Título: EC Comics. the New Trend 1950-54. 45th Ed
Autor: Grant Geissman
Sinopse: In 1947, Bill Gaines inherited EC Comics, a new venture founded by his legendary father M. C. Gaines, who was responsible for midwifing the birth of the comic book as we know it during his tenure at All-American Comics, bringing the likes of Wonder Woman and Green Lantern to the world. Over the next eight years, Bill Gaines and a "who's who" of the era including Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, and Wally Wood would reinvent the very notion of the comic book with titles like Tales from the Crypt, Crime SuspenStories, Weird Science, and MAD. EC delighted in publishing gory, morbid horror and crime comics that had snap, ironic endings--but they also pioneered the first true-to-life war comics, the first "real" science-fiction stories, and a series of tales about such then-taboo subjects as racism, bigotry, vigilantism, drug addiction, police corruption, and anti-Semitism. Too good to last, they were eventually caught up by various 1950s guardians of morality, who were convinced that EC's often over-the-top content was causing juvenile delinquency. A year or so after a full inquiry investigating horror and crime comics, the incredible EC Comics were no more. After publishing the full, fascinating story behind this fabled company in XXL size in 2020, TASCHEN now presents in full the story of what is considered to be EC's prime period, the New Trend, plus the complete covers of that era--including those of Tales from the Crypt and The Haunt of Fear, Weird Science and Weird Fantasy, Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat, Panic and MAD. Many of the cover images are reproduced from Gaines File Copies, which are widely regarded as the best surviving copies of the EC Comics. Also included are interior pages and panels, photos, vintage original artwork, and some of the most celebrated stories ever to be printed in four colors for a dime. In short, this is a must-have for any comics enthusiast or pop culture historian.
Contexto da obra
Nos mangás, HQs e quadrinhos, o contexto do livro costuma nascer do encontro entre imagem, ritmo e narrativa. “EC Comics. the New Trend 1950-54. 45th Ed”, de Grant Geissman, publicado pela editora TASCHEN, em 2025 e com 512 páginas, integra a categoria Mangás, Hqs e Quadrinhos. Na prática, isso ajuda a perceber melhor o papel da linguagem visual na experiência do livro.
Editora: TASCHEN
Páginas: 512
Ano: 2025
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 9783836597944
ISBN13: 9783836597944
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora TASCHEN convidam o leitor a uma experiência visual intensa, marcada por reproduções em grande formato e detalhamento minucioso. Seu catálogo costuma explorar temas que transitam entre a arte, a arquitetura, a história cultural e a fotografia, revelando desde manuscritos medievais até a evolução do design e da cultura pop. A leitura desses volumes combina textos informativos com imagens que dialogam diretamente com o conteúdo, criando um ritmo que é tanto didático quanto contemplativo. Embora haja uma forte presença de obras sobre mestres clássicos e movimentos artísticos, também se encontram títulos que abordam histórias visuais contemporâneas e fenômenos culturais, com variações entre narrativas mais documentais e outras mais ensaísticas.
