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2 The Monster
the planets and stars . .. down dusty back THE MAIL·BAG BLUES
alleys and swamps rotting with death ... in
ancient castles and realms of unspeakable
19 Did the Frankenstein Monster write to compl ain we .spell ed his name wrong?
Maybe ... And maybe YOUR name is misspelled thiS t ime!
21
ARE. after all, unspeakable!). E.C .... IN THE MOVIES?
Where did some of the inspir.ations come from for those classic
In short, we hope you get caught up in E.C. tales and terrors? The kmdly old Doctor seemed to know ..
our issue (and there's alot of super-stuff to
get caught in, too). We hope you walk MONSTER TIMES TELETYPE
away after reading it with more than you
had before ( ... and we hope the person
you took it from doesn't miss whatever
22 What's happening in the world of the weird? Alol! Read all about it
HERE ... FI RST ... in The Monster Times!
in ... you'lJ. see alot of things along the E.C. PORTFOLIO ONE
way ... whether you're being fascinated or
frightened, have a good time. It's all for
fun! And as a matter of fact, I'm dying to
28 A look at Louies ... and other fond memories ..
right here in The Monster Times Memory Lane.
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and eliminates his enemy, who died had any artist SO graphically
in the fire. The dead fire-fighter portrayed and conveyed the sense
gets his revenge several months of horror as Ingels had. His work
later. when the remaining fireman was truely inspired. '
gets a call to put out a fire at his Then there was Jeck Davis. Davis
own bouse. But while going down is a genius, pure and simple. You've
the descent pole, he is slashed to seen his work countiess times, on
death. Someone (and the story
indicates that it is the dead
fireman) has replaced the pole with
a sharp blade. Cutting tale, yes?
If we had ten issues to discuss
this book, I might talk at some
length about the artistic content of
this book. How can you discuss the
legendary art of E.C. comics? (And
any of you out there who said
"quickly" deserve to be starred in a
new EC story entitled HOT SEAT,
the tale of Santa Claus coming
down a lit- fireplace.) They
compiled in just five years the best
"TAIN'T THE MEAT . •• ITS THE HUMANITY .,. qu.nt little v-n Ibout.
Ttl.
bu...., ... _ collection of artists ever to grace
the pages of comics.
CRY" #32 ___ a""'"
Nt will IUrety tidl .. your ....-ibli IM8ty ".,..odnmll ~ "'om TALD OP THE
done by ___ odMw 1Mn ..... 0"'" There was Graham Ingels, the
head of the staff. His art was so
horribly unique he started signing
unbeknowmt to them. Old Zach's his name GHASTLY. Ingels had a
wife discovers this, but does non..descript career before joining
nothing until her own son is killed E.C., and declined after EC folded
Teg ..• You',. it, kids, if this Jed!. O..,is
by eating the tainted meat (seems and later disappeared, but his work ghoulie ~ you I
he was a guest at one of his dad's for E.C. was amazing. Never before
customers). What does she do? in the history of the comic
Well, Mrs. Gristle cleaves old Zach medium, perhaps illustrating itsell, TV GUIDE covers, television
to death and opens up her station commercials, MAD
husband's store with ... choke. MAGAZINE and many others. It
The Gr.h.m Ingets COVlr for "Horror WI, was Davis who portrayed the
.. her husband all carved up and on
display in the store showcase.
How', 8eyou?" H~nt of Fe. #25 w_
never
previously mentioned Zach Gristle
the Mme. _ Gh_tty struck ....inl
Meaty tale, wot? who ended up in the meat
Another, aptly titled FOUL showcase. It was also Davis whose
PLAY. features super-nasty Herbie grisly portrayal of Herbie Satten
Satten. Herbie is a real mean guy. being dismembered in FOUL PLAY
So intent was Herbie on winning a made the story famous. He's mOlt
ball game for his team, that he put recently drawn SESAME STREET's
poison on his cleats, then spiked "Cookie Monster" so well that
the opposing second basemen in when TV GUIDE wanted the
what looked like a useless steal monster for one of its covers, they
attempt. The poison was quick chose Davis.
acting, and, as it would happen, the Reed Crandall was another, as
second baseman falls dead shortly This woman is _tainlv NOT going to h..... I was George Evans. They may not
after Satten strikes him out, ending Mwry Christm_. thinks to Johnny C,eig Ind be familiar names, but they are
the suff of E.C.. who err.ngId tor her geniuses in their own right. And, of
a rally . The other team knows it's itpPe• • noe in VAULT OF HORROR #33.
Satten's doing, and in a most grisly course, there was the young AI
revenge, they dismember Satten, Williamson, present SECRET
we want to mention one other tale AGENT CORRIGAN artist, who
then play a game of ball, using that struck our fancy. It's called
Satten's bloody head as the ball, his drew for EC. He couldn't draw
STROP! YOU'RE KILLING ME! faces then, but could he draw
leg as a bat, his heart as home plate It's a devilish tale of two firemen,
and his intestines as the foul line. everything else. The other names
who hate each other. One night, flow like water down a mountain:
They sure threw him a curve, eh? while one was on duty, a call comes
And while we don't want to ruin Frazetta, Orlando, Feldstein, Craig,
to save the other's house. Naturally~
your fun when you buy the book, the fireman on duty takes his time. Continued on page 25
This poor dwil is ebout to be "Sw.mJ*i." in HAUNT OF FEAR #27. RIMt Crandell en.tld thl Itorv.
with an unforlltuble fllting of muddy clNth tNt hluntld thI-.tends in 1954 .
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Dim the lights and cl0$8 the doors as those FETID FOLKTALES of
the 1950's bubble forth in FULL COLOR from the witch's cauldron. A
selection of the greatest scare stories from HAUNT OF FEAR , TALES
FROM THE CRYPT . and VAULT OF HORROR . .. including a rare
unpublished TERROR TALE.
These stories will terrify you like they terrified 8 whole generation of
readers! EC HORROR COMICS OF THE 1950 's' features a fantastic
collection of terror stories plus the original ads for MAD, artist
biographies and more! From the comic book company that brought
readers the finest horror stories of its time comes a collector's edition
you must have!
