Controversial EC Comics, which warped young minds with tales of horror and suspense and spawned spinoffs in film and TV, has returned with original stories in a new anthology series.
Oni Press has licensed the EC Comics banner and last month released its first issue, Epitaphs From the Abyss. The second, Cruel Universe, arrives this month with a focus on science fiction stories.
The EC Comics brand has a fabled history.
EC Comics stopped publishing all but its humor magazine, Mad, in 1956 because of government censorship pressures and accusations of fomenting juvenile delinquency. As a result, the Comics Code Authority was created to regulate the industry.
The new series is a partnership between Oni Press and the family of William M. Gaines, the original publisher of EC Comics, who died in1992.
EC Comics brought the world series like Tales from the Crypt and Weird Science.
Epitaphs from the Abyss #1 has stories by Brian Azzarello,...
Oni Press has licensed the EC Comics banner and last month released its first issue, Epitaphs From the Abyss. The second, Cruel Universe, arrives this month with a focus on science fiction stories.
The EC Comics brand has a fabled history.
EC Comics stopped publishing all but its humor magazine, Mad, in 1956 because of government censorship pressures and accusations of fomenting juvenile delinquency. As a result, the Comics Code Authority was created to regulate the industry.
The new series is a partnership between Oni Press and the family of William M. Gaines, the original publisher of EC Comics, who died in1992.
EC Comics brought the world series like Tales from the Crypt and Weird Science.
Epitaphs from the Abyss #1 has stories by Brian Azzarello,...
- 8/3/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Oni Press Presents 2024’s Annual Comic Book Legal Defense Fund San Diego Comic-Con Welcome Party to Officiate the Return of EC Comics: "In partnership with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (Cbldf), Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic novels since 1997– is proud to announce the return of the Cbldf’s annual San Diego Comic-Con Welcome Party at The Westgate Hotel on Thursday, July 25th from 8 Pm to midnight Pt. This year’s event will mark the release of Oni’s much anticipated Epitaphs from the Abyss #1 – the first official, all-new EC Comics title in nearly 70 years, honoring the work and legacy of legendary EC publisher and free speech pioneer William M. Gaines.
Joining Oni Press – now in their second year as a flagship sponsorship for San Diego’s premier comic industry party and fundraiser in defense of free speech – is an impressive...
Joining Oni Press – now in their second year as a flagship sponsorship for San Diego’s premier comic industry party and fundraiser in defense of free speech – is an impressive...
- 7/8/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Founded by Maxwell Gaines in 1944, the Entertaining Comics brand (a.k.a. EC Comics) initially specialized in educational comics and stories aimed at children. But after Gaines died in a boating accident in ’47, his 25-year-old son William took control of the company and changed its direction, exploring the genres of horror, sci-fi, and satire while bringing us classic titles like Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, The Haunt of Fear, Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and Mad. Sadly, EC Comics was at its peak when parents started to worry about the negative effects reading comic books could have on their children, leading to things like a Congressional hearing that blamed comic books for juvenile delinquency – a claim that was backed up by the book Seduction of the Innocent, written by psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. So by 1956, EC Comics ceased publishing all of their titles except for Mad. Those classic EC...
- 2/20/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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
In the early 1950s, EC Comics was the bad boy of comic publishers. Its comics such as Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science and Two-Fisted Tales sold millions in mid-century America. Unfortunately, its stories — at times shocking, horrifying, and even progressive — also drew scrutiny and backlash, and the company found itself in the cross hairs of censorship and regulation at the height of the McCarthy era. The company ultimately shuttered, with the last comic hitting newsstands and drug stores in 1956.
Now, seventy years after the creation of the self-regulatory body Comics Code Authority, the infamous comics company is blasting out of the crypt and returning with a brand new line of comics.
Oni Press, the publisher perhaps best known for the breakout indie hit Scott Pilgrim, has partnered with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., the rights holders of the EC line, to launch all-new stories with A-list comics creators beginning this summer.
Now, seventy years after the creation of the self-regulatory body Comics Code Authority, the infamous comics company is blasting out of the crypt and returning with a brand new line of comics.
Oni Press, the publisher perhaps best known for the breakout indie hit Scott Pilgrim, has partnered with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., the rights holders of the EC line, to launch all-new stories with A-list comics creators beginning this summer.
- 2/19/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
These days it seems like Christmas and horror go together like hot cocoa and candy canes sharpened to a deadly point, but in the long history of film, this is a relatively recent development. Of course there are a few exceptions, but before 1972, it was a rarity to enjoy a vicious Christmas at the local theater. As to why horror was not set at Christmas for so long is an interesting question. Perhaps it was considered off limits to use what many consider a sacred holiday for such dark purposes. But then, holidays of any kind, including Halloween, were rarely seen in horror films before the seventies. In those days, studios would often roll out their theatrical releases over long periods of time, and limiting the reliable market fulfilled by horror films to the small window of the holiday season was likely a risk they were unwilling to take. In the golden age of Hollywood,...
