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EC Comics, the company behind classics like Tales from the Crypt, is being revived by Scott Pilgrim publisher Oni Press

Jews built the comic book industry from the ground up, and the influence of Jewish writers, artists, and editors continues to be felt to this day.

Qiana Witted is an author and professor at the University of South Carolina, who will discuss "Captions and Corpses: How to Read an EC Comic" on Feb. 7 at SDSU, addressing the ways one comic book publisher dealt with social messages in the 1950s

Mad magazine’s special anniversary issue, publishing Oct. 4, brings back the usual gang of idiots, plus Weird Al Yankovic and Jordan Peele, to reminisce about the satire publication’s long run in American pop culture history.

Taking an in-depth look at Creepshow, the first Stephen King anthology film!

A history of adaptations of the beloved, twisted horror comics. By Diana Prince · @kinky_horror · April 29, 2021, 3:29 PM CDT EC Comics THE CRYPT OF TERROR. Heh-Heh! I see youre horror-hungry again, boils and ghouls! Prepare your stomachs for another savory serving of screams! From our cauldron to your molting minds, its a tasteless taste of history, seasoned with the most delectable ingredients: gore, ghouls and gags! In the Fearsome Fifties, EC Comics satiated our appeti...

In the introduction to the massive, gorgeously illustrated recent book The History of EC Comics, author Grant Geissman asks, “Why should there be a gigantic, weighty tome in celebration of these comics?” His answer: “Put simply, because this lesser-known company had an enormous impact on American pop culture, managing to be both commercially successful as well as boldly innovative. At its creative peak in the 1950s . . . EC reads like a ‘who’s who’ of mid-20th Century comic books....