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EC Comics, collectibles, and history!
The US Warren Artists - Highly Recommended!
400 pages of Warren greatness from Famous Monsters, Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, and more! It features many EC artists, including the GOAT Wallace Wood (who I somehow forgot to mention)!
Available from bookpalace.com/acatalog/illustrators-all-issues.html
Available from bookpalace.com/acatalog/illustrators-all-issues.html
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Complete WEB OF HORROR and EC COVERS Artisan Edition - New Releases!
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Here's a quick look at two new collections that will be of interest to EC fans! THE COMPLETE WEB OF HORROR (Fantagraphics), and THE EC COVERS ARTISAN EDITION, a small-scale version of the Eisner Award winning EC Covers Artist's Edition (covered in a previous video).
KAMEN'S KALAMITY And Other Stories by Jack Kamen Vol. 36 in the EC Artist's Library
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What's new with the Fantagraphics EC Library, what's next, and what's being reprinted? EC Fan-Addict Thommy answers your questions and shares the newest volume!
Jon Gothold on the Comic Book Art of Reed Crandall
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Fellow EC Fan-Addict Club Admin Jon Gothold and I take a look at "The Bitter End and Other Stories by Reed Crandall," Vol. 35 in the Fantagraphics EC Artist's Library series, and remember our dear friend, EC Fan-Addict supreme Roger Hill!
Favorite EC HORROR Covers!
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Getting into spooky season spirit, here are my personal favoriteEC horror comic covers. Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein, Graham Ingels, Jack Davis...Good Lord (Choke)!
Horror from the Crypt of Fear Collector Box and Brain Donor kit - limited! Unboxing
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Let's look inside this bloodstained box set of EC Comics fanzines and goodies from Bill Leach Collectibles! Limited to 115, go to Facebook.com/HorrorfromtheCryptofFear or write to ComicArt4U@comcast.net to get yours!
EC Comics T-Shirts from the 1970s to Today
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Scare-wear from EC and Tales from the Crypt through the years! Officially licensed EC tees from the early 70s to the present, some very rare.
EC Fan-Addict Club 10th Anniversary at SDCC
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We will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the EC Fan-Addict Club on Facebook, and the 70th anniversary of the original club! Here's a VERY quick preview...heh heh heh...
Robert Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, and the early days of EC Fandom
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A look at a few of the early EC Comics fanzines of the 1950s that brought together fans and artists like Doug Brown, Marty Pahls, Ron Parker, Mike Britt, and Robert Crumb. EC fandom, MADness, and Kurtzmania abounded!
The Planetoid Joe Orlando EC Artist's Library Vol. 34
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The early EC Comics Sci-Fi work of Joe Orlando, along with the infamous Flying Saucer Report featured in the latest volume in the Fantagraphics series
EC Fan-Addict Club 1953 Kit!
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This year marks the 70th anniversary of the original EC Fan-Addict Club, and also the 10th anniversary of the EC Fan-Addict Club on Facebook! here's a look at the original fan club kit and some extras.
Tales From The Crypt Bookends Unboxing
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A look at the new EC Comics Tales from the Crypt bookends from Dark Horse www.darkhorsedirect.com/products/tales-from-the-crypt-bookends groups/ECFanAddict
EC Artist's Library Vol. 33 - DEADLY BELOVED by Johnny Craig
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Here's a quick look at the latest in the Fantagraphics EC Comics Library series! There are quite a few special bonuses in this volume and it is a must have for Johnny Craig fans!
Home To Stay - Complete Ray Bradbury EC Comics Stories Preview
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A sneak peek inside the upcoming complete Bradbury EC collection from Fantagraphics! 306 pages, every Bradbury EC adaptation including the unauthorized ones, color and black and white, essays by Greg Bear, Ted White, Professor Ben Saunders, Bill Mason, Thommy Burns, Mike Catron, and Bradbury himself. Line art with elements restored from print comics to present the stories as closely as possible...