- 12/20/2022
- by Brian Keiper
- bloody-disgusting.com
It's perhaps no coincidence that John Huston's 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" came out the same year that comic book publisher William Gaines took control of EC Comics and began to work the company away from its original moniker, Educational Comics, to a much more commercially viable model -- Entertaining Comics. Both "Treasure" and the books that came out of EC in the late-'40s had a lurid horror bent, exploring the darker recesses of the human soul.
"Treasure" is about a trio of men who trek into a forbidding, hot wilderness to look for gold. As soon as gold is struck, each of the three men begins to eyeball each other suspiciously, instantly paranoid of being double-crossed. There will be multiple opportunities for each of the men to dispose of another and take a larger share of gold. It's a tale of the corrupting power of greed,...
"Treasure" is about a trio of men who trek into a forbidding, hot wilderness to look for gold. As soon as gold is struck, each of the three men begins to eyeball each other suspiciously, instantly paranoid of being double-crossed. There will be multiple opportunities for each of the men to dispose of another and take a larger share of gold. It's a tale of the corrupting power of greed,...
- 8/24/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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
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
Woo Hoo! We’re girl-starved teen nerds, and we’re cooking up our own living sex toy with our home computers! John Hughes turns an infantile idea into one of his not-bad teen angst comedies, as Kelly LeBrock materializes to fulfill their wildest dreams. The idea is of course transformed into a basically benign coming-of age story … with the underlying message that we’d not all mind having Ms. LeBrock reformat our hard drive. It all begins as a bad arrested-development joke, but Hughes’ audaciousness and fine production values make this a nostalgic favorite for folk that miss their (ugh) 1980s memories.
Weird Science
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1985 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 94 min. / Street Date July 23, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rusler.
Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Film Editor: Chris Lebenzon, Scott Wallace, Mark Warner
Original Music: Ira Newborn
From...
Weird Science
Blu-ray
Arrow Video
1985 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 94 min. / Street Date July 23, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Rusler.
Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Film Editor: Chris Lebenzon, Scott Wallace, Mark Warner
Original Music: Ira Newborn
From...
- 7/23/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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
From 1950 to 1955, EC Comics published 27 issues of Tales from the Crypt. When a new reboot of Tales From the Crypt was announced, the word was it’d be influenced more by William Gaines and Al Feldstein‘s stories than the HBO anthology series that aired from 1989 to 1996. According to the man spearheading the reboot, director M. […]
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- 11/19/2016
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
I did a little bit of research for today’s column just to make sure I had my facts right, Googling “Jewish influence on comic books” in honor of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. There were 509,000 hits, from Den of Geek’s Mensch of Steel: Superman’s Jewish Roots to the Daily Beast’s Superman is Jewish?: The Hebrew Roots of America’s Greatest Superhero to Stormfront’s How and Why the Jews Stole the Comic Book Industry.
Wait. What?
Stormfront is a white supremacist site whose “welcome” page reads:
“We are a community of racial realists and idealists. We are White Nationalists who support true diversity and a homeland for all peoples. Thousands of organizations promote the interests, values and heritage of non-White (sic) minorities. We promote ours.
“We are the voice of the new, embattled white minority!
“Tell the truth and fear no one!”
The article is a mixture of facts,...
Wait. What?
Stormfront is a white supremacist site whose “welcome” page reads:
“We are a community of racial realists and idealists. We are White Nationalists who support true diversity and a homeland for all peoples. Thousands of organizations promote the interests, values and heritage of non-White (sic) minorities. We promote ours.
“We are the voice of the new, embattled white minority!
“Tell the truth and fear no one!”
The article is a mixture of facts,...
- 10/3/2016
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
Director M. Night Shyamalan is helping to bring back Tales From the Crypt. The anthology series, which aired on HBO from 1989 to 1996, is coming to TNT. It was originally reported the reboot was inspired more by the 1950s comic book of the same name created by William Gaines and Al Feldstein than HBO’s adaptation, but now it sounds […]
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- 6/16/2016
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Article by Jim Batts, Dana Jung, Michael Haffner, Sam Moffitt, and Tom Stockman
Peter Cushing, born on this day in 1913, was one of the most respected and important actors in the horror and fantasy film genres. To his many fans, the British star, who died in 1994, was known as ‘The Gentle Man of Horror’ and is recognized for his work with Hammer Films which began in the late 1950’s, but he had numerous memorable roles outside of Hammer. A topnotch actor who was able to deliver superb performances on a consistent basis, Peter Cushing also had range. He could play both the hero and the villain with ease.
Here, according to We Are Movie Geeks, are Peter Cushing’s ten best roles:
Dr. Maitland
During the 1960s, Amicus Studios had a knack for borrowing from the pool of Hammer Studios actors and filmmakers to make their own Hammer-inspired films. While...
Peter Cushing, born on this day in 1913, was one of the most respected and important actors in the horror and fantasy film genres. To his many fans, the British star, who died in 1994, was known as ‘The Gentle Man of Horror’ and is recognized for his work with Hammer Films which began in the late 1950’s, but he had numerous memorable roles outside of Hammer. A topnotch actor who was able to deliver superb performances on a consistent basis, Peter Cushing also had range. He could play both the hero and the villain with ease.
Here, according to We Are Movie Geeks, are Peter Cushing’s ten best roles:
Dr. Maitland
During the 1960s, Amicus Studios had a knack for borrowing from the pool of Hammer Studios actors and filmmakers to make their own Hammer-inspired films. While...
