Comic books in 'EC Fan-Addict Fanzine'

A literary fanzine published by Roger Hill for fans and collectors of EC comics that features art, news, reviews and articles. Front cover by Graham Ingels. "The Horrible Comic Story Behind The Horror Story Comic Books (Lunatickle magazine article reprint)", "In Search of Graham Ingels", "The Rarest EC of them all!?!" and more! 60 pages, B&W.

A literary fanzine published by Roger Hill for fans and collectors of EC comics that features art, news, reviews and articles. Front cover by Frank Frazetta, back cover by Wally Wood. "The Birth of a Legend!" by Robert R. Barrett, "Checking in with Sid Check" by Roger Hill, "the Savage World of Buster Crabbe" by R. Hill and more! 74 pages, PC/B&W,

A literary fanzine published by Roger Hill for fans and collectors of EC comics that features art, news, reviews and articles. Front and back cover by Roy Krenkel. "Who was Roy Krenkel?" by Angelo Torres - A remembrance of the late, great fantasy artist by one of his closest friends and fellow Fleagle artist who met him in 1954 at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School in New York City. "How I met Roy Krenkel"by Al Williamson - Here's the interesting story of how the two fantasy artists first met and became close friends in 1948. It was Roy who introduced Al to many of the great Golden Age illustrators and showed him how to collect. Eventually the two worked on many comic jobs together, including a few for EC. "When Dominoes Fall....the Death of Max Gaines" by Roger Hill - When Max Gaines and Sam Irwin died tragically in a boat accident on Lake Placid in August of 1947, the Educational Comics Company took a different path from what had come before. We present the results of our research, not only with an account of what happened that fateful day, but also with newspaper clippings, photos, and an interview with the only survivor of that accident, an 8 year old boy named Bill Irwin. Bill's sister took a photo that morning as the boat pulled out from the dock. It was the last photo ever taken of Max Gaines See it here for the first time ever. "Fritz is in the House - Fiction House" by Robert R. Barrett - presenting another ground-breaking article on the early comics career of Frank Frazetta. Fiction House was a publisher of some of the most action-packed and risqué comics ever produced during the Golden Age of Comics. In the short time that Frazetta worked there, he created some pages that never got published. We have the pages and the details about his involvement with this popular publisher. "Checking in with Sid Check - part 2" by Roger Hill - This is the final installment of our detailed look at the artist who left an indelible mark on the comic's scene of the 1950s. From Avon to EC to Charlton, Check made his mark in comics and rubbed shoulders with artists like Wally Wood, Frank Frazetta and other great talents of the industry. He left behind a defaulted storage unit filled with comic books, art, old Photostats and other relics of his life and career. This part 2 of our article wraps up an exhaustive look at Sid Check and his accomplishments, and includes a checklist of his work. 74 pages, PC/B&W.

A literary fanzine published by Roger Hill for fans and collectors of EC comics that features art, news, reviews and articles. 74 pages, PC/B&W.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. This profusely illustrated, 112-page, full-color issue is absolutely chock full of EC lore and rare artwork by EC artists! Front and back covers by Jack Davis. Featuring Frazetta's original hand-colored silverprint of his legendary Weird Science-Fantasy 29 cover, an unpublished interview with EC Picto-Fiction cover artist/pulp fiction illustrator Rudy Nappi, a 1978 visit to Gaines's legendary EC art vault, a feature on EC's Leroy lettering team Jim and Margaret Wroten, EC Artist Christmas Cards, Jack Davis and Playboy, a feature on the Davis-illustrated Dracula's Greatest Hits album, an exhaustive listing of all the various versions of EC's Picture Stories from the Bible series, articles on the creation of-and history behind-the seminal 1960s EC fanzines Squa Tront and Spa Fon, and much more. This issue is absolutely essential reading for all EC Fan-Addicts! Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $15.00.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. This 136 page full-color issue is loaded with vintage E.C. lore and rare artwork. With articles on the recently discovered 1954 cover to Buster Crabbe No. 5, Jack Davis's Lucky Star comic, an unpublished interview with Dr. Fredric Wertham, more Jack Davis and Coca-Cola, a conversation with Graham Ingels, a feature on Marie Severin's illustrations done for the Financial Follies, a portfolio of Marie Severin's signed and numbered E.C. cover colorings issued by Russ Cochran, the final installment on the creation of the legendary E.C. fanzine Squa Tront, and much more. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 136 pages, full color. Cover price $16.00.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. The EC Fan-Addict Fanzine is now in its 7th big issue! Edited by Grant Geissman and the late Roger Hill, this 120-page issue features a portfolio of pre-EC art by Jack Davis, an interview with the legendary publisher of the 1960s and 1970s prozine (and first-generation EC fan) Bill Spicer, a portfolio of Gary Arlington's "What If?" EC covers released as part of his 1970s Nickel Library series, an article on collecting Humbug/Harvey Kurtzman-related collectibles, a 1958 interview with Kurtzman conducted by John Benson and Larry Ivie, another installment of "The EC Collector," an interview with the notorious Dr. Fredric Wertham about his final book, The World of Fanzines: A Special Form of Communication, a vintage 1967 visit with Frank Frazetta, and much more! Featuring a front cover painting by Laurie Snow Hein (a longtime student of EC's Graham Ingels), and a back cover done in 1954 by Al Williamson. Another must-have Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 120 pages, full color. Cover price $16.00.