What, Me Panic? Celebrating Angelo Torres
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A recap of my trip to NYC and a look at the exhibit program! societyillustrators.org/shop/books-media/si-publications/what-me-panic-celebrating-angelo-torres-exhibition-catalog/ th-cam.com/video/eycPHlNU_48/w-d-xo.html
EC Covers Artist's Edition - fun facts, minutiae and more!
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EC Covers Artist's Edition - fun facts, minutiae and more!
Jack Kamen Three For The Money - EC Artists Vol. 31
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Jack Kamen Three For The Money - EC Artists Vol. 31
More PALE FROM THE CRYPT - EC Comics Beer!
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More PALE FROM THE CRYPT - EC Comics Beer!
EC Artists Library: George Evans - A Slight Case Of Murder
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EC Artists Library: George Evans - A Slight Case Of Murder
EC Comics, Levi's Jackets, and Minutiae Obsessions...
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EC Comics, Levi's Jackets, and Minutiae Obsessions...
PALE From The CRYPT! EC Comics and Beer
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PALE From The CRYPT! EC Comics and Beer
EC LIBRARY Vol. 29, Accidents and Old Lace
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EC LIBRARY Vol. 29, Accidents and Old Lace
The World's NICEST EC Comics - Gaines File Copies
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The World's NICEST EC Comics - Gaines File Copies
I pre-ordered my copy from Bud Plant. Can't wait to get it!! Super-excited for this!
You will love it!
@@ecfan-addict9477 I know I will, ma! I just know it's gonna be great!
Very cool, bro! Thanks for sharing this info!😊 👍🏻 ❤
@@chewy1612 cheers!
@@ecfan-addict9477 👍🏻
Top class.
Do you have any knowledge about the Lost Marvels line? Are they printing any more?
I don't, I'm sorry! I can try to find out.
@@ecfan-addict9477If that’s not too much trouble!
After the Wally Wood release in February, how many more volumes of the Artists Library are left? Are they planning to reprint any out-of-print volumes as well?
At least 6
And yes to the OOP volumes, they've already done a couple. More to come!
You, my friend, are the "SME" (Subject Matter Expert) of EC Comics. Thanks again for your expertise....
Thank YOU ✌️
Those color guides are amazing
I love those - more affordable than original art, but still one of a kind.
I have the earlier EC Covers Artist Edition and was surprised they didn't publish the covers at the exact size as the original art. Do you know what are the dimensions of the original EC cover artwork?
The EC art boards are 15x21, and the Artist's Editions reproduce the art 1 for 1
Do you think Web of Horror will get a paperback release at some point?
I don't know, if the hardback does well it's possible!
Just got the Artist's Edition, which is a beautiful piece of work but it does challenge (as do the Taschen Marvel books) any shelving system that is out there. But so worth it, however will get the softcover as well. Web of Horror is in the post and considering the archival collection of the British comic magazine, 40 Years of Scream. Not sure that there are any EC connections other than the odd influence? Anyone know?
I don't know about Scream, but Web has a couple direct connections: EC writer Otto Binder (about 2 dozen EC scripts) and artist Bill Fraccio (one EC Crypt story credit)
Both books look great and that's cool that you were involved with each. Even having a couple of the Web of Horror mags, the book looks worth it for the lost issue and extra stories. Thanks for the video.
Yes, the book has so much extra material!
Both books are incredible.
Thanks, Thommy, and yes! Once again, hats off for helping locate the lost pages! Couldn't have done it without you.
Again, fantastic book, well worth the waiting!
Thank you!
Update: I've now let the Crime #25 cover go, and it's now in Thommy's collection - as the prophecy foretold. :)
HOOHAH!
Thank you for the content! I will definitely pick up Web Of Horror! still waiting on that East Coast print video..🤪
Me too! 😁
Thank you for the video and for your work in bringing these classic EC stories in to the hands of the fans. I requested and was bought Martian Monsters for my birthday. I will get the rest of his. I particularly love Jack Kamen’s art. His clean line is very appealing to me and yes he knew how to draw attractive women.
Kamen had kind of a Renaissance, and there is a lot of appreciation for his work in retrospect. I think when it was closer to the 1950s his accurate portrayals of suburban life seemed square, but he is definitely one of my favorites too. I hope you're enjoying Martian Monster!