- 5/26/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Shock digs up a series of macabre images from 1972’s terrifying Tales From The Crypt. Everyone knows that pulp legend William Gaines’ EC comics horror line was the scourge of parental groups during the 1950s but man, did kids eat them up… The mother of them all was their flagship and now most recognizable title,…
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- 3/1/2016
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
As I watched Fox’s Lucifer the other night, I uttered my all-too common refrain “Oh, that’s from a comic book.” Even I am amazed how often I recite it. The frequency with which we all say that simple phrase is proof that Geek Culture is thriving in 2016.
But in many ways Geek Culture never went away, it’s just that the momentum driving pop culture has gained so much visible traction in the last few years. This week I’m turning back the clock to 1954 to take a look at something that seems unique, but actually isn’t unique at all. I’d like to focus on comic that was a copy of another wildly popular comic. But therein lies the charm. Amazingly, its publication resulted in a ban from the state of Massachusetts, a police raid and an arrest.
Panic was EC’s other parody comic and...
But in many ways Geek Culture never went away, it’s just that the momentum driving pop culture has gained so much visible traction in the last few years. This week I’m turning back the clock to 1954 to take a look at something that seems unique, but actually isn’t unique at all. I’d like to focus on comic that was a copy of another wildly popular comic. But therein lies the charm. Amazingly, its publication resulted in a ban from the state of Massachusetts, a police raid and an arrest.
Panic was EC’s other parody comic and...
- 2/8/2016
- by Ed Catto
- Comicmix.com
The crypt keeper is making a comeback. TNT announced today it would be relaunching "Tales From the Crypt" as part of a new night of horror set to be curated by "The Sixth Sense" writer-director M. Night Shyamalan. Shyamalan will incorporate both new and old plots into the revamped "Tales From the Crypt," with classic stories being pulled from William Gaines' EC Comics, but the Oscar-nominated horror maestro will also executive produce long and short-form storytelling to make up the rest of the programming block. Read More: Watch: 'Daredevil' Season 2 Teaser Trailer Reveals Its Release Date With Some Religion There's no word yet on if Shyamalan will be penning or directing any of the episodes himself. The filmmaker broke into TV with "Wayward Pines" last year, directing the pilot episode and executive producing the first season. (While originally planned as a one-off event series, "Wayward Pines" pulled in strong ratings and has.
- 1/7/2016
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
EC Comics-inspired tales will be making a comeback on the small screen, as M. Night Shyamalan and TNT are teaming up to reboot Tales From the Crypt as part of the network's new horror programming block.
Deadline reports that filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, The Visit) will oversee a weekly two-hour segment of horror and suspense programming on TNT that will be centered around a rebooted Tales From the Crypt.
This new version of Tales From the Crypt is scheduled to premiere this fall and will be executive produced by Shyamalan. The stories told within the series will be "based on the original EC Comics by William Gaines as well as new stories."
Hosted by the skeletal Crpytkeeper, Tales From the Crypt originally aired on HBO from 1989–1996. Its horror anthology format featured many macabre tales from talented filmmakers such as Robert Zemeckis, William Friedkin, Tobe Hooper, and more.
Deadline reports that filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, The Visit) will oversee a weekly two-hour segment of horror and suspense programming on TNT that will be centered around a rebooted Tales From the Crypt.
This new version of Tales From the Crypt is scheduled to premiere this fall and will be executive produced by Shyamalan. The stories told within the series will be "based on the original EC Comics by William Gaines as well as new stories."
Hosted by the skeletal Crpytkeeper, Tales From the Crypt originally aired on HBO from 1989–1996. Its horror anthology format featured many macabre tales from talented filmmakers such as Robert Zemeckis, William Friedkin, Tobe Hooper, and more.
- 1/7/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
M Night Shyamalan is re-booting classic series Tales from the Crypt as part of a bigger deal with TNT that will see the mood maestro programme a two hour block of horror and suspense content once a week. The block will feature both short and long form content, with the new Tales from the Crypt the centrepiece offering. Based on the original EC Comics by William Gaines as well as new stories, Shyamalan will exec produce each of the tales with Ashwin Rajan, his partner at…...
- 1/7/2016
- Deadline TV
Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan is set to reboot the classic anthology series "Tales from the Crypt" as part of a larger deal with TNT for a two-hour weekly block of horror and thriller content on the cable network.
The block will feature a mix of short and long form content, with the new 'Tales' being the centrepiece offering and utilising both the original EC Comics by William Gaines as well as new stories. Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan are set to executive produce them all.
Will the iconic Cryptkeeper be involved? TNT chief Kevin Reilly wouldn't confirm. James D. Stern, John Santilli and Dan McKinnon will also executive produce and the format will kick off this Fall.
Shyamalan is coming off a career resurrgence thanks to the success of last year's "The Visit" film and TV's "Wayward Pines" which he created. He is currently in post-production on the James McAvoy-led...
The block will feature a mix of short and long form content, with the new 'Tales' being the centrepiece offering and utilising both the original EC Comics by William Gaines as well as new stories. Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan are set to executive produce them all.
