One of the most influential comic publishers of all time is coming back from the dead, as Oni Press announced plans to bring EC Comics back beginning in the summer of 2024.
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EC Comics was considered far ahead of its time for a number of reasons, but perhaps the most engaging is their complete lack of regard for the Fourth Wall, years before Deadpool or Harley. As a case in point, your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Haunt of Fear #3 awaits!
It’s not every day that a single issue of a periodical is historically noteworthy not just in comics terms, but on a real-world basis as well. This flip-book issue is the rare exception. Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of MAD Magazine #60 awaits!
Sometimes, a comic is just a comic. But other times, it’s incredibly memorable for one amazing moment. This is one of the latter. Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Weird Fantasy #15 awaits!
They were known as EC: Entertaining Comics, but that didn’t mean that they didn’t have important things to say. Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Weird Fantasy #18 awaits!
The Usual Gang Of Idiots may be leaving us, but we’ll always have back issues… Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of MAD #1 awaits!
Press Release As announced during the Diamond Retailer Lunch at Comic-Con 2013, the publishing maverick Dark Horse Comics, known for the best in both new and original material as well as archiving comics’ most important works, announced one of its biggest undertakings yet!
Or – “A Collector’s Item For Our Dear Fiends!” Greetings, fright-fans! Give the man your grimy little dime, if you haven’t done so already, and step into the Crypt of COMICS! I’m your host, the Longbox-Lifter, with a quartet of loathsome gems from that heyday of fear and loathing, the repressed and recessed decade known as the nineteen-fifties! Hang on to your heads, Faithful Spoilerites, and mind your other organs too as we present a Halloween treat for boils and ghouls alike, featuring your recommended daily allowance of Halloween terror! **This Retro Review comes from a time before the Comics…
Deadline is reporting that EC’s Tales from the Crypt is getting renewed interest from BOOM! Studios co-founder, and co-creator of the SyFy television series Eureka, Andrew Cosby. The new hourlong series will neither be anthological nor related to the HBO show. “It will be an ongoing series that uses characters from the comic books in a more modern context,” Cosby said. “It’s all about continually elevating the genre, for both existing fans of the source material and mainstream audiences.” Nothing has been done besides a detailed pitch and a series bible. The hope is to take the idea around to…
Press Release Fantagraphics Books President and Co-Publisher Gary Groth announced today at Comic-Con International that it has entered into a publishing agreement with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. to publish the EC Comics Library, beginning in Summer 2012. The announcement teams two of the most storied comics publishers in history and aims to reintroduce the timeless work of EC to contemporary readers.
Or – “Greetings, Fright Fans!” Memorial Day Weekend, the official start of summer! And what better way to celebrate summer than with a little baseball? Of course, when you’re talking EC Comics, there’s a pretty good chance that the rules of the game may get a little bit bent in the process…