@@ecfan-addict9477 I have enjoyed reading the Martian Monster very much, so much so I have ordered Kamen’s Kalamity. As well as the great art and stories, I personally love the format of these books. Firstly, I am glad the artwork is in black and white. For me any colour gets in the way of the fantastic drawing and ink work. The introduction is great and gives me the extra information I would want. I am trying to learn more about these artists and their so any background information is very much welcome. And lastly the cover art has been chosen and designed so well and I am pleased it is in hardback. I must admit I knew of some of the EC artists, but it was not until I saw Ed and Jim on Cartoonist Kayfabe do videos about their work, that I started to learn more about them, their work and EC Comics in general. I had not heard of Jack Kamen and when I saw his illustrations I immediately became a fan.
Thanks for highlighting the great Reed Crandall! His inks were outstanding and I desperately tried to copy this in my comic book ambitions in the 70s but never got close. Cool tees you're wearing. Can these be bought anywhere??
These are older tees from Graphitti, but Fright Rags recently did an EC logo tee with a larger logo
They seem to have stopped releasing these cans once every three months. I don’t live in California, but have been lucky to get 6 different issues of them. Does anyone have any extra empty cans for sale.
It does seem like they stopped producing new can designs - I might have some extras on the earlier ones but they are packed away right now...
@@ecfan-addict9477 yes, they were issuing a new can once every three months for about 3 years.
@@ecfan-addict9477 Thankyou!
Hiya Thommy. It's not that successful but it is about the best I can do without having a nice clear B/W foto of you. l really want to get on with that page with you and Grant hot-footing it from the clutches of my Kong/Swampy character. PS: l have Just discovered that l can not send you the sketch on this page, so l will place it on EC Fan Addicts.
Beautiful collection and walkthrough. Thank you for taking us through it. I recently won the #6 portfolio for just $25 at an auction. Can't wait to read Master Race in the oversize format.
Those portfolios are really beautiful - great price too!
Hey! Waiting on the East Coast Reprints Video..I'm going through EC content withdraws..😬
😂👍
I shuld hope that those are very heavy... with as much as they cost... they should have some gold or silver in them.. they are outside of MY price range..
😎Went to a 50s retro diner that had reprint EC Comics on a spinner rack. Most were the non horror titles that had some of Jack's cover and interior work . The fanfare for the more popular artists is unquestionably deserved but my personal favorites have always been Jack , Bill Elder, George Evans and Reed Crandall.
Fantastic choices!
Cool!
Love Kamen’s art! Please put out more videos!
Love Kamen and Fanta is going to get me to buy these stories yet again (thanks to the intro and supplemental material). Hopefully someone does a pre-EC Kamen collection (Fiction House, Fox etc..)
I'd buy that in a second!
Love the channel ! May i ask your opinion on the EC Archives books from Gemstone/GC/Darkhorse ? i dont think you have done a video on them and im wondering if thats because you are among the many who were unhappy with the digital colourization. ive only ever read ECs from the Archives collections and ive never even seen an original issue in person, so i would love to hear your thoughts.
Hoo boy - there is more than a decade worth of opinions on the EC Fan-Addict Club page, I first wrote about being unhappy with the digital coloring back in 2013 when Bhob Stewart and Russ Cochran were both still alive to debate it with me! I only own two of The Archives books and it's because they were inscribed to me from the intro writers of those particular volumes (Russ Cochran and Ron Parker). With all that being said I have always been adamant that there is no bad way to read ECs, and if you are enjoying them then I'm all for it! Since I don't own too many of them it's doubtful that I'll make a video about them though. 🤔
Far as I know, original issues tend to have surreal moody color likeness (fever dream feel) to them. I noticed this with old PS artbooks of non-EC comics. Realized original EC issue seem to have somehow same thing with using certain limited coloring to set the mood rather effectively. Newprints had whole texture newsprint feel in a way modern coloring struggle to match up with. I believe it can be possible to mix newsprint coloring and digital coloring mixed together somehow. Unfortunately most colorists doesn't seem to be interested I can tell from modern coloring.