Will the iconic Cryptkeeper be involved? TNT chief Kevin Reilly wouldn't confirm. James D. Stern, John Santilli and Dan McKinnon will also executive produce and the format will kick off this Fall.
Shyamalan is coming off a career resurrgence thanks to the success of last year's "The Visit" film and TV's "Wayward Pines" which he created. He is currently in post-production on the James McAvoy-led...
- 1/7/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The beginning of each new year fills us with hope for a better future. You’d think that after a while we’d catch on. After all, we have the same exact hope year after year after year. And after we acknowledge our need for such optimism, we go out and shovel the snow.
For some reason I need not investigate, this first week of 2016 has me in the thralls of nostalgia. This disease is common to comics fans; I think it comes as part of our shared O.C.D. But I’ve been thinking about how much fun I had when I was a wee tyke on my perpetual search for new comics.
Back well-before the days I started yelling at the clouds, I lived for The Great Hunt. We had no idea what was coming out each week, although we did know when certain monthly titles usually...
For some reason I need not investigate, this first week of 2016 has me in the thralls of nostalgia. This disease is common to comics fans; I think it comes as part of our shared O.C.D. But I’ve been thinking about how much fun I had when I was a wee tyke on my perpetual search for new comics.
Back well-before the days I started yelling at the clouds, I lived for The Great Hunt. We had no idea what was coming out each week, although we did know when certain monthly titles usually...
- 1/6/2016
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Shock enters the holiday home stretch with this look at the infamous EC comics Christmas story “…And All Through The House”. Before EC comics publisher William Gaines was accused of “seducing the innocent” and pulled the plug on his original run of graphic, cruel and incredible horror titles in the mid-1950’s, EC had managed to…
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- 12/20/2015
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Shock takes a critical look at a double-dose of Tales From The Crypt features on Blu-ray. Every horror fan should steep themselves in the legacy of publisher William Gaines’ lamented EC Comics, the line of inky pulp trash responsible for such immortal and controversial 1950’s-weened titles as Weird Science, The Vault Of Horror and, of…
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- 10/8/2015
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
40. Road to Perdition
One of the more surprising and lesser-known facts about Sam Mendes’ second film, Road to Perdition, is that it’s actually adapted from a graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins. The plot follows Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks), an Irish mob enforcer as he goes on the run with his son Michael Jr. after Jr. witnesses a murder and their family is killed in an effort to cover up any witnesses. There’s many great things in this film that standout, such as Jude Law’s creepy performance as assassin Harlen Maguire, one of Paul Newman’s final and finest performances as mob boss John Rooney, and Hollywood got an early look at the talent of Daniel Craig as the unstable Connor Rooney. However, it’s the climax that remains the most memorable thing in it, featuring some of the most iconic work from...
One of the more surprising and lesser-known facts about Sam Mendes’ second film, Road to Perdition, is that it’s actually adapted from a graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins. The plot follows Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks), an Irish mob enforcer as he goes on the run with his son Michael Jr. after Jr. witnesses a murder and their family is killed in an effort to cover up any witnesses. There’s many great things in this film that standout, such as Jude Law’s creepy performance as assassin Harlen Maguire, one of Paul Newman’s final and finest performances as mob boss John Rooney, and Hollywood got an early look at the talent of Daniel Craig as the unstable Connor Rooney. However, it’s the climax that remains the most memorable thing in it, featuring some of the most iconic work from...
- 9/2/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
Few comics sit at the intersection of “fan beloved,” “industry defining,” and “absolutely impossible to acquire” the way the EC Comics library does. For a while they almost felt like Comics’ very own Holy Grail. On one hand, you’ve got the Tales From The Crypt brand itself, which has left an indelible mark on pop culture with films, cable TV series, Saturday morning cartoons, and a line of revival graphic novels from Papercutz — a proud legacy, to be sure. But on the other hand, you enter into the more nebulous region of pop cultural osmosis, and it’s there that the legend of Bill Gaines’ little comic line that could grows to gargantuan levels. The baby boomers that ate his ghoulish “mags” up in the early ‘50s eventually grew into the genre fiction movers and shakers of the ‘70s and ‘80s — from cult directors like George Romero and Joe Dante,...
- 6/23/2015
- by Luke Dorian Blackwood
- SoundOnSight
George Romero’s Tales From the Darkside television series was born from an inability to follow up Creepshow II. Warner Bros. still owned certain rights to the franchise, and Romero (along with producing partner Richard P. Rubinstein) came up with a way to circumvent the studio’s grasp on their William Gaines-influenced classics. Utilizing Rubinstein’s Laurel Entertainment,…
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- 5/21/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Sometimes I think I’m living in a comic book world.
Comics have often reflected the events going on in the real world. During World War II, American comics vilified the Axis Triumvirate, i.e., Germany, Italy, and Japan – Superman was fighting a German paratrooper on the cover of Action Comics #43, and Marvel (then known as Timely Comics) presented the All-American hero, Captain America, who, in a story written by and drawn by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, punched out Adolf Hitler on the cover of his eponymous first issue, cover-dated March 1941. In Gleason’s Daredevil #1 (July 1941), the red-and-blue hero also took on the Führer, as did the Human Torch and The Sub-Mariner in the autumn of that same year.
