At The Nation, Jeet Heer writes about the impact of MAD magazine and references its origins, which came at a tumultuous time for the comic book industry and for EC Comics publisher William Gaines.
Tag: EC Comics
Probing social-protest comics of the postwar era
When EC Comics published “Master Race,” were there any stories available to American audiences that even remotely resembled it? In particular, were there any comics like it?
Howard Nostrand, Ray Bradbury, and EC horror comics
When Harvey Comics staff editor Sid Jacobson handed writer-artist Howard Nostrand a stack of EC horror comics in the early 1950s and told him, “Here, copy what these guys are doing,” Nostrand did a pretty good job of it.