The History of EC Comics
Language: English
Published by Taschen Gmbh Aug 2020, 2020
Series: Book 1 of 3 - EC Comics Library
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Neuware -Im Jahr 1947 erbte Bill Gaines EC Comics, den noch jungen Verlag seines legendären Vaters M. C. Gaines, der während seiner Zeit bei All-American Publications für die Geburt des Comics, wie wir ihn kennen, mitverantwortlich war und der Welt Wonder Woman und Green Lantern bescherte. In den nächsten acht Jahren sollten Bill Gaines und ein 'Who is Who' der Ära, darunter Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman und Wally Wood, mit Titeln wie Tales from the Crypt, Crime SuspenStories, Weird Science und MAD den Begriff des Comics nochmal vollkommen neu erfinden. EC begeisterte seine Leser mit blutigen, morbiden Horror- und Crime-Comics, die sich durch spontane und ironische Auflösungen auszeichneten. Zugleich leistete man Pionierarbeit mit den ersten lebensechten Kriegscomics, den ersten 'echten' Science-Fiction-Geschichten und einer Reihe von Storys über Tabu-Themen wie Rassismus, Bigotterie, Selbstjustiz, Drogensucht, Polizeikorruption und Antisemitismus. Letztlich waren die Inhalte zu edgy und anspruchsvoll, um langfristig zu bestehen - verschiedene Moralwächter der 1950er Jahre waren überzeugt davon, dass die ausgefallenen Inhalte der EC-Comics Jugendkriminalität beförderten. Ca. ein Jahr nach einer umfassenden öffentlichen Untersuchung der Horror- und Crime-Comics verschwanden die bahnbrechenden EC-Heftchen wieder von der Bildfläche. TASCHEN präsentiert die ganze faszinierende Geschichte dieses legendären Unternehmens - konzipiert, gestaltet und verfasst vom EC-Experten Grant Geissman in Zusammenarbeit mit der Familie Gaines, die dafür ihre Archive öffnete und über 100 bislang unveröffentlichte Raritäten zutage förderte. Viele der Titelbilder wurden von Gaines' eigenen Archivexemplaren reproduziert, die weithin als die am besten erhaltenen Ausgaben von EC-Comics gelten. Selbst eingefleischteste EC-Fanatiker werden hier noch etwas Neues finden. Mit mehr als 1.000 Abbildungen - darunter seltene und berüchtigte Cover, Innenseiten, Illustrationen, rare Fotos, Vintage-Originalzeichnungen - und einigen der berühmtesten Geschichten, die jemals für einen Cent vierfarbig gedruckt wurden, ist dies das ultimative EC-Comics-Kompendium. Ein Muss für jeden Comic-Enthusiasten oder Popkultur-Historiker! 592 pp. Englisch.…
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- Title
- The History of EC Comics
- Author
- Grant Geissman
- Publisher
- Taschen Gmbh Aug 2020
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- Neu
- Binding
- Buch
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 383654976X
- ISBN 13
- 9783836549769
- Illustrator
- Baker, Josh
- Item weight
- 5,987 grams
- Dimensions
- 470x331x77 mm
- Series
- Book 1 of 3: EC Comics Library
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.
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.
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About the Author
Grant Geissman is one of the world’s leading experts on EC Comics and Mad magazine, and the author and designer of several books on the subject, four of them nominated for an Eisner Award. He is also an Emmy-nominated guitarist and composer who co-wrote the music for the hit television series Two and a Half Men and Mike & Molly. His most recent solo album, BLOOZ, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2022.
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