The Boy Commandos, again from the team of Kirby and Simon working for DC, were four orphaned kids from the United States, England, France, and the Netherlands. They form an...
Comics have often reflected the events going on in the real world. During World War II, American comics vilified the Axis Triumvirate, i.e., Germany, Italy, and Japan – Superman was fighting a German paratrooper on the cover of Action Comics #43, and Marvel (then known as Timely Comics) presented the All-American hero, Captain America, who, in a story written by and drawn by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, punched out Adolf Hitler on the cover of his eponymous first issue, cover-dated March 1941. In Gleason’s Daredevil #1 (July 1941), the red-and-blue hero also took on the Führer, as did the Human Torch and The Sub-Mariner in the autumn of that same year.
The Boy Commandos, again from the team of Kirby and Simon working for DC, were four orphaned kids from the United States, England, France, and the Netherlands. They form an...
- 4/6/2015
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
Yes, I know. Our columnists here at ComicMix used to be pretty damn political. Eventually we drifted too far off of our happy little pop culture topic, and we retrenched. Well, sort of. Martha, Michael Davis and I moved our noisy political stuff over to www.MichaelDavisWorld.com . Therefore, at the outset I am telling you this column, delayed somewhat by my blind anger (thanks for filling, Emily!), is completely on topic.
You’ve probably heard about the bombing of the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo by militant Islamists. Two gunmen stole a car, drove up to the paper’s office in Paris, and started blasting away on their Ak-47s shouting “We have avenged the Prophet.” Then they split the scene, postponing their visit with their 72 virgins.
As of this writing, 12 people have been confirmed dead, including the editor, two policemen, and noted cartoonists: Stéphane “Charb” Charbonnier,...
You’ve probably heard about the bombing of the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo by militant Islamists. Two gunmen stole a car, drove up to the paper’s office in Paris, and started blasting away on their Ak-47s shouting “We have avenged the Prophet.” Then they split the scene, postponing their visit with their 72 virgins.
As of this writing, 12 people have been confirmed dead, including the editor, two policemen, and noted cartoonists: Stéphane “Charb” Charbonnier,...
- 1/7/2015
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
When people think of Mad magazine, they recall the familiar features: Al Jaffee's Fold-ins, "Spy vs. Spy," the floppy-footed guys drawn by Don Martin, Alfred E. Neuman on the cover. Some talk about William Gaines, the eccentric owner-founder-publisher who relentlessly kept overhead low and spirits high. Comic-book enthusiasts talk about Harvey Kurtzman, the magazine’s original editor, who set its boundaries wide open and established its DNA. But only the true fans think of Al Feldstein — who died on Tuesday at 88, and edited Mad from 1956 to 1985 — and he is, arguably, the man who made it the incredibly influential publication it was.When Feldman took over Mad from Kurtzman in 1956, it had published all of 28 issues, and just a year earlier had shifted from being a comic book to a standard-size magazine with a glossy cover. (In the business, the new format was called a “slick.”) Its form was...
- 5/1/2014
- by Christopher Bonanos
- Vulture
Al Feldstein, the former editor for Mad Magazine who was instrumental in turning the humor magazine into a cultural force, died Tuesday at his home in Livingston, Mont., TheWrap confirmed. A comic artist, Feldstein was given the editorship by Mad publisher William M. Gaines in 1956 and oversaw the magazine for nearly 29 years. Feldstein was responsible for creating the iconic Alfred E. Neuman, whose dimwitted smile is instantly recognizable to an entire generation of fans. See photos: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2014 Feldstein also brought on a number of artists who created Mad's famous comic strips, including Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres, and.
- 4/30/2014
- by Matthew Bramlett
- The Wrap
1955′s Artists and Models, directed by Frank Tashlin, neatly satirizes the cold-war paranoia of the fifties (and the McCarthy hearings in particular) by focusing on a similar witch hunt, the war against comic books.
Tashlin’s film, starring Dean Martin as a failed “fine” artist reduced to drawing for comic books and Jerry Lewis as the fella who reads them, has its basis in fact (more or less): future Mad publisher William Gaines actually appeared before a 1954 Senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquency where he defended his comics line including the politico’s favorite easy target, Tales from the Crypt.
Tashlin cut his teeth directing some of the more transgressive cartoons for Columbia and Warner Bros. so it’s no surprise he’s on the side of the angels (in this case Gaines), blasting anything in sight with a pretentious bone in its body. In Artists and Models, fine art...
Tashlin’s film, starring Dean Martin as a failed “fine” artist reduced to drawing for comic books and Jerry Lewis as the fella who reads them, has its basis in fact (more or less): future Mad publisher William Gaines actually appeared before a 1954 Senate subcommittee on juvenile delinquency where he defended his comics line including the politico’s favorite easy target, Tales from the Crypt.
Tashlin cut his teeth directing some of the more transgressive cartoons for Columbia and Warner Bros. so it’s no surprise he’s on the side of the angels (in this case Gaines), blasting anything in sight with a pretentious bone in its body. In Artists and Models, fine art...