Great comix artiSU like WALLY WOOD. JACK DAVIS. FRANK
FRAZETTA. AL WILLIAMSON I Stories reproduced in Full Color! 23
. horrifying epics from the original comics! All the old ads and editorials
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FULL·COLOR vintage E.e. Postenl
Original coven of TALES FROM THE
CRYPT NO. 38 ...d THE VAULT OF
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these versions beauM they were
considered TOO fri~tening. these
~r·before-teen renditions can now be
younl Printed 22"x28" on sturdy peper
stock. these masterpieces ..e alWllYs ,.nt
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Super-protection. The VAU LT cover is
by Johnny Craig. and the CRYPT cover
by famed cartoonist Jack Davis. The best
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pagel The Monster Times
Gruesome Threesome
Horror'), The Crypt·Keeper nales
From the Crypt'), and The Old
Witch nhe Haunt of Fear').
Checking further. we found
someone willing to interview them
(Our defective is now in the
Serenity Sanitarium for No-Good
Nuts). Yes, we found Mark Evanier,
and flew him from Los Angeles to
Brooklyn (on a broomstick ... of
course). to introduce our readers 10.
The Gruesome Threesome.
.•. RAPPING AT
MY CHAMBER DOOR!
"Who is it?" yelled a voice from
somewhere within the old house.
"Is it another Avon lady, V.K.?"
The craggy features of the
....... Mh. ... , So .... to _ YOU. my b..... "........ w«ttt... , So the _m hal t*. . . tum tor 1hII_. ' - h. ... .....s.nd '"'-* in.
Vault--Keeper were beginning to
come into focus. He looked as he "tilt thInI·.
your fiendty old VIUtt·K....... Mdent Iboch. 1tt1 Willi ••• you',. just In d __
.,0.. in ttlis
mirld·lMltine. ............... ~ ~
une.rthty edition of THE MONITER nlllESI So . . ril'tt iMo my V.. lt. don', be "" ••• _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . _
always had. Sickening. "Heh heh," ~. you_·tbe . . . . . . . . . ..-
he chuckled. "No, it's just some
tall, skinny gloop. Come on it, Care to hear one of my nauseating GALLERY OF GOREI very old and very ornate. A2, we
putrid puss! What brings you novelettes? Got a dandy here about walked down the hall, [ noticed a
here?" a husband who sticks his wife in a "Oh, that's the Old Witch! Come series of portraits of Boris Karloff,
I introduced myself as a reporter microwave oven. It's called on, sloosh over this way and I'll Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, Peter
from The Monster Times. 'Spouse--Wanning'-!" introduce you to her." Lorre, Lon Chaney and Jerry
"Oh." He sounded disappointed. "Vh, not right now, if you don't A2, he led me through the Lewis. "What's Jerry Lewis doing
"[ was thinking it might be mind," I said. "Who was that I corridors, [ studied this majestic up there with all these masters of
someone important. Well, here [ am heard yelling to you, just a minute home where Utey had ensconced screen horror?" I asked .
in the livid flesh, the Vault--Keeper. ago?" themselves for retirement. It was all The Vault--Keeper stopped in his
""' ~nster Times page 9
(HIPI"
Yep, gang! You remember all
COMPARISON TIME: I dI.
those great EC comics of the early
1950's (How could you possibly
_'1 ........ d-., tNt Mr.
CuItIint'. rnocHm lTYk"p and
forget with all these great illus on perf~ ~ nCety emul.tII
ALTER EGO 10 . A
professionally done fanzine
heavily oriented to articles.
Covered are such subjects as Gil
Kane, Joe Kubert (and Tor), and
text.
K y ;.;.., .
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full·pege stills from Universal
horror films. look again It
K ....off. Dwight Frya. Rondo
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sword and sorcery. ArtiS'~"~_~==;cLI:S:;f,i;;1
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PORT OF PERIL by Otis
Adabart Kline. A hard'cover
re · iSlue of a famous
science-fiction newe4 located on
Venus. Of spacial intarest are the
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The drawing . . . don. by the ~n the boy-scoul I,.t on the right .. iumpin' John s.... in.
A MONSTER TIMES
INTERVIEW WITH
BILL GAlli f:5
Bill
•
Gaines and AI Feldstein
started the EC hOfrOf. suspense
and science fiction comic lines.
Bill Gaines now publishes MAD
comics line, (4) which he
pioneet"ed in the 1950's when he
inherited a line of
indistinguished comic books
Ve Gods! The first thing one
notices as he enters what was
intended to be a respectable
office is KING KONG!. sticking
m.gazine. AI Feldstein (who from his bther, (5) M.e. Gaines, his snout .t you through a
once did an imitation of the who is called the Johnny window. Nope, gang. not •
MAD comic book tOf' EC called Appleseed of comics, for helping painting. but • papier-mache
PANIC, because eYery other to foulld sev.... 1 different comic sculpture of the old giant ape
comic book company was book companies. himself. his mouth perpetually
imitating MAD) now is editor of Vour MONSTER TIMES baring fangs and dripping red
MAD magazine. interviewer met Bill Gaines and tonsils in an eternal snort!
Bill Gaines these day. looks AI Feldstein at the MAD Vour MT inteniewer wanted
like a hippy Santa Claus. replete magazine office up on MADison to glom on all -the other goodies
with a thatch of pepper and salt Avenue here in New Vawk, New in Bill Gaines' office, like an oil
hili, and mamoth beard and the Vawk. In he sauntered. tape painting by Graham "Ghastty"
proverbial twinkle in hi. eye. To recorder in h.nd. down • long Ingels of the Old Witch. strolling
look at him, you'd never guess hallway. lined with the original thru a gra,e yard poking her way
lilY of these things: (1)-he's paintings for MAD magazine from one tombstone to another;
rich beyond belief, (2) because WILLIAM M. GAINES •• • '?ubi..., of the ....... EC Horrcw ComlQl
coven. each se,er.1 times the and an oil painting of thrI
01 die .-1y fiftM. ...t who .... iIId • publilMr of MAD MAGAZINE,
he publishes MAD rM98zine, (3) fitht.. __ ...sing battle for truth, justiw .... "" American WfIV .H size rt appe.red in print. At the Vault-Keeper. by Johnny Craie:
which he does, beause he was ThM', wit.- the dust.j8dt.t of the ' - " - E.C- Hornw Coma bodl end of the hanway, was the
forced to _ndon hi. EC horror .'tIIof the ~ pictu.... ~,~ YOU ~.e.t7_ . .1 office of Mr. Willillm M. Gaines. Continued on page 18
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18 The Monster Times
GAINES &
FELDSTEIN
Continued fr"om page 15 " I really believe
that if it hadn' t been
for the comic
investigation.
that we would have
developed
a couple of
steps further.
