First thing out of Gaines' mouth is his gratitude for his artists and writers! Gaines always showed his gratitude toward his staff, because he knew it was them, not him, that made things such a success. A real class act. RIP, Bill!
The EC Comics are thrilling and absolutely timeless! I'm 24 and my cherished EC reprints (discovered at a Goodwill store about six years ago) are the centerpiece of my comic collection. Far from dulling the imagination and the urge to read, these comics whet the appetites and stoke the imaginations, and help foster genuine appreciation of clever writing and masterful comic art technique in the young and old alike! How anyone could deny that these books are a form of high art is beyond me!
Love EC Comics! Thank you Mr. Bill Gaines and everyone else involved! Btw, call me crazy but if I didn't know any better, I'd say the narrator is Robert Englund! :-D
I was fortunate to have known William M. Gaines and some of the artists. Jack Davis and Wally Wood etc. They at times in the summers of the early 50's came to Beach Road in Massapequa NY. They would gather at Wally and Ruby Kasts house on the bay. They went fishing and drunk as lords. Great group always laughing. Ruby liked me and I got all the EC comics for free. They were lost in a move from Brooklyn to Queens in 1964. Great memories of great artists and writers and of course Mr. Gaines.
Gabreya Bradley Absotutly! They were my introduction to unbridled laughter and joking and to a small degree fishing. The boat was overloades once,but they all came back. The Kasts house was 2 doors down from my house and the reason why Ruby got me all the EC comics,was that she was the secretary to Willie G.Those were great people and great summers on the bay.
RKO1035 Sorry for the delayed reply. Wow. That's awesome to hear that the guys from EC were great people. And they seem cool to hang out with! You're so lucky!!! :-)
If Fredrick Wertham weren't dead, I'd kick his ass for forcing EC to quit the horror comics. I'm 21 and I love my reprints so much. They are unlike anything I've ever read. William Gaines, you are the master of the macabre and we miss you so much! RIP William!
@MaxTallon I know, the story was called Judgement Day. Even though it was EC's last and brilliant story, the stupied ass code off comic didn't want it published because it had a black man as the main character. It was a cool story. It was like the Shock Suspense comic they ran with a scifi twist. Loved the comic, love EC. They were the best comic book publishers ever.
There is something so special about these comic books I've got all the tales from crypt reapinc and 1 book away from haveing the vault of horror read them every haloween so I have new storys every year
I love horror and horror comics. I have a massive collection of classic horror comics, saddly i don't have any classic, old school horror comic books like Tales from the Crypt Vault of Horror Haunt of Fear Crime SuspenStories Shock SuspenStories, they were sooooo cool. EC started the horror comic book and it inspired a massive waze of new horror comics, if you couldn't see horror the movies, open your comic books, and read them. Thank you, Mr. Gaines.
Heh ha just wonderful. I came on to ec comics when i was well idk i'm 25 now so maybe like around 22-23. I have just heard of it & thought it was brilliant. It's like in the minds of the night gallery, tz, outer limits. tftds, thriller, p.o.s. & all that other madness. Nothing like all that now in these days. Well peace & may gaines r.i.p ty kind sir for the comics.
@Tabish29 They sell them in hardback book format at our comicbook shop (Austin Books) complete volumes of Tales From The Crypt, The Vault Of Horror, The Haunt Of Fear, plus the EC science fiction and war comics. You can probably find them on several comicshop mail order sights like Milehighcomicsdotcom Jimhanley'suniversedotcom and even amazon and e-bay. I believe the retail price per volume is $49.99 (or around that price) but you should be able to find discounts on line.
There are even other horror stories that have been reprinted that I have read lately that were outside of EC, but I would've loved to have asked Bill about the artwork.
True, although interestingly enough the first comics with horror elements in them were I believe the Classic Comics illustrated adaptations of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde & Frankenstein from the early to mid 1940's. Some of the early superhero comics like Captain America issues 1-10 (1940-1941) had things like Captain America fighting witches and hell hounds and other monsters moreso than him fighting Nazi's and Adolf Hitler even.