- 3/22/2014
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Article by Jim Batts, Dana Jung, Michael Haffner, Sam Moffitt, and Tom Stockman
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Peter Cushing (1913-1994) was one of the most respected and important actors in the horror and fantasy film genres. To his many fans, the British star was known as ‘The Gentle Man of Horror’ and is recognized for his work with Hammer Films which began in the late 1950’s, but he had numerous memorable roles outside of Hammer. A topnotch actor who was able to deliver superb performances on a consistent basis, Peter Cushing also had range. He could play both the hero and the villain with ease.
Super-8 Peter Cushing Movie Madness takes place February 4th at The Way Out Club in St. Louis and will be a great way to celebrate the actor’s career. The event is on February 4th beginning at 8pm. Condensed versions (average length:...
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Peter Cushing (1913-1994) was one of the most respected and important actors in the horror and fantasy film genres. To his many fans, the British star was known as ‘The Gentle Man of Horror’ and is recognized for his work with Hammer Films which began in the late 1950’s, but he had numerous memorable roles outside of Hammer. A topnotch actor who was able to deliver superb performances on a consistent basis, Peter Cushing also had range. He could play both the hero and the villain with ease.
Super-8 Peter Cushing Movie Madness takes place February 4th at The Way Out Club in St. Louis and will be a great way to celebrate the actor’s career. The event is on February 4th beginning at 8pm. Condensed versions (average length:...
- 1/28/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Alfie Allen, Hannah Tointon, Christian Bassington, Jack Gordon | Written by Paul Davis, Paul Fischer | Directed by Paul Davis
Paul Davis, director of the fantastic An American Werewolf in London documentary Beware the Moon and the Superb short film Him Indoors, returns to narrative storytelling with his second short The Body, this time working with producer and co-writer Paul Fischer, another slice of quintessentially British horror that, as with Davis’ previous short, mixes comedy and horror to great effect. If there’s one thing Davis knows it’s black comedy…
[The Body is] the tale of a murderer (Allen) who uses the cover of Halloween night to transport his latest victim from the scene of the crime to his final resting place. Wrapping the body in tarpaulin and dragging it through the busy streets of London as a bloody Halloween prop, all goes to plan until an old school mate (Brassington) recognises the...
Paul Davis, director of the fantastic An American Werewolf in London documentary Beware the Moon and the Superb short film Him Indoors, returns to narrative storytelling with his second short The Body, this time working with producer and co-writer Paul Fischer, another slice of quintessentially British horror that, as with Davis’ previous short, mixes comedy and horror to great effect. If there’s one thing Davis knows it’s black comedy…
[The Body is] the tale of a murderer (Allen) who uses the cover of Halloween night to transport his latest victim from the scene of the crime to his final resting place. Wrapping the body in tarpaulin and dragging it through the busy streets of London as a bloody Halloween prop, all goes to plan until an old school mate (Brassington) recognises the...
- 11/6/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Written and drawn by Various | Edited by Dave Elliott | Published by Atomeka/Titan Comics
British comics have always done things a little bit differently. From the heady days of Marvel UK to the more recent CLiNT, British comic writers and artists have not been afraid to experiment with both format and story. A1 has always been a laboratory for creators to experiment and innovate, to break away from corporate creations and unleash their own ideas - and that traditional continues in A1: The World’s Greatest Comics Vol.1.
Already a very successful new monthly comic book, A1: The World’s Greatest Comics Vol.1. is the first annual and features a veritable Who’s Who of comics’ talent past, present and future, writing and drawing a veritable cornucopia of stories… Including such famous names as Ron Marz, Matt Wagner, Jim Steranko, D’Israeli, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Dave Gibbons,...
British comics have always done things a little bit differently. From the heady days of Marvel UK to the more recent CLiNT, British comic writers and artists have not been afraid to experiment with both format and story. A1 has always been a laboratory for creators to experiment and innovate, to break away from corporate creations and unleash their own ideas - and that traditional continues in A1: The World’s Greatest Comics Vol.1.
Already a very successful new monthly comic book, A1: The World’s Greatest Comics Vol.1. is the first annual and features a veritable Who’s Who of comics’ talent past, present and future, writing and drawing a veritable cornucopia of stories… Including such famous names as Ron Marz, Matt Wagner, Jim Steranko, D’Israeli, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Dave Gibbons,...
- 11/1/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Famed artist collective Mondo will be showcasing the amazingly gruesome art of EC Comics' legendary Tales from the Crypt in a month-long gallery show in Austin, Texas, beginning in late October. Entitled It Didn't Rot Our Brains, the show will feature the work of over thirty artists, all honoring the legacy of the horror comic, its mischievous "Monster of Ceremonies" The Cryptkeeper, and the classic TV series adaptation, currently airing Friday nights on FEARnet. The collection will include original works of art and new screen prints. “HBO's Tales From The Crypt was an amazing intro into a demented world of darkly comedic horror stories and vivid artwork,” says Mondo CEO Justin Ishmael. “EC Comics editor Bill Gaines is one of my heroes, and it's so incredibly exciting to combine his creations with artists who are also fans of that era.” The Tales from the Crypt gallery show kicks off with...