Dear Editor,
1 am writing to you to tell you how
much J appreciated your response for my
letter asking about the ed ucational vaJue
of comics. Our side of the gro up which
was for comics won by a landslide of the
vote. (And to think that when I proposed
we have this debate the class thought it
childish.) Well here's how the debate
went: Two groups consisting of three
people each, those for and those against.
Each group had to let information on the
topic and prove his belief. The jury
consisted of five classes (about 110
people). They were the first to speak,
they thought they had us beat! They
came up with articles from books, quotes
by psychiatrists and all that bunch, (and
I'll bet those dudes never read The
Monster Times.) I lot mad , seeing how
little some people think of comics! Then
it was our turn and did our side put on a
show! I started by surprising everybody
by reading your letter, on each from Stan
Lee, Carmine Infantino, Jack Kirby, and
Sal Gentile. The auditorium was aJl kinds
of quiet. Then we hit them with a
GILL-MAN GETS PENNED IN! presentation on the screen of my artwork
-and as I explained the ideas from each
Dear Sirs: .page, my friend and co-artist friend Joe
The Monster Times is really REALLY Suzzolion played the Three DOl Night
great! I have never seen any thins like it. record " Family of Man" on a stereo set
Keep up the fantastic work. Format wise all through the intercom of the school! !
TMT needs no changing. Leave it like it The jury was rollina with enthusiasm!
is. The principaJ of the school was there and
I've followed your mag since No. I, he surprised us all by orderina all the
and' it gets better every day. You guys English classes down to see the debate!
must have a pretty big staff to cover all All of this was made possible thanks to
the in-depth reports you print. They're you and aJI your great staff, to whom I
just great. say Thank You.
. Because of your big article on THE Frank Alarcon, This sketch came lumberina into our offJ(:C one day last week on its o ...n
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK Newark, New Jersey stCllm ... DO leiter ... just a name (J. Jusko), address (N.Y.C.), and an aae (only
13). We dua the dr .... ina enough to share it ...ith all our readen.
We thank YOU, Frank for aiviDJ us the
opportunity to defend comies in publk:. THE BOOK OF UN-KNOWLEDGE! quality sharply after No, 13 issue and
We have alw.ys felt that comic boob a« gone downhill ever since." I , for one, am
more than just an mtertainment medium. Dear Monster Times, fed up with F.M. and C,O.F. Monster
As ...e mentioned to you in your letter, 1 erijoy your newspaper very m4Ch. A Times is a blessing to us horror and
comtcs are used as readina aids all over few weeks ago my parents bought me the fantasy lovers. Lonl live Monster Times.
the country. And, our converqe of EC Encyclopedi. Britannica. Reader forever;
eomics unea.ered the bets that back in The thins I dis1i.ke is that there is Tim Ferrante
the 1950's, EC had anti-druI, about monsten. What can we do Keyport, N.J,
anti-racial-discriminatlon and
- -
anti-poUution stories before they beeame Thank your Fire Department for us, Tim.
popular. And don't worry about FM and COF.
They're all burned up about us already!
A LUGOSI LOVER
MT HITS THE TURNPIKE
Dear Editor,
I have been reading your newspaper Dear Editor:
since it fint came out, and so 1 thought This is to thank you for the nifty fmt
that I would drop you this letter and let issue. I picked it up in New Haven and on
you know how much I enjoy it . my return trip to school in Washington, it
Your articles are well done and very helped me avoid most of the New Jersey
informative. The posters are areat, Kinl Turnpike. I had been waitinl a long time
LAGOON, I am enclosing a drawing I Konl is the best yet! for such a publication, but I never did
have done of the Gill-Man. Hope you can I am a Dracula fan at heart and amonl believe one would ever materialize. It's
we it. those who hold the memory of Bela Jiven the Star Trek Society at A.U. quite
""'.
Ted Richichi
LIlIOsi very dear. I have many thoughts
on the subject of Mr. Lupi, but for now
I just wish to say this; Lugosi was the
a treat (Actually, we refer to ounelves as
the Enterprise Ground Crew).
Obviously, Star Trek did and still does
Dear Ted: Prince of evil, the likes of which we will mean many things to many different
Yea, we can · ue ... and ARE (like never behold apin. We all know that people . Fantasy. Science Fiction.
riabt here!) printina .•• your $ketch. Boris Karloff was areat, of this there is no We don't know if Superman counts u a
Adventure. We can re-create the past with
Gt.d to hear TMT inIIpires you. We sure question but let us also live credit wl1ere monster, but ...e think that if
westerns, mass-produce the present with
-
dia seUina art &. pix from all our wrote a letter to the company, we're sure
the situation-comedy, but only in the
-
readers ... keep lCo'dina those careb Il that they'd put in !JOme monsten for us.
ETen smut people like monsters! future can we make credible our
su p pose d human capacity for
brotherhood. Had "Star Trek" shown
only the great technological strides in
TWICE AS NICE? MT: A FIERY ISSUE! whiz-barn gadgetry, instead of eclipsing
Dear Editor: this with the human outcome of 200
DearMT, years, I doubt it would have claimed such
I very much enjoyed "Hot Prints Let me be the fllSt to shake your claw!
"Monster Times" is the hottest thing on a following as it did. Or, shall I say, still
Anyone?" by Gary Gerani in No.7. Beina does. Keep up the lunacy.
an avid collector of posters, pressbooki, the newstands. (I'm not kiddinl! It took
Vicky Dann
lobbies, etc., I'd like to see an article on our fire department 1/2 hour to put out
the stand in town!) Washinlton D.C.
this phase of fandom. My subscription
has yet to reach No.7, but on seeing it on In aJl seriousness, your mag/newspaper
Nice to hear from. female f.n, Vicky!
the newsstand several days ago I picked it is a fresh new way to Look at the monster
Glad to kno ... we helped you 'round the
up without even thinking it'll be coming scene. No truer words were ever said
when a letter writer in MT #4 stated : bend. L~ve lona and prosper!
in the mail shortly. I plan now on buying credit is due and Bela LllIosi is long over
two copies of every issue because who due for it. Think for a moment, what
knows what kind of collecton items would have happened if LUIOSi had not
they'U be in the future. Keep up the good turned down the role of Frankensteins
work. monster? This man deserves the
Best Wishes, recosnition he never got.