@@ecfan-addict9477 Thanks so much for the response ! I dont use facebook but your Fan-Addict page is the most enticing reason to start ive heard yet. Dont tell my friends and family haha. I was unaware of any public discontent with the colourization until very recently, but i started collecting them when they first came out and continued when Darkhorse picked up the torch so-to-speak. I was so happy i was able to continue the collection, but I did notice a slight drop in quality at that point, and some of the colours seemed way too digital and modern, especially in terms of colour pallet and shading but it seems Darkhorse tried to do better in subsequent volumes, or at least it seemed like that to me. If you compare an earlier volume like Crypt Vol.4 with a somewhat later one like the Incredible Science Fiction collection 5 or so years later there does seem to be some improvements. But thats a purely uneducated personal opinion from a fan perspective. Im not saying the Gemstone and GC Press volumes were perfect either, cause even i could tell some colours looked off a bit and i was a dumb kid in high school, its just i REALLY noticed it in the early Darkhorse volumes especially which is a shame cause thats when they were finishing up the last 12 issues of Crypt. Parts of Vol.4 and 5 look downright bad, but i remember just being grateful to be able to read them cause they were among my favourite stories and artworks yet Had i seen the originals i would probably have a totally different opinion, but as it stands im more than happy with the Archives collection regardless. I wouldnt have 31 volumes of them if i never but im just glad to have been able to read them all in a format close to how they were intended and i completely agree with you, theres no bad way to read ECs ! With all that being said, i wanna get my hands on an original issue now more than ever.
@crapassreality9549 Being able to read and enjoy them is the most important thing! Based on the comments of a lot of other collectors, I think you are right about the coloring it started out okay, then suffered a real drop in quality and has since bounced back. It went through a period where there were a lot of really bad looking unnecessary gradations and some really amateurish looking digital coloring. I still believe that the material transcends any of that and they will always be enjoyable to read in any format!
The Grim Fairy Tales, like the “EC Quickies,” show Feldstein latching on to a repeatable gimmick for a number of stories. That impulse later mutates into the “Departments” that typify the Feldstein approach to MAD.
There are quite a few quotes from him regarding the Grim Fairy Tale era, and I source from some of them in the introduction here
@@ecfan-addict9477 I feel like the introduction of SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES at the end of 1951 marked the point at which Feldstein must have felt behind the 8-ball at all times with his insane editorial workload. And the introduction of PANIC at the end of 1953 would have been the official Bridge Too Far!
My book arrived on Tuesday! I’ve been loving it. And I’m anxiously awaiting Foul Play in July
Cheers! Foul Play is going to be amazing!
Love it - and very jealous. What a collection. I had a couple of horror comics when I was a kid but my mum threw them out 😢. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the titles although I remember one of the stories in particular and would love to be able to look for it online somehow, but I guess there’s no database as such and this is a needle in a haystack type situation.
Try asking on the EC Fan-Addict Club Facebook page - lots of knowledgeable collectors there
@@ecfan-addict9477 great - thank you, i will 😊
It's a shame he didn't work more on the horror and crime comics, his splash pages really stand out to me. My favorite Wood covers are Tales from the Crypt 27 and Shock Suspenstories 14. 💀 Gotta love that intensity he had.
Agreed! He got very busy with sci-fi, war and MAD, but the dude was awesome at everything he did.
Jon Gothold may already know this however, for those who don't or are interested, Warren did release Creepy #74 which features 9 tales Illustrated by Reed Crandall including The Cast of Amontillado.
Anybody knows who made DC Unexpected 1971: "The deadly widows web"
Epic video! Beautiful collection and editions! Very informative too!
Much appreciated! Spa Fon!
For those of us that can't afford a $189 book just to see what's under the text box of Crime Patrol #16, can someone tell us?
Thank you for the content I really enjoy this I pulled the trigger on Bitter End. no regrets.
