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You, my friend, are the "SME" (Subject Matter Expert) of EC Comics. Thanks again for your expertise....

Those color guides are amazing

I have the earlier EC Covers Artist Edition and was surprised they didn't publish the covers at the exact size as the original art. Do you know what are the dimensions of the original EC cover artwork?

Do you think Web of Horror will get a paperback release at some point?

Just got the Artist's Edition, which is a beautiful piece of work but it does challenge (as do the Taschen Marvel books) any shelving system that is out there. But so worth it, however will get the softcover as well. Web of Horror is in the post and considering the archival collection of the British comic magazine, 40 Years of Scream. Not sure that there are any EC connections other than the odd influence? Anyone know?

Both books look great and that's cool that you were involved with each. Even having a couple of the Web of Horror mags, the book looks worth it for the lost issue and extra stories. Thanks for the video.

Both books are incredible.

Thanks, Thommy, and yes! Once again, hats off for helping locate the lost pages! Couldn't have done it without you.

Thank you!

Update: I've now let the Crime #25 cover go, and it's now in Thommy's collection - as the prophecy foretold. :)

Thank you for the content! I will definitely pick up Web Of Horror! still waiting on that East Coast print video..🤪

Thank you for the video and for your work in bringing these classic EC stories in to the hands of the fans. I requested and was bought Martian Monsters for my birthday. I will get the rest of his. I particularly love Jack Kamen’s art. His clean line is very appealing to me and yes he knew how to draw attractive women.

Thanks for highlighting the great Reed Crandall! His inks were outstanding and I desperately tried to copy this in my comic book ambitions in the 70s but never got close. Cool tees you're wearing. Can these be bought anywhere??

They seem to have stopped releasing these cans once every three months. I don’t live in California, but have been lucky to get 6 different issues of them. Does anyone have any extra empty cans for sale.

Hiya Thommy. It's not that successful but it is about the best I can do without having a nice clear B/W foto of you. l really want to get on with that page with you and Grant hot-footing it from the clutches of my Kong/Swampy character. PS: l have Just discovered that l can not send you the sketch on this page, so l will place it on EC Fan Addicts.

Beautiful collection and walkthrough. Thank you for taking us through it. I recently won the #6 portfolio for just $25 at an auction. Can't wait to read Master Race in the oversize format.

Hey! Waiting on the East Coast Reprints Video..I'm going through EC content withdraws..😬

I shuld hope that those are very heavy... with as much as they cost... they should have some gold or silver in them.. they are outside of MY price range..

😎Went to a 50s retro diner that had reprint EC Comics on a spinner rack. Most were the non horror titles that had some of Jack's cover and interior work . The fanfare for the more popular artists is unquestionably deserved but my personal favorites have always been Jack , Bill Elder, George Evans and Reed Crandall.

Cool!

Love Kamen’s art! Please put out more videos!

Love Kamen and Fanta is going to get me to buy these stories yet again (thanks to the intro and supplemental material). Hopefully someone does a pre-EC Kamen collection (Fiction House, Fox etc..)

Love the channel ! May i ask your opinion on the EC Archives books from Gemstone/GC/Darkhorse ? i dont think you have done a video on them and im wondering if thats because you are among the many who were unhappy with the digital colourization. ive only ever read ECs from the Archives collections and ive never even seen an original issue in person, so i would love to hear your thoughts.

The Grim Fairy Tales, like the “EC Quickies,” show Feldstein latching on to a repeatable gimmick for a number of stories. That impulse later mutates into the “Departments” that typify the Feldstein approach to MAD.

My book arrived on Tuesday! I’ve been loving it. And I’m anxiously awaiting Foul Play in July

Love it - and very jealous. What a collection. I had a couple of horror comics when I was a kid but my mum threw them out 😢. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the titles although I remember one of the stories in particular and would love to be able to look for it online somehow, but I guess there’s no database as such and this is a needle in a haystack type situation.

It's a shame he didn't work more on the horror and crime comics, his splash pages really stand out to me. My favorite Wood covers are Tales from the Crypt 27 and Shock Suspenstories 14. 💀 Gotta love that intensity he had.

Jon Gothold may already know this however, for those who don't or are interested, Warren did release Creepy #74 which features 9 tales Illustrated by Reed Crandall including The Cast of Amontillado.

Anybody knows who made DC Unexpected 1971: "The deadly widows web"

Epic video! Beautiful collection and editions! Very informative too!