John Antosiewicz,
Perth Amboy, NJ.
Gee, John, you tum our aery little beads While we a.ree that Luaesi was the
with that much praise. Don' t stop, ereatest, how can you say he didn't set
enouah publicity? Luaosi u Dncula is a
tboop, we kind of like It!
clasaie the world a.er.
The Monster nmes
IWANT
"Heh, heh! •.• No gettin'
- I I ' ( from me, kiddies. It's YOU I
want! So come on down, to . " •
Heeee, hee . . " No, not thlt fir
down. Just far enuff to get you to
The Hot1ll McAlpin right sm~ dab
in the middle of Fumin" Fun City.
Breathe I U that putrescent lir
YOUFOR
deeply, 9Ing ... you don't get
mud! of it out in them open
IIPlcas! See YIIN
THE
EC
CON!
Cornie conventlons are fun for a
while. After you've been to four or
five. though, they begin to mesh
into a mold of sameness, banality.
if you wilL At every convention
you see the same people, the same
professionals and the same items
for sale. This is especially true in
the big city areas where
conventions flourish.
But, the EC FAN ADDlCI'
CONVENTION (we hope) will be a
welcome breath of fresh air. You've FICDON PANEL and an Awards FRANKENSTEIN. And, the locked vault) and probably will
alr.eady read how great E.C. was Presentation (in which all members current · smash hit blood curdler, never be shown again. It may be
and the convention w ill give you a of the convention are allowed to TALES FROM THE CRYPI' will be your lone chance to see all the
chance to say hello and rap to the vote) . Monday. the final day, is shown three times (twice Saturday beautiful EC art in it's original size.
people who made it great. People when the convention planners will and once Sunday). Free of charge, And, for you limited-edition
who you normally don't see at spring a surprise EC PANNEL on no less! collectors, there will be a beautiful
conventions. People who. even after us, and we won't even try and guess Now aren't you glad you're 92 page EC CONVEN'I'ION BOOK,
twenty years, st ill respect EC for what will be going on there. going to the convention. which will be on sale for $4
what they are; The best comics ever And, even if you hate EC comics There are also other goodies that (perhaps a bit high .. . but take a
produced! peek anyway) at the conventiQn.
Most of the creators w ill be It's filled with interviews With the
there. Bill Gaines and AI Feldstein
will be there. Many of the great MEMORIAL DAY EC people, reprints of old EC
stories, and, to ice the cake, an
artists (Krenkel, Williamson,
Kurtzman, Elder, Wood and
WEEKEND original WaDy Wood cover drawn
especially for the convention.
Kamen) will definitely be there. HOTEL MC ALPIN - NEW YORK CITY Now that we've told you what's
Many more are expected to attend. MAY 26-29, . 1972 going to happen at the convention,
It's going to be a bash comic lovers how can you possibly not attend.
haven't seen in years.
The convention is being held in
Let us entertain you As usually there will be a large
dealer area where anything and
New York City at the Hotel
McAlpin, located at Broadway and
at the first annual ••• everyth ing will be on sale. But we
may inject a note of caution: EC
34th Street. from May 26th to May
if. Q!.lJ1au-Abbitt
comics wiJI probably be very high
29th. The convention planners are so be careful.} There will be dozens
expecting a minimum of 1000 of items besides EC com ies and
fan-addicts , with expected fanzines, too!
attendance reaching 2000. Price for
admission is $5 for all four days, or
Co~".e~ t:l.o~ And.. if you still aren't
convinced, we can only offer one
$2 a day. other item. If EC doesn't enthrall
Now, to the best part, what you you, art bores you, and horror
get for your hard-earned dollars: (perish the thought) there is the convention folk witl be serving flicks turn you off, then you can
Saturday, there will be an EC something for you. Classic old up for you. By special arrangement · always come just to see the
HORROR PANEL, an EC WAR horror movies will be shown free at with Bill Gaines, an entire room of hard-working staff of THE
PANEL, an auction and a screening the convention. They include; THE the convention will be overflowing MONSTER TIMES. We'll be the
of Harvey Kurtzman's old movies HORROR OF DRACULA, with E.C. original art. These classic ones trying to date the three
on the EC crowd. BUCKET OF BLOOD, DOCl'OR drawings have NEV~R been on witches! •
Sunday offers an EC SCIENCE X , and CURSE OF display (Mr. Gaines keeps them in a -.JOE 8RANKA TELLI
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If the
good Dr.
_ .... BY JOE
.0 • ...7 BRAII[CATELLI
knew...
Funny how comics and mO¥i8$ playoff
each other. They say creative people a...
hard to find. They' ,. right l But there
seems to be a multitude of creative
copien (nothing new under the sun and
all that there . .. )
So thanks to the vast MONSTER
TIMES research staff (3 old ladies), here
are some very interesting comparisons
between E.C. comics .nd movies
(remembering that E.C. comics ~in
your mind, pervert your desires and
make you a juvenile delinquint . . . The
movies are okay. thouWl .. . expecially
the "X" jobs!)
The Monster
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Mliy26·29 E.C. FAN· ADDICT C ON VE~ TI ON HOTEL McALPIN V.riOY I Pric. THE GREATEST
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If you 'woe ew:r wanted to be a butcher,
THE S ECO ND SUNDAY COMIC BOOK
ST A TLER· HI LTON $1.00 this is the one to be, Richard Burton will
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JUNE 11 33rd ST & 7th AVE. 110 A.M. to
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He'll be eliminating such lovely lovelies as
PULp·CON PULPS. AUTHORS
Raquel Welch (Tha(/J talce some doing),
COLONY HOTel $2-&prt.
JUNE 9-11 ED. WESSEL Philip ..... F _ Virna Usi, Nttthalie Delon, Marilu ToIo,
7730 BON HOMME SA-AdYne.
FRI .• SAT•• SUN . BOX 15853. OVERLAND BRANCH 56- At Door Edmond H_ifton .-.J Joey Heatherton. If his beard is blUtI,
Clayton. Mo.
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;t's probably ~ ht!'s sorry.