IDW is reprinting horror stories from publishers other than EC, crediting each story's source and artist. I'm talking about their 'Haunted Horror' series. As good as they are though the art and stories in the ECs is far superior to everything else. Still, I appluad IDW for their efforts. Especially as so many of the source comics go for $1000 apiece or more. STAY AWESOME! :)
@Tabish29 I've honestly never seen them in comic book stores. I got mine from used bookstores (Half-Price Books). I also got some from an antique toy store. I recommend going there first; I paid only $1 for each comic!
I've always loved the old EC Comics, heck even that HBO 'Tales From The Crypt' series was kind of fun although I could never get past The Crypt Keeper being a damn puppet.
Hey, it's me again and i just want to get something off my dead, zombie chest. EC comics ruled the comic book rules in the 1940's and 1950's, until idiotic parents and religious figures led a boycott and a "Witchhunt" on EC. Things like Seduction of the Innocent and all those meetings, nearly destroying the horror comics. If you ask me, all those people had their heads up their asses. RIP Mr. Gaines, we miss you.
From what I know, Wood left Mad in 1964 because he was getting burned out. He was also fighting a migraine at the time that he would try to appease by taking pills and alcohol so he could make the deadlines. He went to comic books and worked there. He did come back in 1970 and did two articles for Mad, one of which didn't see print. He then suffered a series of strokes and kidney failure and it robbed him of being able to draw, so in 1981 he killed himself by shooting himself. Not sure if it was a falling out between him and Gaines in the way it would be with Don Martin in the 80's.
Love Bill Gaines and EC comics but his weren't the first horror comics and he didn't create the genre. Earliest horror series was Eerie comics from 1947.
Sad that all the early people are gone now: Gaines, Feldstein, Orlando, the whole original staff of Mad, in fact, with the death of Nick Meglin this year. And now Mad isn't even in NYC anymore, which pisses me off.
First thing out of Gaines' mouth is his gratitude for his artists and writers! Gaines always showed his gratitude toward his staff, because he knew it was them, not him, that made things such a success. A real class act. RIP, Bill!
The EC Comics are thrilling and absolutely timeless! I'm 24 and my cherished EC reprints (discovered at a Goodwill store about six years ago) are the centerpiece of my comic collection. Far from dulling the imagination and the urge to read, these comics whet the appetites and stoke the imaginations, and help foster genuine appreciation of clever writing and masterful comic art technique in the young and old alike! How anyone could deny that these books are a form of high art is beyond me!
That's a gem of a piece of footage. Thanks for posting.
Thank god Russ Cochran has continued to publish the reprints so we can continue to read and enjoy these brilliant stories.
comic books made me start reading.
Me too. I turned into a pretty good reader. My imagination never suffered from those comic book images. There are some I remember to this day.
+anbakeoriginal
Comics made the imagination you know!
Me, too!
The narrator IS Robert Englund. I remember seeing this award show on TV when I was a kid.
Love EC Comics! Thank you Mr. Bill Gaines and everyone else involved! Btw, call me crazy but if I didn't know any better, I'd say the narrator is Robert Englund! :-D
That's correct!
RIP not only to Bill, but now to Al as well.
I was fortunate to have known William M. Gaines and some of the artists. Jack Davis and Wally Wood etc. They at times in the summers of the early 50's came to Beach Road in Massapequa NY. They would gather at Wally and Ruby Kasts house on the bay. They went fishing and drunk as lords. Great group always laughing. Ruby liked me and I got all the EC comics for free. They were lost in a move from Brooklyn to Queens in 1964. Great memories of great artists and writers and of course Mr. Gaines.
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Hi Yourself. I don't know if you liked EC comics or,however you could if you wish share something.