It's a great collection! 👍
I started reading comics by the very end of the 90s when I was 17 years old (not a comic book shop in my country until then) and right in the spot I was so into it I got into art school and started learning how to draw comics with a guy who helped ink some of the Spiderman comic strips, but I was all in for the "modern" look at the time, I only saw very few issues from EC comics but the color print was so underwhelming I kind of never got into them and was more focused on Xmen and other popular Marvel and DC superheroes. I recently started looking at vintage comics both for learning as well as to admire the art from the old masters and came across EC comics again (I just hope I'm not late to start collecting at least a few of these, especially seeing the prices at ebay), the B&W art is just fantastic as well as the reprints and modern coloring. You have a fantastic collection and thanks for this video, I didn't know what to look for and I think the Archive collection is quite nice and affordable to collect in individual volumes.
Thank you for the info I really enjoy these videos and the "minutia" I immediately grabbed a copy of Crypt of Terror and now I'm working on completing the East Coast reprints the maddness never ends!!
I can confirm that the Vault Keeper was the host for Blind Alleys in the 90's Gemstone single issue reprints.
@@ecfan-addict9477 thank you for the info I really enjoy these videos I picked up a copy of Crypt of Terror after this video the "minutia" interests me.
Where did you guys purchase those EC Comics t-shirts?
I guess those are vintage now, they were put out by Graphitti designs 20 or so years ago (?)
Super video, thank you. May I ask where one might get EC wall art such as on your wall behind you?
Collected over the years, vintage posters, prints, and commission pieces. You can get NEW posters of EC covers from Retro-A-Go-Go!
@@ecfan-addict9477 amazing, thank you. Will be binging your videos now.
I was the 666'th view. Spa Fon!
Is a copy of the original master list of available Gaines file copies online anywhere? Would love to see it.
Yes, there is! There was a master list sent out at time of original sale, it's been shared in the EC Fan-Addict Club on FB more than once.
Came late to your video, but really enjoyed the collection tour. Back in the 90s I managed to get the Cochran sets for Tales from the Crypt, Weird Fantasy, Two Fisted Tales, Frontline Combat, one of the New Direction boxes and the color Mads (no slipcase on the latter, alas)-- all prized possessions to this day...
I love this I started collecting the Fantagraphics EC Artist's Library. The first book in the series I ever got was the other Reed Crandall The High Cost of Dying and Other Stories.
They are great collections! 👍
Great having this for one of the most under-appreciated artists, Reed Crandall. Sound, though, is terrible.
Reed Crandall was an AMAZING artist. His skills as a renderer are second to none, and he is one of the great EC Comics storytellers. I enjoy the way he crafted a page--the way he laid out his panels, the compositions in each, and how he revealed details via contrast and line to give us a nice depth of field. Rendering in illustration is tricky, but artists like Alex Raymond, Bernie Wrightson, John Severin, Jack Davis, and Reed Crandall always pulled off super-elaborate amounts of detail and texture. My favorite artists at EC were Wallace Wood and Al Williamson, but Crandall is right up there with those guys! EC just had the BEST of the BEST when it came to artists! I first encountered Crandall's work in the Warren Publishing mags, and was blown away! However, his stories at EC are just astoundingly good, and are not to be missed! Reed was a mega-talent in the comic book industry, and I'm glad to see his work being celebrated and appreciated! He could do it all, and do it all as well as anyone in the business--and better than most! Obviously, this is a MUST-have book to have for the collection! What a nice holiday treat this video is! Rest in peace, Roger Hill. Roger seemed like such a great guy, and I exchanged emails and information with him. He really liked my Old Witch illustrations, and wanted to run them in EC Fan-Addict. I don't know if he didn't or not, but he sent me some great back issues of the fanzine. He loved EC like no other, and guys like you, Thommy, carry that same kind of love. I also love EC, and appreciate all the creators and the great fans that EC has spawned. Just amazing.
I saw your letter in the most recent issue of Roger's EC Fan-Addict Fanzine - thanks for mentioning the article I wrote! We are one big family - Roger will be missed. I know you'll love the new Crandall collection...HOOHAH!
I haven't seen the issue yet. I hope to have a copy by Saturday. I really enjoyed your article, man!@@ecfan-addict9477
the microphones were not really doing their job