NEW YORK COMICON Info-Not
MeM Comic Book .... United Artists will bn»dy for releastJ
STATLER·HILTON
JULV'·5 PHil SEULING Av.labl. Comic Strip ArtiIa. and in June "EVIL EYE.. .. Pic will fens ;n
_
3Jrd ST 80 7th AVE. THOUSANDS of F_ LikI
~T. THRU WEO. 2883 W. 12 Write Con.
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NEW YORK CITY Younalf tor 5 DAYSl Maniltt in color. Femme lead is none
other· than the M!IY beauteous Antoinette
The CON-CAlEND~R is. $pIC"1 exctusR.
'-tu,. of THE MONSTER ' IMES. AcrOSl thi'
Oetraeton of IUch .......u put them down by
saying that thIIy' ,. just. bunch of eartoonistl
or if you wish to _ daaaic honor .... _ _ _
fiction filrm;. or rr.- t:ha stars vi old t i _
Bower who you may remember lIS the
wItTy .son::eress in the STAR TREK
gnat a.nd of oun If.
quall'lt and curious and ~tane. 'iction writan and comic: book mowl. 1IfiI.... or today"l top comic book .-tid episode by RobHt Bloch entjtled
~ of quaindy curious zealots. The publishers tatkins. .nd signing aut...,.... fo, and wriUor$-Gr if you jusc want to ~ otW
" CATSPAW." Aubrey Schenck is
..~ caNed " convantiOl'l5." and tha fans who. lik. ma",,". SfMIId suml on mOM_ or comics ciMlce fiction fnab. lib
....
z"'ott, c:.tl.t "f_," ........ thl attention of
fHI .... non-fans .Iike, '*- thi' trail-blazini
out·of·de1l comtes. Kiene. ftetion pulPS••nd
monstlf movie stilts. But thllt'. just tha r.son
you"" . and ...,. you',. not ....... in .....
worl d, OR if you want to meat ..... ......
Producer. Mr. Schenck will then go into
production on "DAUGHTERS OF
for going. If yOY want • cou.... of .~ damantad lunatics who brine -.t THE
picturws of OrKUt. or King Kong. or • 1$43 MONSTER TIMES. ............ Nit _ of SATAN, ... which will be • wi~
To te.o. r.dartwho'" rwvar ~ to OM of
~ ~ ..,... we raeommMd It. copy of Airboy Comics (God alone ~n_ wh.,) __ ~W."'y .1
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Badtime Stories
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episodes, aocl a $HlO prize for the best
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masquerade costume, promise to make
We think President Nixon should go back this an exceptional Coo. Write to
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Ccmplainl Complainl That'$ all she ever does..
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great science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury. large (10" by 13") size. For you art fans. still another portfolio of EC stories out in
Unfortun8tely, all eopies are out of print! check out the story called "Food For time for the EC convention. This one will
Issues of these paperbacks now cost Thought'~ Replete with monsters of the cost $t5 and will have a color cover by
about $2 from comic dealers. -Also, in garden variety, it boasts what many the incomparable Frank Frazetta. Russ
conjunction with the movie, a new
TALES FROM THE CRYPT has been
published_ It's 75 f and written by
comic-book hack JIICk Oleck from the
screenplay of the movie.
THE EC FAN ADDICT KIT - Ona of the
Uke any collector, an EC fan is a nutl
most unique 8fld bizarffJ items ever to
He', crazy in a loveable way. Fo.- yean
come from the EC f8fl is a reprint of the
now, the EC fan has been writing about
FAN-ADDICT kit The EC FAN ADDICT
the late lamented EC line, reprinting
CLUB was started back in 1953 by AI
storin from the comics, and in their
Feldstein and Wi/litJm Gaines. It offered a
aowning achievement, will hold the first
semi-regular bulletin direct from the
EC FAN ADDICT CONVENTION in
«Jirors, and often let the member be in
New Yo.-k in May. For the benefit of the
on scoops such as the death of EC, and
MONSTER TIMES reader, here's a little
the start of it's new Jine. The prize of the
list of some EC products above and
beyond the EC comic books:
certificate, which w.
kit. however, w. the membership
done in full color
by Jack Davis. It was IJ beautiful piece of
PAPERBACKS - The Ballantine Book
Company introduced a series of art, and is still treasured. Also included in
paperbacks which reprinted many of the the kit was 8f'I EC FAN ADDICT
clas:sic EC stories. When the series was membership card which exhorted the
initilJted in 1965, the price was 15f per holder to avail themSIJIwIs of the privledge
copy, and the publishers planned many of buying EC comia at the regular
volumes. But, to the everlasting dismlJ'l of newsstand price (what more could you
EC fans, only one of each title was ask for in 8 club?). Also, there was a fan
printed. The titles were TALES FROM addict material patch. and paper decal. It
THE INCREDIBLE, TALES FROM THE was reprinted last year at $2 and is
virtually impossible to find this year. From $QUA TRONT ~ I • •tch for the CCWlr of WEIRD FANTASY #19 done by AI
CRYPT, THE AUTUMN PEOPLE, and Willi,mtOn. TM fintl ...... 1'. with '" enlareed monlter. is thl ccwer fOf" WEIRD FANTASY #21.
VAULT OF HORROR In TALES FROM EC REPRINTS - Reprinting of EC
THE INCREDIBLE. ·the flJmed EC !lICe comics is a flourishing business.. The best consider to be the greatest single splash also is selling prints of an EC cover, hand
discrimination story "Judgement Dey" of the lot is a $10. mammoth folder page in comics history, done by Roy colored by Mr. Frazetta for $150. It's
W8S reprinted in it's entirety. THE called EC PORTFOLIO ONE. It reprints Krenkel and AI Williamson. It's still only for collectors, and mobsters looking
AUTUMN PEOPLE is unique: it reprinted four EC stories and a cover. All stories are available from Russ Cochran, Route One. for places to hide their money from
all the stories thlJt EC tJdapted from the shot from origin8ls, and IJre left in the Adel, Iowa. Mr. Cochran plans to have Internal Revenue_
mE CRYPT wilt cost about $7 in mint will get you II CRIME. Some of these,
condition. The issue which tells the origin however. run as high as $15 for issues
of the Crypt Keeper will run about $10, containing art by Williamson and Frazetta.