RKO1035 That's great! So, I take it they were cool people to know. :-)
Gabreya Bradley Absotutly! They were my introduction to unbridled laughter and joking and to a small degree fishing. The boat was overloades once,but they all came back. The Kasts house was 2 doors down from my house and the reason why Ruby got me all the EC comics,was that she was the secretary to Willie G.Those were great people and great summers on the bay.
RKO1035 Sorry for the delayed reply. Wow. That's awesome to hear that the guys from EC were great people. And they seem cool to hang out with! You're so lucky!!! :-)
HBO need to bring back tales from the crypt its been too long.
TNT tried, but it fell apart due to legal issues, despite Time Warner owning both HBO and TNT.
@@Urvy1A crazy how that turned out.
It would just suck ass like every other modern reboot
If Fredrick Wertham weren't dead, I'd kick his ass for forcing EC to quit the horror comics. I'm 21 and I love my reprints so much. They are unlike anything I've ever read. William Gaines, you are the master of the macabre and we miss you so much!
RIP William!
@MaxTallon I know, the story was called Judgement Day. Even though it was EC's last and brilliant story, the stupied ass code off comic didn't want it published because it had a black man as the main character. It was a cool story. It was like the Shock Suspense comic they ran with a scifi twist. Loved the comic, love EC. They were the best comic book publishers ever.
Hey fill me in on this?
There is something so special about these comic books I've got all the tales from crypt reapinc and 1 book away from haveing the vault of horror read them every haloween so I have new storys every year
I love horror and horror comics. I have a massive collection of classic horror comics, saddly i don't have any classic, old school horror comic books like Tales from the Crypt Vault of Horror Haunt of Fear Crime SuspenStories Shock SuspenStories, they were sooooo cool. EC started the horror comic book and it inspired a massive waze of new horror comics, if you couldn't see horror the movies, open your comic books, and read them. Thank you, Mr. Gaines.
EC comics are so awesome,I have a nice bunch of reprints.
Heh ha just wonderful. I came on to ec comics when i was well idk i'm 25 now so maybe like around 22-23. I have just heard of it & thought it was brilliant. It's like in the minds of the night gallery, tz, outer limits. tftds, thriller, p.o.s. & all that other madness. Nothing like all that now in these days. Well peace & may gaines r.i.p ty kind sir for the comics.
that was some great artwork for sure...you don't see that talent anymore
Thank God for Russ Cochran for reprinting the classic EC titles in beautiful hardcovers in high quality!
Gaines also was Alfred E. Neumann named after the composer of 20th Century-Fox Fanfare. It was based on Gaines' Picture of Himself as a Youngster.
The "War on Comics" reminds me of the later investigations into music and video games.
Yeah, love him walking slowly. That's how he would do it. And this has to be from before 1992, because that was when Bill passed away.
they should bring these titles back and revive EC
That is Robert England. He hosted the award show that this clip appeared in. Look up Horror Hall of Fame.
@FamilyGal07 Thanks. I'll try but I don't know if NYC still has these little antique stores any longer. Sad.
@Tabish29 They sell them in hardback book format at our comicbook shop
(Austin Books) complete volumes of Tales From The Crypt, The Vault Of Horror, The Haunt Of Fear, plus the EC science fiction and war comics. You can probably find them on several comicshop mail order sights like Milehighcomicsdotcom Jimhanley'suniversedotcom and even amazon and e-bay.
I believe the retail price per volume is $49.99 (or around that price) but you should be able to find discounts on line.
There are even other horror stories that have been reprinted that I have read lately that were outside of EC, but I would've loved to have asked Bill about the artwork.
This is neat. Thanks for posting!
That shot with Jon Lovitz I remember that episode of Crypt and the payoff.
True, although interestingly enough the first comics with horror elements in them were I believe the Classic Comics illustrated adaptations of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde & Frankenstein from the early to mid 1940's.