- 9/30/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Mondo announced that this year’s Halloween gallery show will be a tribute to EC Comics and Tales From The Crypt:
“Mondo will celebrate EC Comics & Tales From The Crypt this Halloween with a gallery show that will run from October 25 through November 23. Thirty-plus artists will honor one of the greatest horror television shows of all time and its origins in EC Comics, which produced some of the most original and striking horror artwork, inspiring a generation of artists and genre fans. The gallery show will feature original works of art and blood-drenched screen prints.
The gallery opening on Friday, October 25 will be from 7:00 – 10:00pm with regular hours to follow for the show’s duration. The Mondo Gallery is located at 4115 Guadalupe St. in Austin, TX.
“I care about EC Comics very much. Even though I wasn’t around when it was originally published, the HBO Tales From The Crypt...
“Mondo will celebrate EC Comics & Tales From The Crypt this Halloween with a gallery show that will run from October 25 through November 23. Thirty-plus artists will honor one of the greatest horror television shows of all time and its origins in EC Comics, which produced some of the most original and striking horror artwork, inspiring a generation of artists and genre fans. The gallery show will feature original works of art and blood-drenched screen prints.
The gallery opening on Friday, October 25 will be from 7:00 – 10:00pm with regular hours to follow for the show’s duration. The Mondo Gallery is located at 4115 Guadalupe St. in Austin, TX.
“I care about EC Comics very much. Even though I wasn’t around when it was originally published, the HBO Tales From The Crypt...
- 9/27/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
When Max Gaines died in 1947 from a boating accident he left the family business, EC Comics Company, (which stood for alternately Entertaining Comics and Educational Comics) to his son William “Bill” Gaines. Rather than follow in his father’s footsteps and publish illustrated bible adaptations for the little ones, he instead published graphic horror, crime and science fiction comics that, keeping true to the company name, were both entertaining and educational (nearly all stories had a moral and the evildoer always got his comeuppance in the end). Titles included Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, Shock SuspenStories, Two Fisted Tales and a little humor book called Mad Magazine. Crude and violent, it was only a matter of time before parental outrage would bubble and burst into a torrent of censorship. In 1954 the now infamous congressional hearings over juvenile delinquency and their relation to comic books (led by Dr.
- 8/13/2013
- by Andrew Perez
- SoundOnSight
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
[Press Release] Milwaukie, Or – July 25 – 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, including such legendary anthologies as Two-Fisted Tales, Weird Fantasy, and of course, Tales from the Crypt. Now, Dark Horse will work with comics luminary Russ Cochran, under the careful guidance of Cathy...
- 7/25/2013
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Gregg Allman has had a fabulous career as a musician, but he could have been just as successful as a drug dealer.
That is, if he could be as intimidating as his drug-dealing character in the crime drama Rush. Allman portrays dealer William Gaines in an almost wordless performance; Gaines rules his seedy empire with quiet, menacing stares, making customers, rivals and cops think twice about crossing him.
Allman's performance is terrific, as are several others in Rush. Set in 1975 and released in December 1991, the Houston-filmed movie Rush is a gritty, tragic tale of two small-town Texas cops who go undercover to infiltrate the town's drug scene. It's an unnervingly realistic film about the morally murky world of drug trafficking and narcotics enforcement, where the line between right and wrong isn't always clear.
Rush's story is gripping if not original. Assigned the difficult and dangerous job of bringing down Gaines,...
That is, if he could be as intimidating as his drug-dealing character in the crime drama Rush. Allman portrays dealer William Gaines in an almost wordless performance; Gaines rules his seedy empire with quiet, menacing stares, making customers, rivals and cops think twice about crossing him.
Allman's performance is terrific, as are several others in Rush. Set in 1975 and released in December 1991, the Houston-filmed movie Rush is a gritty, tragic tale of two small-town Texas cops who go undercover to infiltrate the town's drug scene. It's an unnervingly realistic film about the morally murky world of drug trafficking and narcotics enforcement, where the line between right and wrong isn't always clear.
Rush's story is gripping if not original. Assigned the difficult and dangerous job of bringing down Gaines,...
- 6/25/2013
- by Don Clinchy
- Slackerwood
‘Tain’t the Meat… It’s the Humanity! and Other Stories
(The EC Comics Library) Fantagraphics Books
Illustrated by Jack Davis; written by Al Feldstein
Tales from the Crypt was a series of horror comics published by Entertaining Comics in the early to mid 1950s. Although it’s fair to say that EC (as it is more frequently known), and other comic book publishers of the time, won the war for the Hearts and Minds of America’s youth, the company stopped publishing them in 1955 after 27 issues. The storied early years of Maxwell Gaines and his comics company, and the trials and tribulations that the nascent comic book industry endured in those years has been well-documented. Shortsighted moralists, hard-line conservatives and righteous clergymen had decided that comics were rotting the brains and corrupting the souls of America’s youth. They needed to be stopped. Horror comics in particular were an...
