Popular Post Hap Hazard Posted February 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 8:04 AM, Robot Man said: Cool! Although, even for me pretty un-readable, there is no denying the importance of these early EC humor books on the development of this seminal publisher. I can only think of maybe 3 collectors who have them all. Love the “man hole” cover gag. I have quite a few of these as a “subset” Here you go, took a while to find all of these. Raze, KirbyJack, OtherEric and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 8:29 PM, Hap Hazard said: Here you go, took a while to find all of these. Very tough indeed. When I had them, I bought almost the whole run at once. And this was pre-internet days. If I wanted to complete the run now, I probably wouldn’t live long enough to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Sorry for posting reprints but the Dark Horse paperback volumes are being released about every 3 months and they are great. In this volume's intro, George Lucas talks about reading EC with mouth agape. I'm finding myself doing the same. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 10:21 PM, grendelbo said: Sorry for posting reprints but the Dark Horse paperback volumes are being released about every 3 months and they are great. In this volume's intro, George Lucas talks about reading EC with mouth agape. I'm finding myself doing the same. Ive thought about picking these up. Could you post some interior pages? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) On 2/12/2022 at 9:32 PM, Raze said: Ive thought about picking these up. Could you post some interior pages? The intro said they were digitally recolored but Marie's style was duplicated to retain the comics' integrity. About $20 each on Amazon and there's been five released so far in paperback. I love Al's women. Edited February 13, 2022 by grendelbo Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 9:39 PM, grendelbo said: About $20 each on Amazon and there's been five released so far in paperback. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raze Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 10:41 PM, grendelbo said: Thanks for sharing! But the coloring makes the art look more "modern" to me...am I insane? IngelsFan, Larryw7 and KirbyJack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 9:45 PM, Raze said: Thanks for sharing! But the coloring makes the art look more "modern" to me...am I insane? I won't speculate... They're vibrant and great. Raze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I've actually got a lot of these off Comixology, they're handy and inexpensive. They go on sale there a LOT, so if you wait a few months you can normally get them at $7 each if you don't mind digital. I prefer print, but at those prices they definitely have a place. Raze and grendelbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 9:49 PM, grendelbo said: I won't speculate... They're vibrant and great. Here's a comparison between the reprint and my copy of COT 17. Raze and KirbyJack 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 9:45 PM, Raze said: Thanks for sharing! But the coloring makes the art look more "modern" to me...am I insane? It looks like they are printed on slick paper instead of pulp. The coloring disturbs me too. They should have printed them on over-sized pulp and colored them exactly like the originals. IngelsFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 11:30 PM, Tri-ColorBrian said: It looks like they are printed on slick paper instead of pulp. The coloring disturbs me too. They should have printed them on over-sized pulp and colored them exactly like the originals. It doesn't have the feel of opening an old EC but the stories and art are intact and they are still the best reads. Tri-Color Brian, KirbyJack and goldust40 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 8:55 PM, grendelbo said: Here's a comparison between the reprint and my copy of COT 17. I have, for the most part, always hated the re-coloring on the EC reprints. I think Marie Severin got them right the first time. The one that bugged me the most was the cover of VOH 37 (hanging in the tower cover). The original has dark and brown and very moody. The hardback version had the background white. White? Why? Maybe to bring more attention to the hanging guy? Just ruined it. IngelsFan, KirbyJack, fifties and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted February 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2022 Two books that I got as a kid of 10 from my uncle. My first ECs. Both of them gave me nightmares and I was hooked! grendelbo, fifties, damonwad and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robot Man Posted February 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2022 Turned this up today. What a wonderful weekend. Probably best con I've ever been to. Unlike most, I spent very little time or money buying books. Instead followed this crew around everywhere. I got this at the banquet. Was lucky enough to sit at Jack Kamen's table. Just once in a lifetime and something that can never happen again... Raze, Larryw7, Hap Hazard and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 To follow up, Comixology coincidentally has the EC archives on sale for the next week. I did say they did that pretty often, I grabbed the Crime Illustrated collection. Raze, KirbyJack and grendelbo 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post conan09279 Posted February 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) Slowly trying to complete the Tales from the Crypt run. Here is today’s new addition - complete with an interesting surprise inside. Must be the Bob Kraft pedigree. Edited February 19, 2022 by conan09279 vaultkeeper, Jayman, grendelbo and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 9:07 AM, conan09279 said: Slowly trying to complete the Tales from the Crypt run. Here is today’s new addition - complete with an interesting surprise inside. Must be the Bob Kraft pedigree. Keep plugging away. Crypt was the last run I needed to complete as of a couple months ago. Wasn't rare or hard just expensive and getting even more so... KirbyJack and conan09279 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted February 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2022 My latest EC. KirbyJack, The Commissioner, Larryw7 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fifties Posted February 20, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2022 Two recent pickups. I am over the moon for bagging the Sci-Fi Annual! conan09279, Mmehdy, KirbyJack and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