Some of the early superhero comics like Captain America issues 1-10 (1940-1941) had things like Captain America fighting witches and hell hounds and other monsters moreso than him fighting Nazi's and Adolf Hitler even.
IDW is reprinting horror stories from publishers other than EC, crediting each story's source and artist. I'm talking about their 'Haunted Horror' series. As good as they are though the art and stories in the ECs is far superior to everything else. Still, I appluad IDW for their efforts. Especially as so many of the source comics go for $1000 apiece or more.
STAY AWESOME! :)
My pre-code horror comics got me thru puberty!
@Tabish29 I've honestly never seen them in comic book stores. I got mine from used bookstores (Half-Price Books). I also got some from an antique toy store. I recommend going there first; I paid only $1 for each comic!
Love him making a joke there at one point.
You know, the way Bill looks here near the end of his life, he could be a walking cadaver, mummy, etc.
Best times.
@FamilyGal07 Do they sell these reprints in comic book stores?
any one notice the similarity between Bill Gains and Jeff Bridges?
I've always loved the old EC Comics, heck even that HBO
'Tales From The Crypt' series
was kind of fun although I could never get past The Crypt Keeper being
a damn puppet.
Literally everything is killing time. How is reading a comic to kill time any worse than anything else?
hail to will gaines!!!
Hey, it's me again and i just want to get something off my dead, zombie chest. EC comics ruled the comic book rules in the 1940's and 1950's, until idiotic parents and religious figures led a boycott and a "Witchhunt" on EC. Things like Seduction of the Innocent and all those meetings, nearly destroying the horror comics. If you ask me, all those people had their heads up their asses. RIP Mr. Gaines, we miss you.
Has anyone ever dealt with the fallout between Gaines and Wood? I'm sure he tried hard and long to get Wood to return to mad.
From what I know, Wood left Mad in 1964 because he was getting burned out. He was also fighting a migraine at the time that he would try to appease by taking pills and alcohol so he could make the deadlines. He went to comic books and worked there. He did come back in 1970 and did two articles for Mad, one of which didn't see print. He then suffered a series of strokes and kidney failure and it robbed him of being able to draw, so in 1981 he killed himself by shooting himself. Not sure if it was a falling out between him and Gaines in the way it would be with Don Martin in the 80's.
so this is where ted burner got his influence...
So this is where ted turner got his influence...
they did the same with music and video games later on!
By the way, the M stood for Maxwell. Interesting the kid said it.
Amazing he walked across the stage. Thought maybe he'd use his wheelchair.
Bill Gaines is The MAN!
Love Bill Gaines and EC comics but his weren't the first horror comics and he didn't create the genre. Earliest horror series was Eerie comics from 1947.
I think he was the one who sort of put horror on the map, though.
so this is where ted bundy got his influence...
The start of something big
Sad that all the early people are gone now: Gaines, Feldstein, Orlando, the whole original staff of Mad, in fact, with the death of Nick Meglin this year. And now Mad isn't even in NYC anymore, which pisses me off.
I was wondering if Skip Hinnant narrated this.
Robert Englund (Freddy Kruger) is the narrator.
Bill Gains FTW!
Well, at least Bill is wearing a bow tie!!!!!
They already had something called EC comics D: i was gonna do that
I need to disagree... E.C. doesn't stand for entertaining comics...It stands for Excellence in Comics!!!!
I need to disagree..E.C. doesn't stand for entertaining comics...it stands for Excellence in Comics!!!!
you are soo lucky.
@amadoff Lucky! I wish I had been related to Bill!
who is the narrator? The voice is very familiar, but I can't place it!
Robert Englund.
A Madoff...aren't you in jail?
Wrong, Kurtzman wanted 51%, Gaines counteroffered 49%, it wasn't enough.
No, Gaines said 10% and Harvey said no and left.
Oh they ment DC lol
BILL GAINES for President!
Hola
Yet he fired Kurtzman's ass when he demanded more creative freedom for the artists...
Kurtzman quit, he wasn't fired.