(The EC Comics Library) Fantagraphics Books
Illustrated by Jack Davis; written by Al Feldstein
Tales from the Crypt was a series of horror comics published by Entertaining Comics in the early to mid 1950s. Although it’s fair to say that EC (as it is more frequently known), and other comic book publishers of the time, won the war for the Hearts and Minds of America’s youth, the company stopped publishing them in 1955 after 27 issues. The storied early years of Maxwell Gaines and his comics company, and the trials and tribulations that the nascent comic book industry endured in those years has been well-documented. Shortsighted moralists, hard-line conservatives and righteous clergymen had decided that comics were rotting the brains and corrupting the souls of America’s youth. They needed to be stopped. Horror comics in particular were an...
- 5/24/2013
- by Chris Auman
- SoundOnSight
Last summer, I was invited to write an entry for a reference book called Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman. I had just written a chapterbook on Stephen King and comics (Drawn Into Darkness; look for it at fine eBook retailers everywhere) and I was still gonzo on the subject, so convincing myself to take the assignment took no effort at all. I had been angling to write about Archie comics – learning that King loved Archie struck me as both incongruous and perfect – but that entry had already been taken. Then I noticed that no one had taken on Tales from the Crypt; I snapped it up faster than a dervish on a roller coaster.
The real-life stories I dug up about EC and the anti-horror comics hysteria were nearly as fascinating as the comics themselves. In 1954, Dr. Fredric Wertham published his book Seduction...
The real-life stories I dug up about EC and the anti-horror comics hysteria were nearly as fascinating as the comics themselves. In 1954, Dr. Fredric Wertham published his book Seduction...
- 2/21/2013
- by Kevin Quigley
- FEARnet
‘Lover Come Hack to Me’ was another episode I’d only seen once upon a time, long ago. It was compiled in a VHS set that I’d found at a local Mom and Pop video store, tucked way back in the Horror section. I remember watching it when I was younger, perhaps maybe too young given the things I’ve seen in my recent re-visit, but hey, it was Tales from the Crypt. And you can’t certainly blame a tiger for its stripes. In the original viewing, I guess I didn’t remember the lethal twist that comes in the third act. Perhaps it could be a fuzzy memory on that element, but this ending stands so sharply, so sneakily compared to last week’s episode, it just gels better with the episode overall. This episode is more of a Gothic horror episode than recent episodes. I mean,...
- 2/2/2013
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
“And All Through The House” is the first episode of Tales from the Crypt I really remember. And as a kid, I watched enraptured as this jolly, jovial man whom I equated with the reason for pure indelible joy on December 25th, was now turned into the most frightening figure to be seen. Yes, I realize that he’s not really Santa Claus, per se, but really as we’ve all learned as we grew up — Santa ain’t real anyways, kiddies. But, I remember seeing this, not on HBO, but on my local broadcast which even with commercial interruption left me behind the chair in my uncle’s living room late Saturday, chattery teeth and all.
This is the first episode of Tales from the Crypt that really feels like it belongs with the others. It’s truly the epitome of the ‘just desserts’ mentality and all, and sets...
This is the first episode of Tales from the Crypt that really feels like it belongs with the others. It’s truly the epitome of the ‘just desserts’ mentality and all, and sets...
- 1/12/2013
- by Nathan Smith
- Nerdly
Over at The Comics Journal website Michael Dean posted an article about how the Harvey Kurtzman Estate (represented by Denis Kitchen) and Al Feldstein filed to “regain” the copyrights to their EC Comics work.
Feldstein and the Bill Gaines estate reached an agreement – undisclosed, of course – but the Kurtzman situation is more complex. Kurtzman created Mad, he wrote it, he did the layouts for his artists and he drew a modicum of the material as well. But it’s Mad and Mad is owned by Time Warner. It’s a teevee show on one of Time Warner’s cablenets. The magazine might not be very profitable any longer, but the brand name most certainly is.
Be that as it may, I put the word “regain” in quotation marks because, well, Al and Harvey never had those copyrights in the first place. EC Publications and its sundry successors in interest always held them.
Feldstein and the Bill Gaines estate reached an agreement – undisclosed, of course – but the Kurtzman situation is more complex. Kurtzman created Mad, he wrote it, he did the layouts for his artists and he drew a modicum of the material as well. But it’s Mad and Mad is owned by Time Warner. It’s a teevee show on one of Time Warner’s cablenets. The magazine might not be very profitable any longer, but the brand name most certainly is.
Be that as it may, I put the word “regain” in quotation marks because, well, Al and Harvey never had those copyrights in the first place. EC Publications and its sundry successors in interest always held them.
- 11/14/2012
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Marilyn Monroe is stepping from the stage to the small screen. Marilyn: Forever Blonde, tracing the life of the screen idol, has been optioned by Eisenberg-Fisher Productions. The company based on the Paramount lot will co-produce with writer Greg Thompson’s Lipstick Productions. The plan is to incorporate interviews with celebrity attendees and fans of the stage show with an edited live performance, says producer Joel Eisenberg. The special will be pitched to cable networks and broadcast networks. The company says they hope to follow the TV special with a home video release in the first half of 2013. Sunny Thompson is scheduled to reprise her role from the one-woman show. Marilyn isn’t the only larger than life figure on Eisenberg-Fisher Productions’ horizon. The company has a feature film based on the real-life stuntman and short-lived Marvel comic character The Human Fly in development. As well Eisenberg’s Emo Films...
- 10/18/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
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