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Vault Of Horror
''The Vault of Horror'' is an American bi-monthly horror comic anthology series that was published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1955 created by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. The magazine began in March 1948 as ''War Against Crime''. It continued under this title for 11 issues before becoming ''The Vault of Horror'' with issue #12 (April/May 1950). The comic ran for 29 issues until being discontinued after issue #40 (December/January 1955). Along with ''Tales from the Crypt'' and ''The Haunt of Fear'', it formed a trifecta of popular EC horror anthologies. Publication ceased, however, after horror and crime comics came under scrutiny for an alleged link to juvenile delinquency and the subsequent imposition of a highly restrictive Comics Code. ''The Vault of Horror'' has since been reprinted in single issues and collected volumes. Some of its stories were adapted for the 1972 motion picture ''Tales from the Crypt'' and television's ''Tales from the Crypt'', which aired on HBO f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Craig
John Thomas Alexis Craig (April 25, 1926 – September 13, 2001),John T. Craig at the Social Security Death Index was an American notable for his work with the line of the 1950s. He sometimes used the s Jay Taycee and F. C. Aljohn. Biography Early life and career [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Gelman
Woodrow Gelman (1915 – February 9, 1978) was a publisher, cartoonist, novelist and an artist-writer for both animation and comic books. As the publisher of Nostalgia Press, he pioneered the reprinting of vintage comic strips in quality hardcovers and trade paperbacks. As an editor and art director for two-and-a-half decades at Topps Chewing Gum, he introduced many innovations in trading cards and humor products. Gelman was the co-creator of Popsicle Pete and the co-creator of Bazooka Joe for Topps. He was also a co-creator of ''Mars Attacks'', adapted into the 1996 film by Tim Burton. Born in Brooklyn, Gelman attended City College of New York, Cooper Union and Pratt Institute before signing on as an assistant animator, in-betweener and scripter with Fleischer Studios in 1939, continuing to write for Famous Studios in 1946. He is the uncle of the psychologist Susan Gelman and the statistician Andrew Gelman. Comic books and advertising Gelman was the creator and writer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Ingels
Graham John Ingels (; June 7, 1915 – April 4, 1991) was a comic book and magazine illustrator best known for his work in EC Comics during the 1950s, notably on '' The Haunt of Fear'' and '' Tales from the Crypt'', horror titles written and edited by Al Feldstein, and '' The Vault of Horror'', written and edited by Feldstein and Johnny Craig. Ingels' flair for horror led EC to promote him as Ghastly Graham Ingels, and he began signing his work "Ghastly" in 1952. Pulp illustrator Born in Cincinnati, Ingels began working at age 14 after the death of his father, commercial artist Don Ingels. Graham was 16 when he entered the art field drawing theater displays. He studied at New York's Hawthorne School of Art Graham and Gertrude Ingels married when he was starting as a freelancer at age 20. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1943, and he began working that same year for Fiction House Publications, both in their pulp magazines and their comic book division. Black and white illustrations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Wood
Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as ''Weird Science (comic), Weird Science'', ''Weird Fantasy'', and ''Mad (magazine), MAD Magazine'' from its inception in 1952 until 1964, as well as for ''T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents'', and work for Warren Publishing's ''Creepy (magazine), Creepy''. He drew a few early issues of Marvel Comics, Marvel's ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'' and established the title character's distinctive red costume. Wood created and owned the long-running characters ''Sally Forth (Wally Wood comic strip), Sally Forth'' and ''Cannon (Wally Wood comic strip), Cannon''. He wrote, drew, and self-published two of the three graphic novels of his Masterpiece, magnum opus, ''The Wizard King (comic), The Wizard King'' trilogy, about Odkin son of Odkin before his (Wood’s) death by suicide. Much of his early professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kamen
Jack Kamen (; May 29, 1920 – August 5, 2008) was an American illustrator for books, magazines, comic books and advertising, known for his work illustrating crime, horror, humour, suspense and science fiction stories for EC Comics, for his work in advertising, and for the onscreen artwork he contributed to the 1982 horror anthology film '' Creepshow''. Early life Jack Kamen was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York City, on May 29, 1920. Career Kamen's first professional job was as an assistant to a sculptor working for the Texas Centennial. He studied sculpture with Agop Agopoff and was a student of Harvey Dunn, George Brandt Bridgman and William C. McNulty. When Kamen attended classes at the Art Students League and the Grand Central Art School, he paid for his studies by painting theatrical scenery, decorating fashion mannequins and creating sculptures. Shortly after he began his illustration career with Western and detective pulp magazines, he was called into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Evans (cartoonist)
George R. EvansGeorge R. Evans at the Social Security Death Index. Retrieved August 19, 2012 (February 5, 1920 – June 22, 2001)George Evans at the Lambiek Comiclopedia was an American cartoonist and illustrator who worked in both comic books and comic strips. His lifelong fascination with airplanes and the pioneers of early aviation was a constant theme in his art and stories. Early life Born in Harwood, Pennsylvania, Harwood, Pennsylvania, Evans studied art from a correspondence course. He was still in his teens when he made his first sales, both illustrations and writing, to pulp magazines. Early in World War II, Evans was an aircraft mec ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Oleck
Jack Oleck (March 1, 1914 – March 10, 1981)Social Security Death Index, SS# 115-01-6988. was an American novelist and comic book writer particularly known for his work in the horror genre. The brother-in-law of comics pioneer Joe Simon, Oleck's comic book career was basically in two parts. During the Golden Age of comics Oleck wrote for EC Comics and the Simon-Jack Kirby Studio. After the mid-1950s temporary collapse of the industry following the publication of Fredric Wertham's ''Seduction of the Innocent'' and the establishment of the Comics Code Authority, Oleck left comics, instead writing novels and publishing an interior design magazine. From the late 1960s until his death in 1981, Oleck worked for DC Comics as a writer for their extensive line of horror/suspense titles. Biography Early career Oleck's first comics credit was as a writer for Lev Gleason Publications' '' Silver Streak'', in 1940. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, leaving the service as a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Wessler
Carroll O. Wessler (May 25, 1913 – April 9, 1989),Carroll O. Wessler Social Security Number 062-10-4778, at the United States Social Security Death Index via GenealogyBank.com Archived from the original on September 18, 2012.Carroll O Wessler at the United States Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved on April 4, 2013. better known as Carl Wessler, was an Americans, American animator of the 1930s and a comic book writer from the 1940s though the 1980s for such co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
