Great vid. This is a fantastic book I cherish my copy, I could happily look at it all day and always seem to find something new that I have not spotted before in one of the covers, thanks for sharing some inside insight.
Thanks for the excellent overview, stories, and insight into this book and many of its covers; your passion and acumen about EC and its artists' work is plain to see and much-appreciated. Some desultory notes on the format: While _on paper_ 🙃 I should love XXLOHCs and in fact own several - including Marvel's colossal ~13lb, 13" x 21" _Dikto Is... Strange!_ and Taschen's ~10lb _Complete Little Nemo_ - the fact that they're truly cumbrous to handle and read, essentially requiring a dedicated surface other than one's lap or the arms of a reading chair (not to mention space-prohibitive to store, requiring dedicated shelves occupying space that could be utilized for *multiple* shelves of ordinary and more readably-sized books), I've found that ultra-large format books are much more viable as coffee table art monographs meant to be leafed through, rather than really _read_ for hours at a time the way one uses a typical comics collection. Trying to read the stories of the gigantic Ditko tome with the thing digging into my legs no joke risks cutting off circulation. The subject of this book is therefore ideally suited to the XXLOHC / MOHC (Massively Oversized Hardcover) format: a collection of art pieces conducive to casual but appreciative perusal. I may just have to pick up a copy before they all vanish from the face of all online retailers.
I have a full set of "EC Stories" Artist's Editions (Best Of 1 and 2, MAD, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Graham Ingels, and Reed Crandall) and I have to agree with you on two points: they're cumbersome - and a physical commitment - to actually read in a linear fashion, and the collection of covers is therefore ideal for the format.
I have been collecting comics for most of my life but just recently have gone down the rabbit hole that is ec comics and I just wanna thank you for the wealth of knowledge you share with the community keep it up and I look forward to more of it
It is all scanned in color, but the original art was DRAWN in black and white! If you want complete covers as printed in color they are all in the Taschen book "History of EC Comics."
I love old EC comics covers, they have always been such and inspiration for my inked art.
I am such a huge fan of the old EC horror Comics,Im an artist that is trying to bring that old school look amd style back,!! 😊
Great vid. This is a fantastic book I cherish my copy, I could happily look at it all day and always seem to find something new that I have not spotted before in one of the covers, thanks for sharing some inside insight.
Great content as always!!!
Thanks for the excellent overview, stories, and insight into this book and many of its covers; your passion and acumen about EC and its artists' work is plain to see and much-appreciated.
Some desultory notes on the format: While _on paper_ 🙃 I should love XXLOHCs and in fact own several - including Marvel's colossal ~13lb, 13" x 21" _Dikto Is... Strange!_ and Taschen's ~10lb _Complete Little Nemo_ - the fact that they're truly cumbrous to handle and read, essentially requiring a dedicated surface other than one's lap or the arms of a reading chair (not to mention space-prohibitive to store, requiring dedicated shelves occupying space that could be utilized for *multiple* shelves of ordinary and more readably-sized books), I've found that ultra-large format books are much more viable as coffee table art monographs meant to be leafed through, rather than really _read_ for hours at a time the way one uses a typical comics collection. Trying to read the stories of the gigantic Ditko tome with the thing digging into my legs no joke risks cutting off circulation.
The subject of this book is therefore ideally suited to the XXLOHC / MOHC (Massively Oversized Hardcover) format: a collection of art pieces conducive to casual but appreciative perusal. I may just have to pick up a copy before they all vanish from the face of all online retailers.
I have a full set of "EC Stories" Artist's Editions (Best Of 1 and 2, MAD, Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Graham Ingels, and Reed Crandall) and I have to agree with you on two points: they're cumbersome - and a physical commitment - to actually read in a linear fashion, and the collection of covers is therefore ideal for the format.
I have been collecting comics for most of my life but just recently have gone down the rabbit hole that is ec comics and I just wanna thank you for the wealth of knowledge you share with the community keep it up and I look forward to more of it
Ive just recently been collecting EC comics reprints. I had no idea how good the stories are!
You are in for many treats!
Would be cool if you could do a spotlight vid on the Wally Wood artist edition!
I've got another video about the Artist's Editions that came out before this one, but I don't get too deep into any of them. I'll think about it!
Nice . Now in Color it would be Awesome.
It is all scanned in color, but the original art was DRAWN in black and white! If you want complete covers as printed in color they are all in the Taschen book "History of EC Comics."
Just got this in yesterday 😊😊
Enjoy!
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?