First thing out of Gaines' mouth is his gratitude for his artists and writers! Gaines always showed his gratitude toward his staff, because he knew it was them, not him, that made things such a success. A real class act. RIP, Bill!
The EC Comics are thrilling and absolutely timeless! I'm 24 and my cherished EC reprints (discovered at a Goodwill store about six years ago) are the centerpiece of my comic collection. Far from dulling the imagination and the urge to read, these comics whet the appetites and stoke the imaginations, and help foster genuine appreciation of clever writing and masterful comic art technique in the young and old alike! How anyone could deny that these books are a form of high art is beyond me!
Love EC Comics! Thank you Mr. Bill Gaines and everyone else involved! Btw, call me crazy but if I didn't know any better, I'd say the narrator is Robert Englund! :-D
I was fortunate to have known William M. Gaines and some of the artists. Jack Davis and Wally Wood etc. They at times in the summers of the early 50's came to Beach Road in Massapequa NY. They would gather at Wally and Ruby Kasts house on the bay. They went fishing and drunk as lords. Great group always laughing. Ruby liked me and I got all the EC comics for free. They were lost in a move from Brooklyn to Queens in 1964. Great memories of great artists and writers and of course Mr. Gaines.
If Fredrick Wertham weren't dead, I'd kick his ass for forcing EC to quit the horror comics. I'm 21 and I love my reprints so much. They are unlike anything I've ever read. William Gaines, you are the master of the macabre and we miss you so much! RIP William!
There is something so special about these comic books I've got all the tales from crypt reapinc and 1 book away from haveing the vault of horror read them every haloween so I have new storys every year
I love horror and horror comics. I have a massive collection of classic horror comics, saddly i don't have any classic, old school horror comic books like Tales from the Crypt Vault of Horror Haunt of Fear Crime SuspenStories Shock SuspenStories, they were sooooo cool. EC started the horror comic book and it inspired a massive waze of new horror comics, if you couldn't see horror the movies, open your comic books, and read them. Thank you, Mr. Gaines.
Heh ha just wonderful. I came on to ec comics when i was well idk i'm 25 now so maybe like around 22-23. I have just heard of it & thought it was brilliant. It's like in the minds of the night gallery, tz, outer limits. tftds, thriller, p.o.s. & all that other madness. Nothing like all that now in these days. Well peace & may gaines r.i.p ty kind sir for the comics.
First thing out of Gaines' mouth is his gratitude for his artists and writers! Gaines always showed his gratitude toward his staff, because he knew it was them, not him, that made things such a success. A real class act. RIP, Bill!
comic books made me start reading.
The EC Comics are thrilling and absolutely timeless! I'm 24 and my cherished EC reprints (discovered at a Goodwill store about six years ago) are the centerpiece of my comic collection. Far from dulling the imagination and the urge to read, these comics whet the appetites and stoke the imaginations, and help foster genuine appreciation of clever writing and masterful comic art technique in the young and old alike! How anyone could deny that these books are a form of high art is beyond me!
The narrator IS Robert Englund. I remember seeing this award show on TV when I was a kid.
RIP not only to Bill, but now to Al as well.
Thank god Russ Cochran has continued to publish the reprints so we can continue to read and enjoy these brilliant stories.
That's a gem of a piece of footage. Thanks for posting.
Love EC Comics! Thank you Mr. Bill Gaines and everyone else involved! Btw, call me crazy but if I didn't know any better, I'd say the narrator is Robert Englund! :-D
I was fortunate to have known William M. Gaines and some of the artists. Jack Davis and Wally Wood etc. They at times in the summers of the early 50's came to Beach Road in Massapequa NY. They would gather at Wally and Ruby Kasts house on the bay. They went fishing and drunk as lords. Great group always laughing. Ruby liked me and I got all the EC comics for free. They were lost in a move from Brooklyn to Queens in 1964. Great memories of great artists and writers and of course Mr. Gaines.
If Fredrick Wertham weren't dead, I'd kick his ass for forcing EC to quit the horror comics. I'm 21 and I love my reprints so much. They are unlike anything I've ever read. William Gaines, you are the master of the macabre and we miss you so much!
RIP William!
HBO need to bring back tales from the crypt its been too long.
EC comics are so awesome,I have a nice bunch of reprints.
There is something so special about these comic books I've got all the tales from crypt reapinc and 1 book away from haveing the vault of horror read them every haloween so I have new storys every year
I love horror and horror comics. I have a massive collection of classic horror comics, saddly i don't have any classic, old school horror comic books like Tales from the Crypt Vault of Horror Haunt of Fear Crime SuspenStories Shock SuspenStories, they were sooooo cool. EC started the horror comic book and it inspired a massive waze of new horror comics, if you couldn't see horror the movies, open your comic books, and read them. Thank you, Mr. Gaines.
Heh ha just wonderful. I came on to ec comics when i was well idk i'm 25 now so maybe like around 22-23. I have just heard of it & thought it was brilliant. It's like in the minds of the night gallery, tz, outer limits. tftds, thriller, p.o.s. & all that other madness. Nothing like all that now in these days. Well peace & may gaines r.i.p ty kind sir for the comics.
This is neat. Thanks for posting!
that was some great artwork for sure...you don't see that talent anymore
Thank God for Russ Cochran for reprinting the classic EC titles in beautiful hardcovers in high quality!
Yeah, love him walking slowly. That's how he would do it. And this has to be from before 1992, because that was when Bill passed away.
Gaines also was Alfred E. Neumann named after the composer of 20th Century-Fox Fanfare. It was based on Gaines' Picture of Himself as a Youngster.