Controversial EC Comics, which warped younger minds with tales of horror and suspense and spawned spinoffs in movie and TV, has returned with unique tales in a brand new anthology collection.
Oni Press has licensed the EC Comics banner and final month launched its first situation, Epitaphs From the Abyss. The second, Cruel Universe, arrives this month with a concentrate on science fiction tales.
The EC Comics model has a fabled historical past.
EC Comics stopped publishing all however its humor journal, Mad, in 1956 due to authorities censorship pressures and accusations of fomenting juvenile delinquency. Because of this, the Comics Code Authority was created to control the business.
The brand new collection is a partnership between Oni Press and the household of William M. Gaines, the unique writer of EC Comics, who died in1992.
EC Comics introduced the world collection like Tales from the Crypt and Bizarre Science.
Epitaphs from the Abyss #1 has tales by Brian Azzarello, J. Holtham, Stephanie Phillips and Chris Condon, with artwork by Lee Bermejo, Phil Hester, Peter Krause and Jorge Fornés. Epitaphs From the Abyss has been prolonged from its unique five-issue run to a 12-issue month-to-month collection.
Creators for tales in upcoming points embody Charlie Adlard (The Strolling Lifeless), Corinna Bechko (Inexperienced Lantern: Earth One), Matt Bors (Poisonous Avenger), Chris Condon (That Texas Blood), Matt Kindt (BRZRKR), Matthew Rosenberg (DC Vs. Vampires), Mark Russell (X-Issue), Tim Seeley (Native Man), Jay Stephens (Dwellings), Joanne Starer (Sirens of the Metropolis), and Alexandre Tenfengki (The Good Asian).
All points could have covers by Eisner Award nominee Lee Bermejo (Joker).
Oni stated greater than 65,000 copies had been offered of the primary situation of Epitaphs From the Abyss.
