Daddy lost his head and other stories / illustrated by Jack Kamen ; written by Al Feldstein with Ray Bradbury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kamen, Jack, 1920-2008, illustrator.

Feldstein, Albert B., author.

Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012, author.

Contributor:

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Series:

Fantagraphics EC artists' library

Fantagraphics EC Artists' library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monsters.

Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.

Vampires--Comic books, strips, etc.

Vampires.

Monsters--Comic books, strips, etc.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Science fiction comics.

Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.

Comics (Graphic works) -- United States.

Graphic novels.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xiii, 169 pages : black and white illustrations ; 27 cm.

Edition:

First Fantagraphics books edition.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, [2017]

Summary:

"Famed for his deft delineations of beautiful, scheming women, handsome jealous husbands, and not-so-innocent children, Kamen returns with a collection of classic EC horror tales from The Vault of Horror, Tales From the Crypt, and The Haunt of Fear. In the title tale, a cruel stepfather sends his stepdaughter to bed without her supper, but the old crone next door gives the hungry girl a candy figure made in the likeness of her father& In 'What the Dog Dragged In'--one of the EC's earliest adaptations of a Ray Bradbury story--a wheelchair-bound blind woman asks her faithful dog to go find her fiancé, unaware that he had been killed in an auto accident& In 'Loved to Death,' a rejected suitor spends one dollar to buy a potion that makes a woman fall in love with him, but when it works too well he discovers the price of the antidote is more than he can afford& Plus over 20 more tales of madness and horror as only EC can do them!"--Amazon.com.

"Famed for his deft delineations of beautiful, scheming women, handsome jealous husbands, and not-so-innocent children, Kamen returns with a collection of classic EC horror tales from The Vault of Horror, Tales From the Crypt, and The Haunt of Fear. In the title tale, a cruel stepfather sends his stepdaughter to bed without her supper, but the old crone next door gives the hungry girl a candy figure made in the likeness of her father& In 'What the Dog Dragged In'--one of the EC's earliest adaptations of a Ray Bradbury story--a wheelchair-bound blind woman asks her faithful dog to go find her fiancé, unaware that he had been killed in an auto accident& In 'Loved to Death,' a rejected suitor spends one dollar to buy a potion that makes a woman fall in love with him, but when it works too well he discovers the price of the antidote is more than he can afford& Plus over 20 more tales of madness and horror as only EC can do them!"--Amazon.com.

Contents:

When Jack came in... / introduction by Thommy Burns

The mummy's return / story and script, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

A fatal caper / story and script, unknown ; art, Jack Kamen

Report from the grave / story and script, unknown ; art, Jack Kamen

The grave wager / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

The tunnel of terror / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Death's turn / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Voodoo horror / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

The mask of horror / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

A grave gag / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Daddy lost his head / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Horror in the school room / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Loved to death / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Grandma's ghost / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Child's play / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

The age-old story / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Return / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

What the dog dragged in / story, Ray Bradbury ; script, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

My Uncle Ekar / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

A-corny story / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

The acid test / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Board to death / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Auntie, it's coal outside / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Practical yolk / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Minor error / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Take your pick / story, William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein ; story, Al Feldstein ; art, Jack Kamen

Jack Kamen / biography by S.C. Ringgenberg

Behind the panels : creator biographies

Crime, horror, terror, gore, depravity, disrepect for established authority

and science fiction, too! / history by Ted White.

Notes:

"An Entertaining comic"--Page 4 of Cover.

"Guided by EC historian John Benson's research on EC release dates, we present the stories in this book in the order in which they originally appeared"--Preliminary page.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

ISBN:

9781683960508

1683960505

OCLC:

975366280

Publisher Number:

99977149846