and some really early issues may run as In the science-fiction issues. the prices
high as $20. Copies of the VAULT OF run high. The two original titles, WEIRD
HORROR are much more expensive. An SCIENCE and WEIRD FANTASY have
average issue will run about $11, but any issues that command prices as high as
of the first four issues will cost at least $35. The average issue will 005t you
Unless you've· a small fortune $20. and as high as $35. Copies of an about $15. with some of the very early
accumulated under your pillow. you're average issue of HAUNT OF FEAR will WEIRD SCIENCE stories costing $25.
not likely to be able to purchase many of run about sa, with the very early issues When the two titles were merged in 1954
the classic old EC comic books. In about $12 to $30_ to become WEIRD SCIENCE-FANTASY
comparison to a few years 890 when the CRIME SUSPENSTORIES and the prices did not change significantly.
price of an EC was about a buck. EC's SHOCK SUSPENSTORlES have a wide An average issue will cost about $12.
today rarely go for less than $5 a copy. variety of prices. $5 will get you ., When EC made it's last gasp, it
An average copy of TALES FROM average issue of SHOCK. while about $6 introduced INCREDIBLE
The Monster Times page 2S
"Poor fISh ... No wonder it died, all wrapped up in dis crummy rag!
Wby, this Monster Thing i<; the trashiest thing I've ever seen
in aU my years of rummaging thru garbage dumps!"
by MIlk Evanier
S ome horror movies have been downrilht insultina. A man named Larry make-up ... 1 thought that, some day, I'd from KTLA . complete with the spent the first half talking about what a
screened unto death on television. Nary a Vincent confelllCd to the intrepid like the opportunity to try it with a oppottunity to show better films and to terrible job Vincent Price was doing in
week goes by that BRIDE OF THE MONSTER TIMES Hollywood different approach." use better facilities. Channel five- has the the film ... I was really giving it to him
GORILLA isn't foisted upon the public. correspondent, "I'm really bcginnina to Vincent skipped from station to equipment to combine tape and film, and, then, the phone rang. It was Vincent
somewhere. I, like the vast majority of dislike Banjo Billy, personally. I got so station, from Indianapolis to Hollywood , permitting Seymour's wisecracks to be set Price, of cou.rse, and 1 began tellinl him
Los Angeles film buffs, thought that mad at him once that I burned his and from director to actor. Among other directly into the movie. Vincent's what a great actor he was: ' Like I wasjust
there was nothing that cou ld make us costume and I had to go out and buy employs were a few local theatre directorial experience has also paid orr in telling the people, Mr. Price, you
tune in for one more sho wing of THE another one, myself." productions, several GET SMART the engineering of many remarkable ce rtainly are delivering a splendid
HORROR OF PARTY BEACH or some Larry Vincent, as it happens, is t he episodes and a forgettable self-sacrifice in special errects wherein Seymour, himself, performance in this movie we're ronni.!'
such shloek-shocker. But we failed to man who plays Seymour and, if the truth THE INCREDIBLE TWO-HEADED was actually set into the film as one of Then, when we got off the-phone, I went
reckon with SEYMOUR . be known, BarUO Billy, as well. Few, if
any, Seymour supporters are willing to
TRANSPLANT. "I was doing a character the characters. Horror devotees, tuning in .
on DRACULA for the nth time, found it
!:~:t!~a~~i~:t;:~t a ,~tten mm it was,
You may very well be asking yourself, role and was wiped out about ten minutes
admit, though, that such a person as into the first reel," he explains. "When a bit different, Seymour's time around. In Seymour is unique. Who else would
even now , who this Seymour is-prcof . the opera-box scene, where Bela Lugosi is splice thirty seconds of a Stan Laurel
positive that you don't live in Los
"Larry Vincent" exists. " They recognize you're too good, the other actors get
me on the street as Seymour and they jeaJous and they write you out of the introduced to several people, he also met silent comedy, non-sequitir, into the
Angeles. Every Angeleno Knows Seymour middle of WEREWOLF OF LONDON?
ex pect to be insulted or ignored or script." Nevertheless, if and when Banjo Billy, wh o had been
as the gaunt , mustachioed weirdo who c1Homakey-s uperimpo sed into a Who else would replay the lift-off scene
has attained a popu larity unmatched by
treated rudely. I don't disappoint them!" TRANSPLANT rears its ugly heads on
Seymour ,' with all his splenetic KTLA, Seymour has vowed to replay his formerly~mpty chair, com plete with from QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE and
any o th er l ocal personality. An opera glasses. point out where one can see the wire on
ever-growing legion of loyalties is
independence, is fast seizing cont rol of scene , ad infinitum.
Vincent's slim body for his own, sinister Eventually, KH1-TV, channel nine, We asked SeymourlVincent if the space ship? Who else would pop into
forsaking all else, come Saturday eve, to purposes. dyed-in-the-wool horror buffs protested the midst of THE RAVEN , when a lady
tune in on KTlA. channel five and see had need of a horror host for their
The body spent some twenty years in Saturday night FRIGHT NIGHT. Channel when he tampered with a classic. "There suggests they aU go off to their nice wann
some vintage horror flick Seymortified, beds, and say, in Groucho
television control booths. " I was a nine is a station noted for their poor aren't enough classics, really. The originaJ
There are, after all, good horror flicks Man:-intonation, ''That's the best idea
staff-director and, naturally. had been DRACULA was a classic, so we didn't do
and others that are to be avoided like Bon much to it. What we tamper with is things I've hoid all night!"? And, remember the
Vivant vichyssoise. '" call t hem the way I associated with many horror film host •.
And they always came out with the like ATTACK OF THe MUSHROOM part of X-THE MAN WITH X-RAY
see them," Seymour proclaims and, spiders and the coffins ... they'd leave PEOPLE. I get a few nasty letters but so EYES, where Ray Milland asks Don
indeed, he does. Berore, after, and often
the frlm alone and try to be funny or many are in favor of what we do that I'm Rick les, then an unknown , overwei&ht
during bad scenes, Seymour pops in with
his special brand of caustic film criticism, spooky by themselves. To me, there's sure the vast majority take it the way we actor, what he would want to see if he
No line of bad dialogue escapes his nothing amusing about a IUY makin& intend it -as Jatjre. had x-ray eyes; and Rickles says, "AU the
meat-cleaver sarcasm. And, if a slipshod himself up to look horrible aMI collliaC Seymour fans are plentiful. Seymour undressed woman my poor eyes could
movie director has allowed a casual view out of a c:offlll. Tilley C*Ied . . ~ T-shirts are seen often, about town, and stand! "? Vou can guess what fun
of the boom microphone or erred in some with the filM, try. . to do ........ there is a Seymour fan club (officiaJ Seymour had , splicing that response in to
other technical way, leave it to Seymour eYed more rantastic witb ... ... newsletter: The Slimy Wall Times). The other parts of the film, in reply to other
to offer up an instant replay and isolate fan club's official certificate proclaims: questions.
