comics, the legendary comic book publisher behind subversive and sublime brands like Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science, Two-Fisted Tales and Mad Magazine, has inked a partnership with Hivemind, the production company behind Netflix’s The Witcher series as well as the upcoming feature Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark from CBS Films.
The new partnership will roll out with two projects: Weird Fantasy, a television series based on the classic EC anthology series, and a biopic of EC publisher William M. Gaines, who was a firebrand figure in comics history and an infamous name to cultural crusaders of the the 1950s who targeted EC as purveyor of prurient material that directly led to juvenile delinquency. The 1950s moral panic led to an Congressional investigation that nearly doomed the entire comics industry. Gaines transformed himself into a leading free speech advocate and, with the founding of Mad (which...
The new partnership will roll out with two projects: Weird Fantasy, a television series based on the classic EC anthology series, and a biopic of EC publisher William M. Gaines, who was a firebrand figure in comics history and an infamous name to cultural crusaders of the the 1950s who targeted EC as purveyor of prurient material that directly led to juvenile delinquency. The 1950s moral panic led to an Congressional investigation that nearly doomed the entire comics industry. Gaines transformed himself into a leading free speech advocate and, with the founding of Mad (which...
- 2/8/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Dark Horse Comics' "EC Archives Two-Fisted Tales" Hc Vol. 4, available April 10, 2019, is written and illustrated by Jack Davis, Reed Crandall and a whole lot more, collecting "Two-Fisted Tales" issues #36-#41 (1950's):
"...before 'Two-Fisted Tales' burst onto the scene in 1950, war comics were largely unsophisticated, focusing only on action, adventure and wartime propaganda.
"But under the editorial direction of writer/illustrator Harvey Kurtzman 'Two-Fisted Tales' dared to examine horror and madness on the battlefield..."
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"...before 'Two-Fisted Tales' burst onto the scene in 1950, war comics were largely unsophisticated, focusing only on action, adventure and wartime propaganda.
"But under the editorial direction of writer/illustrator Harvey Kurtzman 'Two-Fisted Tales' dared to examine horror and madness on the battlefield..."
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- 11/26/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
You know the old saying: One’s man’s trash is another man’s treasure. That applies to me and my pals so often.
Now, I realize I’m very blessed: I have a great bunch of friends. I share interests and/or a long history with each them. I guess that’s part of the definition of a friend. But we don’t all love the same stuff. And when it comes to Geek Culture, a bunch of my friends just aren’t that into it.
I pity those fools as I flip through the latest PaperGirls.
Freddie P is that type of friend. He’s a long-time pal. We grew up in the same small town, kept in touch through college and lived near another in those wild just-a-few-years-outta-college days. After that, we always stayed in touch. We’ve watched each other’s families grow up. We laughed...
Now, I realize I’m very blessed: I have a great bunch of friends. I share interests and/or a long history with each them. I guess that’s part of the definition of a friend. But we don’t all love the same stuff. And when it comes to Geek Culture, a bunch of my friends just aren’t that into it.
I pity those fools as I flip through the latest PaperGirls.
Freddie P is that type of friend. He’s a long-time pal. We grew up in the same small town, kept in touch through college and lived near another in those wild just-a-few-years-outta-college days. After that, we always stayed in touch. We’ve watched each other’s families grow up. We laughed...
- 9/25/2017
- by Ed Catto
- Comicmix.com
There’s a common refrain from longtime fans that San Diego Comic-Con isn’t about comics anymore. I understand that point of view, but I don’t really believe it. In fact, I’m developing a theory that San Diego Comic-Con is really about a lot of different things, but each and every one is so big and boisterous that they eclipse comics. But that doesn’t mean that comics aren’t there.
With that in mind, here are a few comic discoveries from this year’s Comic-Con:
New publisher Black Mask had a modest booth, but it was bursting with talent and creativity.
Black – Jamal Igle was a friendly face in the Black Mask Booth. He’s a tireless creator and was proud of his latest comic, Black. It’s a super hero comic that takes place in a reality where only black people have superpowers. It’s gutsy and compelling.
With that in mind, here are a few comic discoveries from this year’s Comic-Con:
New publisher Black Mask had a modest booth, but it was bursting with talent and creativity.
Black – Jamal Igle was a friendly face in the Black Mask Booth. He’s a tireless creator and was proud of his latest comic, Black. It’s a super hero comic that takes place in a reality where only black people have superpowers. It’s gutsy and compelling.
- 7/31/2017
- by Ed Catto
- Comicmix.com
We get a hell of a lot of press releases over here at ComicMix. That’s understandable, even though we’re not really a news site – for those of you who watch Fox News, there’s a difference between “news” and “opinion.” We get ‘em from all sorts of people and places and most of the larger comics publishers, except DC Comics. Hmmm… I wonder why that is?
