Best Selling Books by Grant Geissman

Now available in paperback, this is the definitive story of EC Comics, the most notorious and well-regarded mass-market publisher in comics history, responsible for such successes as MAD, Tales from the Crypt and Weird Science. Including original stories and artwork from such lauded masters as Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood and Bernie Krigstein, every EC title is featured here, including full-colour reproductions of every EC cover, plus previously unpublished interviews and the amazing history and incredible politics that were happening off the page. In colour and b/w.

In 1947, Bill Gaines inherited his father''s publishing company, EC Comics. Over the next eight years, he and his team reinvented the comic book with legendary titles like Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, and MAD. Featuring all covers from the New Trend era, interior pages, and original artwork, this is a must-have for any comics enthusiast.

In 1947, Bill Gaines inherited his legendary father''s fledgling publishing company, EC Comics. Over the next eight years, he and a "who''s who" of the era including Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, and Wally Wood would reinvent the very notion of the comic book with titles like Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, and MAD. With more than 1,000...

The ultimate collection of Wallace Wood''s finest science fiction stories. Includes Wood''s "My World," adaptations of three classics by Ray Bradbury, a "lost" 3-D story -- and a story rejected by the Comics Code, restored and published here for the first time.

As any fan of comics knows, EC Comics still represent the best of golden age writing and artwork. Now, Dark Horse Books is proud to bring you the very first issues of EC''s Tales from the Crypt, featuring the amazing artistic talents of Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein, George Roussos, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Graham Ingels, and Jack Kamen!

In the opinion of many comic book fans, the greatest comic books ever are those published in the 1950s by E.C. Comics under the auspices of publisher Bill Gaines. After inheriting the company, he changed the focus from western and romance comics to innovating in new genres of horror and science fiction.

A look at the entire career of legendary artist, writer, and editor Albert Feldstein. Includes previously unpublished photographs, every Feldstein E.C. Comics comic book cover, six complete E.C. stories illustrated by Feldstein, nearly every splash page and house ad Feldstein did for E.C., and traces his thirty-year career as the editor of MAD. With text by E.C. historian Grant Geissman, this is both a full biography and a richly-illustrated art book.