the faux pas for all of Southern California ''To Whom it May Concern (and it Desptie his mischief, Larry Vincent
to see. When the film is of the caliber of. won' t) . .. This is to certify that ( have a does have a high regard for the craft of
say, ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM friend help you spell your name) is a horror movies. "We're in the middle of a
P;EOPlE , (Seymour's own un favorite) the member in bad standing of Sey mour's new cycle now ," he says. " People want
rum is likely to serve as one continuous Society of FRINGIES ... You are an escape pictures and that's what horror
straight line. idiot of the first order .. :" There are movies are." His next project? - A sta&e
Seymour posters, s howing him production of DRACULA with the title
H all begins with a sting of eerie music rummaging through a garbage can, role altered to suit Seymour's
as the ca mera pans over a slimy, probably in search of that missing reel wise-cracking motif. It could be the local
mOSSocovered green wall. An unseen from THE ATTACK OF THE theatre event of the year and Vincent is
announcer delivers the voice-over shpiel MUSHROOM PEOPLE. And Seymour is sure the tfme is right.
in disjointed fal setto and climaxes with: very much in demand for personal No closing could be more fittinJ; tban
" ... and here he is, the Master of the appearances. Seymour's traditi{)na\ one ; I'd lib: to
Macabre, the Epitome of Evil, THE One memorable appearance took place thank you ... I'd /ike to, but it's just ....
MOST SINI STER MAN TO CRAWL THE at the Wiltem Theatre for the West Coast my style' Bad evening'" And on that
FACE OF THE EARTH ... Seymour!" "Screomiere" of TALES FROM THE note, exits the most popular horror host
The wall swings open to release a burst of CRYPT. Prior to the feature, Seymour Los Angeles has ever seen and, likely, the
swamp mistldry ice vapor from the did his usual brand of shtick, much to the rest of the country, as well.
nether regions, behind. And in strides delight of the audience. And, fulfilling a
Seymour , elegantly attired in equipment , its weak frlm libnuy and its
popularizin& of the notion that the VHF brainstorm of some publicity agent for
wide-brimmed fedora , ruffled shirt and Metromedia films, held a screaming
undertaker's tuxedo. He proclaims, dial stops at eiPt. But Seymour began to 'LASHI EXTRAI SCOOPt
attract viewers while he refmed his skill contest. The winner was invited up to the ·
"Toni&ht's feature is DR. TERROR'S mike to give out with his award-winning WAIT ... HOLD THE PRESSESI
HOUSE OF HORRORS, a 1965 bomb and style. ''Toni&ht I have a pair for HANDS OFF THE SWITCHES,
you," SeymoLlr announced one evening. shriek and, suddenly, the Wiltern was in
th at Donald Sutherland would like to the business of showing silent movies, not LACKEY, THIS MEAllis
forget. Bur WI" ',t' no/ going 10 leI him!" ..... MONSTER FROM THE SURF and YOUI . . . RUMOR HAS IT THAT
THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILl. I by choice. No one really minded having
Mr. Nielsen didn't report if Donald SEYMOUR RECENTLY FOUND
never get any swell movies! You can stay to walk out on the fea ture, for lack of A COPY OF THE MONSTER
Sutherland was watching, shame or here and watch these turkeys, if you like. audible soundtrack; they'd seen what TIMES WRAPPED AROuND A
otherwise, that night. But a good ly they came for - Seymour! FISH HE HOOKED IN AN LA
I'm going to go crash the party down the
fragm e nt of Southern Ca lifornia, street - !" Despite mounting popularity, GARBAGE DUMP .
stretchi ng as far as New Mexico, was. One evening, FRIGHT NIGHT aired AND .. . WELL, TO MAKE A
Estimates have it that the audience for Seymour has no plans to go the
without Seymour. In his stead was an big-budget, giant set route. People tune in LONG STORY SHORT AND A
such mediocre andlor well,worn movies is overly-cndowed Vampirella-type with the for Seymour and if there was any way to SHORT STORY SHORTER, IT
double what such film s would attain, SIlns SEEMS THAT SEYMOUR IS
handle of Moona-Lisa. Within moments, eliminat e the movie, he might well draw
S/'ymour. Never berore have such bad and for days following, the KHl INTERESTED IN WRITING A
an even bigger audience. He is planning
movies garnished such high ratings. REGULAR COLUMN
Seymour and his alter-ego, BanjO Billy , switchboard was inundated wit h fiery guest stars, from time to time, though.
letters of protest, irrefutable evidence " We 're show i ng HOUSE OF FOR ... THAT'S RIGHT, THE
are the ca use. MONSTER TIMES! SEYMOUR'S
that a good horror mm fan would rather FRANKENSTEIN next week," he told BEEN DIGGIN' OUR
Banjo Billy bean a striking physical watcb an emaciated, cynical ghoullhan a us, pointing to a calendar which also had GRAVEYARD ANTICS AND
resemblance to S~ymour attired in a voluptuous pretty lady with the spiders I WAS A TEEN·AGE FRANKENSTEIN SAYS HE WANTS INI THE FISH
blazing-orange marching band outfit and and the cofftns and all that Seymour had and HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER listed. WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR
a pair of glassc:s with a plastic nose broken away from . "lohn Carradine will be our guest and I'm COMMENT. , , STAY TUNED '
"tlach~d. But th~ similarity ends Seymour had aDo broken away from going to give him the same treatment , FOR FURTHER DETAILS! •
lhl' r~ - Banjo Billy ill hrip:'" ~ nd cheery; channel nine, as it happened. He packed gave Vincent Price, once. We were
S~ymuur i~ s;]r~' 'c ""'cible and his slimy wall and took a 'better orrer showing some Vincent Price film and I
The Monster nones
bero~1 knew be would have • new stash through the infinite mind of Wally Wood
of fright comics waiting for me. and FOOD FOR THOUGHT boasts of
But, like most things, tbe horror artwork by Ai, WiIlitJmson and Roy
comics. and the science fiction books, Krenkel which Include some of the most
passed into oblivion. There were a lot of spectacular panels comicdom has ever
them in those days, but I remember that ""n.
