{"product_id":"history-of-ec-comics","title":"The History of EC Comics","description":"In 1947, \u003cb\u003eBill Gaines\u003c\/b\u003e inherited \u003cb\u003eEC Comics\u003c\/b\u003e, a new venture founded by his legendary father \u003cb\u003eM. C. Gaines\u003c\/b\u003e, who was responsible for midwifing the birth of the comic book as we know it during his tenure at All-American Comics, bringing the likes of Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to the world. Over the next eight years, Bill Gaines and \u003cb\u003ea \"who's who\" of the era\u003c\/b\u003e including \u003cb\u003eAl Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, and Wally Wood\u003c\/b\u003e would \u003cb\u003ereinvent the very notion of the comic book\u003c\/b\u003e with titles like Tales from the Crypt, Crime SuspenStories, Weird Science, and MAD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e EC delighted in publishing \u003cb\u003egory, morbid horror and crime\u003c\/b\u003e comics that had snap, ironic endings-but they also pioneered \u003cb\u003ethe first true-to-life war comics\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003efirst \"real\" science-fiction stories\u003c\/b\u003e, and a series of tales about such then-taboo subjects as racism, bigotry, vigilantism, drug addiction, police corruption, and anti-Semitism. Too good to last, they were eventually caught up by various 1950s guardians of morality, who were convinced that EC's often over-the-top content was causing juvenile delinquency. A year or so after a full inquiry investigating horror and crime comics, the incredible EC Comics were no more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e TASCHEN presents the full, fascinating story of this fabled company, written and expertly curated by\u003cb\u003e EC-authority Grant Geissman\u003c\/b\u003e. Even the most die-hard EC Fan-Addicts will find something new within these pages, with the Gaines family archives providing \u003cb\u003emore than 100 rarities that have never seen print\u003c\/b\u003e. Many of the cover images are reproduced from Gaines File Copies, which are widely regarded as the best surviving copies of the EC Comics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gathering more than\u003cb\u003e 1,000 illustrations \u003c\/b\u003ethat include \u003cb\u003ethe rarest and most notorious covers\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e interior pages and panels\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e photos\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e vintage original artwork\u003c\/b\u003e, and some of\u003cb\u003e the most celebrated stories \u003c\/b\u003eever to be printed in four colors for a dime, this is \u003cb\u003ethe ultimate EC Comics compendium \u003c\/b\u003eand a must-have for any comics enthusiast or pop culture historian.","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42523011448868,"sku":"9783836549769","price":390.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9783836549769.jpg?v=1774842628","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/history-of-ec-comics","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}