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This is a critical overview of monster magazines from the 1950s through the 1970s. "Monster magazine" is a blanket term to describe both magazines that focus primarily on popular horror movies and magazines that contain stories featuring monsters, both of which are illustrated in comic book style and printed in black and white. The book describes the rise and fall of these magazines, examining the contributions of Marvel Comics and several other well-known companies, as well as evaluating the effect of the Comics Code Authority on both present and future efforts in the field. It identifies several sub-genres, including monster movies, zombies, vampires, sword-and-sorcery, and pulp-style fiction. The work includes several indexes and technical credits.
In 1954, the comic book industry instituted the Comics Code, a set of self-regulatory guidelines imposed to placate public concern over gory and horrific comic book content, effectively banning genuine horror comics. Because the Code applied only to color comics, many artists and writers turned to black and white to circumvent the Code's narrow confines. With the 1964 Creepy #1 from Warren Publishing, black-and-white horror comics experienced a revival continuing into the early 21st century, an important step in the maturation of the horror genre within the comics field as a whole. This generously illustrated work offers a comprehensive history and retrospective of the black-and-white horror comics that flourished on the newsstands from 1964 to 2004. With a catalog of original magazines, complete credits and insightful analysis, it highlights an important but overlooked period in the history of comics.
The inside story of a uniquely influential horror comic publisher from the 1970s.
The last ten years have witnessed a renewed interest in H.P. Lovecraft in academic and scholarly circles. New Critical Essays on H.P. Lovecraft seeks to offer an expansive and considered account of a fascinating yet challenging writer; both popular and critically valid but also problematic in terms of his depictions of race, gender and class.
Within Creatures of Clay you will find a schizoid infatuation with sepia cellars, black crawling pits, filth encrusted walls, lycanthropic teenagers, evil little toys, calcified vampire-beings, disembodied sex maniacs, reptilian alien fiends, hypnotised mad women, corpses with living eyes, bloody Rorschach blots, beetle clocks, 4-D sound, terracotta demons, human snails, and basements full of suffocating dead things... Creatures of Clay represents Stephen Sennitt's best work as exhumed from the small press underground and horror zines, much of it long out of print. In addition there are mood-pieces and fractured narratives that have never before seen the light of day. Creatures of Clay ensures Sennitt a place at the forefront of today's transgressive writers in the realm of the weird and the horrific -- juxtaposing the elegant nightmare prose of Robert Aickman and Thomas Ligotti with a lurid pulp aesthetic, derived from Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos and the festering Skywald Horror-Mood comics of the seventies. Book jacket.
A history of comics and comic art in Canada includes two thirty-page discussions of the lives and works of Johnny Canuck and Chester Brown.
The latest volume in Dark Horse's award—winning Creepy Archives hardcover run will shake, rattle, and obliterate your sanity, as the stories from issues #42—#45 of Warren Publishing's landmark horror series arrive as perfect antidotes to seasonal melancholy. In the early 1970s, comic-book legends like Bruce Jones, Gardner Fox, Richard Corben, Dave Cockrum, and Mike Ploog conspired to bring readers wonderfully mixed anthologies of terror and suspense! This volume also features a cover by celebrated fantasy and horror illustrator Sanjulian and a brand—new foreword by comic—book historian and writer Richard Arndt. * Each volume of Creepy Archives includes all the fan pages, features, and bonus materials found in the original Creepy magazines! * Eisner Award-winning series. * New York Times graphic-novel bestseller. * Features work from comic book legends like Richard Corben, Bruce Jones, and Sanjulian.
Originally Published by Skywald - Skywald magazines (this info is for those who don't know about Skywald magazines ) are similar to Warren's Creepy, Heavy Metal and Eerie magazines in that they had illustrated horror stories, but the stories in a Skywald were always bit more twisted and bizarre--a genuine treat for the demented reader! Contributors Include: Al Hewetson, Ricardo Villamonte, Suso, Maro Nava, Maelo Cintron, Borrell, Pablo Marcos, and Gene Day - Collector-Magazines Sells Thousands of Vintage Magazines & Posters!
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Eerie Archives returns with a seventh excursion into unchartered horrors, breathtaking thrills, and dark, dark humor! Collecting issues #32-#36 of the legendary Eerie horror magazine, our latest foray into fear includes work from such renowned artists and writers as Richard Corben, Marv Wolfman, Ernie Colon, Doug Moench, Steve Englehart, Bruce Jones, Dave Cockrum, and Don Glut—a cornucopia of terror! Discover why Eerie Archives has made multiple appearances on the New York Times Best-seller list and relish the best horror tales of the early 1970s. *A New York Times graphic novel best-seller! *Features work from comic-book legends like Richard Corben, Bruce Jones, and Marv Wolfman!