Perhaps the publisher who leads the pack in sending out press releases is Action Lab. I say this because in the time it took me to write these words we received another seven releases from Jamal Igle. Yes, the artist on Supergirl and Firestorm and New Warriors and Iron Fist / Wolverine and all sorts of other worthy stuff. His creation, Molly Danger (Hendrix much?), is over at Action Lab where Jamal also serves as Vice President of Marketing. Our very own Ed...
Perhaps the publisher who leads the pack in sending out press releases is Action Lab. I say this because in the time it took me to write these words we received another seven releases from Jamal Igle. Yes, the artist on Supergirl and Firestorm and New Warriors and Iron Fist / Wolverine and all sorts of other worthy stuff. His creation, Molly Danger (Hendrix much?), is over at Action Lab where Jamal also serves as Vice President of Marketing. Our very own Ed...
- 4/9/2016
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
When was the last time a major comics publisher launched a new series of superhero comics? Of course, by new I mean “totally original characters.”
For example, both Dynamite and Dark Horse are doing quite nicely with their somewhat integrated lines of heroic fantasy. Dynamite based theirs upon well-known pulp heroes such as The Shadow, Doc Savage, The Avenger and Zorro. Dark Horse has resurrected golden age licensed characters such as Captain Midnight and Skyman and has been integrating them with their own Comics Greatest World (X and Ghost), brought back from wandering around the1990s. Nice stuff – some of it great stuff – but these are not new characters.
The same thing is true over at Valiant. They’ve resurrected their characters and did what amounts to the fourth or fifth relaunch of their universe, sans those licensed from Western Publishing (which are now over at Dynamite Comics after Dark Horse...
For example, both Dynamite and Dark Horse are doing quite nicely with their somewhat integrated lines of heroic fantasy. Dynamite based theirs upon well-known pulp heroes such as The Shadow, Doc Savage, The Avenger and Zorro. Dark Horse has resurrected golden age licensed characters such as Captain Midnight and Skyman and has been integrating them with their own Comics Greatest World (X and Ghost), brought back from wandering around the1990s. Nice stuff – some of it great stuff – but these are not new characters.
The same thing is true over at Valiant. They’ve resurrected their characters and did what amounts to the fourth or fifth relaunch of their universe, sans those licensed from Western Publishing (which are now over at Dynamite Comics after Dark Horse...
- 10/22/2014
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Dark Horse Comics and Russ Cochran are collaborating to restore and release Tales from the Crypt Volume 4 in digital color, with Vault of Horror Volume 3 to follow in the new year.
The announcement came from Dark Horse at Comic-Con last weekend that the horror comic would return with the help of publisher Russ Cochran and Cathy Gaines, daughter of the Entertaining Comics publisher, Bill Gaines. Dark Horse said that the project is “one of its biggest undertakings yet!” Here is the official press release from Dark Horse Comics:
“Without question, Bill Gaines’s Entertaining Comics produced some of the greatest works in the history of the medium, from the likes of such industry legends as Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and many, many more. EC Comics produced many of the 1950s’ most controversial and talked-about works, including such legendary anthologies as Two-Fisted Tales, Weird Fantasy, and of course, Tales from the Crypt.
The announcement came from Dark Horse at Comic-Con last weekend that the horror comic would return with the help of publisher Russ Cochran and Cathy Gaines, daughter of the Entertaining Comics publisher, Bill Gaines. Dark Horse said that the project is “one of its biggest undertakings yet!” Here is the official press release from Dark Horse Comics:
“Without question, Bill Gaines’s Entertaining Comics produced some of the greatest works in the history of the medium, from the likes of such industry legends as Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and many, many more. EC Comics produced many of the 1950s’ most controversial and talked-about works, including such legendary anthologies as Two-Fisted Tales, Weird Fantasy, and of course, Tales from the Crypt.
- 7/29/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Get ready boils and ghouls, The Cryptkeeper is getting ready to make his return to the spotlight (or moonlight, as it were). Dark Horse Comics has announced that it will be teaming up with famous publisher Russ Cochran to release the Entertaining Comics library, including Tales From the Crypt Volume 4, just in time for Halloween.
The press release (originally found on darkhorse.com) reads as follows:
As announced during the Diamond Retailer Lunch at Comic-Con 2013, the publishing maverick Dark Horse Comics, known for the best in both new and original material as well as archiving comics’ most important works, announced one of its biggest undertakings yet!
Without question, Bill Gaines’s Entertaining Comics produced some of the greatest works in the history of the medium, from the likes of such industry legends as Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and many, many more. EC Comics produced many of the 1950s’ most controversial and talked-about works,...
The press release (originally found on darkhorse.com) reads as follows:
As announced during the Diamond Retailer Lunch at Comic-Con 2013, the publishing maverick Dark Horse Comics, known for the best in both new and original material as well as archiving comics’ most important works, announced one of its biggest undertakings yet!
Without question, Bill Gaines’s Entertaining Comics produced some of the greatest works in the history of the medium, from the likes of such industry legends as Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and many, many more. EC Comics produced many of the 1950s’ most controversial and talked-about works,...