For those of us that can't afford a $189 book just to see what's under the text box of Crime Patrol #16, can someone tell us?

Thank you for the content I really enjoy this I pulled the trigger on Bitter End. no regrets.

I started reading comics by the very end of the 90s when I was 17 years old (not a comic book shop in my country until then) and right in the spot I was so into it I got into art school and started learning how to draw comics with a guy who helped ink some of the Spiderman comic strips, but I was all in for the "modern" look at the time, I only saw very few issues from EC comics but the color print was so underwhelming I kind of never got into them and was more focused on Xmen and other popular Marvel and DC superheroes. I recently started looking at vintage comics both for learning as well as to admire the art from the old masters and came across EC comics again (I just hope I'm not late to start collecting at least a few of these, especially seeing the prices at ebay), the B&W art is just fantastic as well as the reprints and modern coloring. You have a fantastic collection and thanks for this video, I didn't know what to look for and I think the Archive collection is quite nice and affordable to collect in individual volumes.

Thank you for the info I really enjoy these videos and the "minutia" I immediately grabbed a copy of Crypt of Terror and now I'm working on completing the East Coast reprints the maddness never ends!!

I can confirm that the Vault Keeper was the host for Blind Alleys in the 90's Gemstone single issue reprints.

Where did you guys purchase those EC Comics t-shirts?

Super video, thank you. May I ask where one might get EC wall art such as on your wall behind you?

I was the 666'th view. Spa Fon!

Is a copy of the original master list of available Gaines file copies online anywhere? Would love to see it.

Came late to your video, but really enjoyed the collection tour. Back in the 90s I managed to get the Cochran sets for Tales from the Crypt, Weird Fantasy, Two Fisted Tales, Frontline Combat, one of the New Direction boxes and the color Mads (no slipcase on the latter, alas)-- all prized possessions to this day...

I love this I started collecting the Fantagraphics EC Artist's Library. The first book in the series I ever got was the other Reed Crandall The High Cost of Dying and Other Stories.

Great having this for one of the most under-appreciated artists, Reed Crandall. Sound, though, is terrible.

Reed Crandall was an AMAZING artist. His skills as a renderer are second to none, and he is one of the great EC Comics storytellers. I enjoy the way he crafted a page--the way he laid out his panels, the compositions in each, and how he revealed details via contrast and line to give us a nice depth of field. Rendering in illustration is tricky, but artists like Alex Raymond, Bernie Wrightson, John Severin, Jack Davis, and Reed Crandall always pulled off super-elaborate amounts of detail and texture. My favorite artists at EC were Wallace Wood and Al Williamson, but Crandall is right up there with those guys! EC just had the BEST of the BEST when it came to artists! I first encountered Crandall's work in the Warren Publishing mags, and was blown away! However, his stories at EC are just astoundingly good, and are not to be missed! Reed was a mega-talent in the comic book industry, and I'm glad to see his work being celebrated and appreciated! He could do it all, and do it all as well as anyone in the business--and better than most! Obviously, this is a MUST-have book to have for the collection! What a nice holiday treat this video is! Rest in peace, Roger Hill. Roger seemed like such a great guy, and I exchanged emails and information with him. He really liked my Old Witch illustrations, and wanted to run them in EC Fan-Addict. I don't know if he didn't or not, but he sent me some great back issues of the fanzine. He loved EC like no other, and guys like you, Thommy, carry that same kind of love. I also love EC, and appreciate all the creators and the great fans that EC has spawned. Just amazing.

the microphones were not really doing their job

My order of this book should arrive on the 28th! I’m hyped

Thanks for talking about one of the Fantagraphics EC HCs! I don't think Reed Crandall is appreciated enough by many contemporary fans of comics, imho. His work is phenomenal! He was incredibly detailed. His style is sort of like Bernie Wrightson's work, in some ways. And Wrightson is celebrated- and rightfully so- as one of the greatest comics artists ever(his illustrated version of "Frankenstein," even though it's illustrated prose, & not a comic or graphic novel... is also amazing!)! But Crandall was fantastic! Thanks for the discussion! 😊 👍🏻 ❤

I loved this change up

Is the ec site still around??

I prefere DC comic over EC and Marvel. in the early eighties, I used to read Superman stories. They were my favorite stories, and I was very impressed by the drawings. I began to have a talent for drawing from these stories the drawings interested me more than the story i used to look for the most beautiful drawing in the magazine and draw like it and color it.

Nice overview, thanks!