Coming up: Wally Wood's EC Comics Artistsan Edition

Out June 16, 2015.
The Wally Wood EC Comics Artist's Edition was a massive volume that collected some of the greatest Wally Wood stories from the classic glory days as one of the brightest stars in the EC pantheon of artists. Upon it's release it was a huge critical and commercial success, selling out two printings in record time. Now IDW Publishing, the industry originator and leader in producing original art scanned books, continues to blaze new trails by launching a new format within the Artist's Edition brand - the Artisan Edition. And we have chosen the immensely popular Wally Wood EC Comics Artist's Edition as the debut title in the line. Like an Artist's Edition, an Artisan Edition collects complete stories that are all painstakingly scanned from the original art. But this series will be reproduced at a much more manageable 8 x 12 inches, and in softcover format - making this much easier to peruse and store while all other aspects regarding quality remain the same. If you have been holding off exploring the wonderful world of Artist's Edition, this is the perfect place to begin! Featuring some of the most classic Wally Wood stories ever produced, including "My World," "Came the Dawn," "Mars is Heaven," and many others, as well as a gallery of Wood's breathtakingly beautiful covers.

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Pop culture roundup: Al Jaffee; Al Williamson; Spider-Man; Carmine Infantino

Many of us remember the back cover fold-ins Al Jaffee created for Mad Magazine. But before that, he did a cool newspaper strip called Tall Tales. Ger Alperdoorn takes a look.

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The Golden Age shares a few Atlas Comics stories illustrated by the great Al Williamson.

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"Kid" Robson remembers the Spider-Man Treasury Edition of 1974. Man, I loved those big comics!

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The Kid also remembers Carmine Infantino, and this special issue of DC Comics' "prozine" dedicated to the artist.

Fab Friday: Vintage Beatles pics

More Beatles posts at the Glass Onion Beatles Journal.





Coming up: Corto Maltese: Beyond The Windy Isles

Out June 16, 2015.
The second volume in the definitive English language edition of Hugo Pratt's masterpiece, Corto Maltese, presented in the original oversized B&W format and with new translations made from Pratt's original Italian scripts. "Mushroom Heads" begins in Maracaibo, Venezuela, where Corto Maltese and Professor Steiner lead an expedition on the trail of the legendary El Dorado, financed by the antiquarian Levi Colombia. In "Banana Conga," Corto has his first and nearly fatal encounter with the beautiful yet dangerous mercenary Venexiana Stevenson. Within this framework of adventure, Hugo Pratt weaves themes dealing with the exploitation of indigenous people, the noble struggle to gain freedom and independence, and how cowardice can poison men of all classes. The action, set in 1917, takes Corto Maltese from the Mosquito Coast to Barbados to a deadly struggle among Jivaro head-hunters in the Peruvian Amazon.

Coming up: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection Volume 1 (1977-1978)

Out June 23, 2015.
The wondrous wall-crawler's long-running newspaper strip by Stan Lee, John Romita, and others is given the deluxe Library of American Comics treatment, with all Sundays in color and integrated with the dailies - just as they originally appeared in newspapers worldwide. Edited by Bruce Canwell, this first volume includes the complete strips from the series start in 1977 through January 1979.

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