Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 253) and index. |
Contents |
In the beginning -- The birth of the comic book -- The grisly creativity of William Gaines -- The descent into the crypt : the early days of EC -- ES splatters America with an explosion of horror -- The just desserts cookbook : EC's grisly morality plays -- Send in the ghouls : the crypt keeper as horror host -- The EC constellation of comic book artists -- EC's Mad Magazine -- Further into horror : the comics become more gruesome -- Premature death of tales -- The weird science of Dr. Fredric Wertham -- The Kefauver hearings -- Bowing to the inevitable : EC quits horror -- Corpses & covers : covers of all 105 EC horror comics -- Four four tales : four complete classic tales in their original form -- The fans keep the flame alive -- Tales from an English crypt : the 1970s movies -- A star is exhumed : tales resurrected on TV -- Joel Silver : the spark plug -- Bringing the Crypt Keeper to life : Kevin Yagher and his puppeteers -- The crypt compendium : a complete filmography of the series -- Now a major motion picture -- Demon knight -- Special effects wizard Todd Masters and his demons -- Bordello of blood -- Yesterday's memories - tomorrow's treasures -- Collectibles from the crypt -- Bill Gaines : an appreciation -- A final gift from the crypt : picto-fiction story - "The Mother" / illustrated by Jack Davis. |
Subject |
Gaines, William M.
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EC Comics.
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Tales from the crypt (Comic strip) -- Miscellanea.
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Tales from the crypt (Television program) -- Miscellanea.
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Added Author |
Gaines, William M.
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Kaestle, David.
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DeMonico, Rick.
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EC Comics.
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ISBN |
0312144865 |
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9780312144869 |
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