Sucker Bait And Other Stories (The Fantagraphics EC Comics

Sucker Bait And Other Stories (The Fantagraphics EC Comics Artists Library, 6)

â‚¬Å“Ghastlyâ‚¬Â Graham Ingels drew this collection of gruesome short comics stories with twist endings, often â‚¬Å“hostedâ‚¬Â by Ingelsâ‚¬ â‚¬Å“Old Witchâ‚¬Â character: ripped from the pages of EC comics such as Tales From the Crypt.
Even 60 years after their original release, in an era of explicit horror, EC Comics superstar Graham â‚¬Å“Ghastlyâ‚¬Â Ingelsâ‚¬s grisly pages retain the power to shock. His loving depictions of the endless corruption of flesh and nature made him the go-to guy for stories involving swamps, maniacs, and dismemberment â‚¬" and all three combined to best effect in one of the standouts of this collection of his stories: â‚¬Å“Horror We? Howâ‚¬s Bayou?â‚¬Â â‚¬" considered the single most spectacularly drawn of all of ECâ‚¬s horror stories, with a climax that would give body-horror king David Cronenberg nightmares. Ingels specialized in depicting the unimaginable. If you ever wondered what the vengeful, decaying corpse of an elephant stomping a woman to death would look like, itâ‚¬s in here (â‚¬Å“Squash...Anyone?â‚¬Â). Or living rats sewn into the bodies of a tyrannical king and queen (â‚¬Å“A Grim Fairy Taleâ‚¬Â)... or the results of injecting a â‚¬Å“poison-penâ‚¬Â letter writer with literal poison and reducing him to, in the words of Al Feldsteinâ‚¬s script, a â‚¬Å“foul-smelling, oozing pool of putrescenceâ‚¬Â (â‚¬Å“Notes to You!â‚¬Â). One of the two Ray Bradbury adaptations in the book, â‚¬Å“There Was an Old Womanâ‚¬Â (about a deceased crone who simply refuses to stay dead) provides the closest thing to a note of sweetness that youâ‚¬ll find here â‚¬" perhaps with the exception of the genuinely romantic â‚¬Å“A Little Stranger!â‚¬Â and its loving marriage between a dead vampire and a dead werewolf. Sucker Bait And Other Stories features 25 classic stories from Tales From the Crypt, Shock Suspen-Stories, Vault of Horror, and Ingels and his â‚¬Å“Old Witchâ‚¬Â characterâ‚¬s special showcase Haunt of Fear â‚¬" plus the usual fascinating historical, critical, and biographical material. Black & white
Country USA
Brand Fantagraphics Books
Manufacturer Fantagraphics Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781606996898
ReleaseDate 2014-02-15
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781606996898

Country	USA
Brand	Fantagraphics Books
Manufacturer	Fantagraphics Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781606996898
ReleaseDate	2014-02-15
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781606996898

Sucker Bait And Other Stories (The Fantagraphics EC Comics Artists Library, 6)

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