- 7/26/2013
- by Josh Wright
- ScifiMafia
During this year's San Diego Comic-Con, Dark Horse Comics announced one of its biggest undertakings yet, and it involves fan favorite Tales from the Crypt. Read on for the details!
From the Press Release:
Without question, Bill Gaines’s Entertaining Comics produced some of the greatest works in the history of the medium from the likes of such industry legends as Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and many, many more. EC Comics produced many of the 1950s' most controversial and talked-about works, including such legendary anthologies as Two-Fisted Tales, Weird Fantasy, and of course, Tales from the Crypt.
Now, Dark Horse, known for the best in both new and original material, as well as archiving comics’ most important works, will work with comics luminary Russ Cochran, under the careful guidance of Cathy Gaines, to continue this legacy with the release of Tales from the Crypt Volume 4 in October, with Vault of Horror Volume 3 following in January!
From the Press Release:
Without question, Bill Gaines’s Entertaining Comics produced some of the greatest works in the history of the medium from the likes of such industry legends as Jack Davis, Wally Wood, and many, many more. EC Comics produced many of the 1950s' most controversial and talked-about works, including such legendary anthologies as Two-Fisted Tales, Weird Fantasy, and of course, Tales from the Crypt.
Now, Dark Horse, known for the best in both new and original material, as well as archiving comics’ most important works, will work with comics luminary Russ Cochran, under the careful guidance of Cathy Gaines, to continue this legacy with the release of Tales from the Crypt Volume 4 in October, with Vault of Horror Volume 3 following in January!
- 7/26/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Author: Joe Simon
Illustrator: Jack Kirby
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Titan Books
Isbn-10: 1848569610
Isbn-13: 978-1848569614
Synopsis:
The Simon and Kirby Library: Science Fiction spans more than 20 years, beginning with the first stories Joe Simon and Jack Kirby ever produced together (beginning in June 1940)–their ten-issue run of Blue Bolt adventures. Then the Cold War years will be represented by Race For the Moon, featuring pencils by Kirby and inked artwork by comic book legends Reed Crandall, Angelo Torres, and Al Williamson.
“Joe was one of the industry’s greatest innovators–he commissioned stories from some of the greatest talents of the time,” series editor Steve Saffel notes. “Thanks to his efforts, we have exclusive access to more than 80 pages of original artwork from the 1950s. Stories by all four artists appear in all of their stunning detail. This was a book Joe wanted the world to see.”
Other rarities from both decades are included,...
Illustrator: Jack Kirby
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Titan Books
Isbn-10: 1848569610
Isbn-13: 978-1848569614
Synopsis:
The Simon and Kirby Library: Science Fiction spans more than 20 years, beginning with the first stories Joe Simon and Jack Kirby ever produced together (beginning in June 1940)–their ten-issue run of Blue Bolt adventures. Then the Cold War years will be represented by Race For the Moon, featuring pencils by Kirby and inked artwork by comic book legends Reed Crandall, Angelo Torres, and Al Williamson.
“Joe was one of the industry’s greatest innovators–he commissioned stories from some of the greatest talents of the time,” series editor Steve Saffel notes. “Thanks to his efforts, we have exclusive access to more than 80 pages of original artwork from the 1950s. Stories by all four artists appear in all of their stunning detail. This was a book Joe wanted the world to see.”
Other rarities from both decades are included,...
- 5/28/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Trick or Treat Studios makes amazing masks for Halloween or really anytime your feel like creeping out your friends. All the masks are hand-crafted by master mask makers who take inspiration from film and their own twisted imaginations.
Masks include Halloween II, The Thing, and completely original designs like the Clowns of Death series. Uncle Creepy, from Creepy comics, is featured here.
Some details from the site:
"Over 285 issues of Creepy have been published and Uncle Creepy himself has been drawn by some of the best artist in the world, including Neal Adams, Dan Adkins, Reed Crandall, Johnny Craig, Jack Davis, Steve Ditko, Frank Frazetta, Gray Morrow, Joe Orlando, John Severin, Angelo Torres, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Wally Wood and Bernie Wrightson.
Now for the first time in almost 20 years, Trick or Treat Studios and New Comics Company, LLC is proud to offer the Offically Licensed Uncle Creepy Halloween Mask!
Masks include Halloween II, The Thing, and completely original designs like the Clowns of Death series. Uncle Creepy, from Creepy comics, is featured here.
Some details from the site:
"Over 285 issues of Creepy have been published and Uncle Creepy himself has been drawn by some of the best artist in the world, including Neal Adams, Dan Adkins, Reed Crandall, Johnny Craig, Jack Davis, Steve Ditko, Frank Frazetta, Gray Morrow, Joe Orlando, John Severin, Angelo Torres, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Wally Wood and Bernie Wrightson.
Now for the first time in almost 20 years, Trick or Treat Studios and New Comics Company, LLC is proud to offer the Offically Licensed Uncle Creepy Halloween Mask!
- 1/30/2013
- by Sara Castillo
- FEARnet
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