some of them stood out stronger than the Cocbran's collection of
r~, and they stayed In my memory in shiver·provoklng parables is bound and
bold, gruesome colon. All the ones that sells for a fast ten bucks. Well worth it,
were better had one distinguishing mark too, consider,lng the quality of the art,
in common -all had a small circle its size and clarity, and the Important fact
surrounding the initials "E.C." near the that all these things are now available in a
top of tbe cover. single book. It's a must for any E.C. fan
So, (rom that Lime on, I made sure to with bread enough to afford it.
look for the ones marked "E.C." and, to As for E.C, Portfolio Two, well, you
make doubly sure, made it a point to can have a say In what will go into that
memorize the titles, which was the easiest one by filling out the ballot form
ONE part, since tiUes like THE VAULT OF
HO RROR, INCREDIBLE
contained in E.C. One. Among those
artists included on the ballot are Wood,
SCIENCE-FICTION, and TALES FROM Ingels, Jack Dauif, and Harvey KurUmiJII.
BY JOE ALLAN THE CRYPT were easier to.remember Along with the four stories that you can
than to forget. help select, there will also be a fifth tale,
I In those days you could buy them,
don't remember exactly how many . find them, and swap them with no
years ago it was, but it must bave been IS
namely, Frank F rozetto' ,
SQUEEZEPLAY: Plus a color Frazetta
trouble at all. It's only now, years later, couer, upping the price of the second
or 14 at least. I was trying to sneak out of that we reaJize the enors of our ways, the portfolio to $15. All orders, comments,
the house to play some ball at the Ume, way we treated those comics-tearing the Two . . .t btI.UI combiMd to rMI<, I
and criticisms can be sent to: Russ
but my mom was determined that I get a pages, smearing them with our sticky .... .,....,.rtitt" ., AI Williamson end Roy Krenk,1
unitld for " Food For Thought." in Cochran, Route One, Adel, Iowa 50003.
haircut (most kids in the 50's were fingers , throwing them away. INCREDIBLE SCIENCE·FICTION #32 In And remember . .. Death Lives! •
haunted by the ever·present Curse of the . love and luck, into a practical,
Creepy Crewcut) instead. With the money money·making endea'o'Our, things really
in my pocket, my mother opened the started happening for Russ-and for all
front door and pointed imperiously in the Artist Willy Wood P'II u. I flnt.-tic pictu~ of hi. uniVllf'll in "My World," in WEIRD
_direction of Louie's Barber Shop, I had
E.C. fAns. SCIENCE #22. A f_ PMlII hom this 1953 mlltlfpi _ _ pictured het-I.
" ~\
little choice but to go .. , so I went. THIiIS III' WOII~O . THI I IS THt: WOIILD 1 Loon:. IT II '"
When I got to old Louie's, I found STU"'IHG TIIOP'IC"'~ ,w"'''''.
Df,. . ,uto , T'ItIKII'IGMlO.tUVE
WlfHSCIIU/oIIHGIIIID5IMOKITHIIIIHGLll_lMOlIU-
someone sitting in the lofty barber's chair
IMllers "'NO IOI UlTDIIIOUUItS TNn . 'L""H THIIOUGH
ahead of me, so Louie turned around, ITI SfIoGN.IJIT 'OOU "'NG'LOSH 1'KItOU5tIITS ,UC.III.
tossed me a hello, and pointed to the old ~SI Il$lAAQ!C6'OOOTO'ILLfHt:lllewt:JINClU5lOLJ[S..
peeling, silver.painted radiator, which I
could always count on to be piled a mile
high with ragged, beat·up comic books,
relics In their own time. Louie always had
a fresh batch of old comics on hand , 90 I
never had to worry about finding the
same ones each time I went there, I had
already read the latest Superman and
Batman, and 1 had no love for the :...c."'"-==. .'-_--':.......L.!"-~
true·romance types, so I skipped through
until I reached some horror stuff instead.
The first one I got. my hands on was
about some guy who had a wife who was
always nagging him, who aJways had her Although no one is quite sure about
claws kD uckl~p in the poor guys how he managed to do it-probably by
back. So one day be comes bome, asks way of some 5e(:ret black magic process
her politely to lay oCf, but she keeps on that only he knows-Russ Cochran
talking and nagging him, so he promptly pressed for and more lmportatnly got
kills her ... cuts ort her head, to be permission to reproduce the choicest cuts
exact, and then casually goes bowling of E.C. art ... DIRECT FROM THE
with it! Hmmm ... I looked up and saw ORIGINALS! And what he's been doing
that the guy ahead of me was still in the with same is of even greater interest to
chair so I kept on reading, greedy for E.C. fiends.
more gore - and I wasn't disappointed. Cochran's E.E. Portfolio One contains
The next one was about a burglar who four complete stories, printed on big
steps through this big door, only to find matte-finished paper, and he exhibits no
that it leads straightaway into a furnace, prejudices against either horror or sci·fi
which literally bums him up. Those were material, since this collection features the
the first horror comics I ever read, but titles HORROR WE? HOW'S BAYOU ' ?,
after that I wasn't nearly as reluctant TOUCH AND TO, MY WORLD and
about visiting Louie as I had been FOOD FOR THOUGHT, The first of
these is one of Graham Ghastly Ingels'
most frightening and bone-chilling art
jobs, filled to the ratters with monstrous
people and deeaying houses sinking
slowly into the swamps. TOUCH AND
GO is illustrated by JohnnY Craig; MY
WORLD features the universe as seen
THROWING THEM AWAY! Mein Gott,
do you know what those comics would
be worth today!
What with all the forgotten lore that
was better otf forgotten that's been
dredged up and glorified by present-day
nostalgla freaks, the E.C. Comics
rep~nt a lost treasure that dese"es to
be remembered, and remembered for the
!a.ntastic treats they were. One of the
People wbo remembers them best is Russ
Cochran of Adel, Iowa, who, unlike most
of our sorry lot, was smart and lucky
enough to save his collection of old
E.C:s, later trading them for mint copies
of the same editions. And seeing the
books In new condition started Russ
down a previously unknown road: he
began wondering about how the original
E.C. artwork might look to us today.
From an original idea that grew, with
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