Home to stay! : the complete Ray Bradbury EC stories / Ray Bradbury ; introduction by Greg Bear ; commentary by Ted White ; featuring art by: Johnny Craig, Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, Will Elder, George Evans, Al Feldstein, Frank Frazetta, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, Roy Krenkel, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Orlando, John Severin, Angelo Torres, Al Williamson, Wallace Wood.
Edition:
First Fantagraphics Books edition.
Publisher:
Fantagraphics Books,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
306 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 35 cm
Cover title. Reprints comics originally published in Weird tales (1944-1948), Dark carnival (1947), Dime mystery magazine (1946-1947), Harper's (1947), Thrilling wonder stories (1948-1949), Planet stories (1946-1948), Charm (1949), Maclean's (1948, 1951), Collier's (1950, 1952), Super science stories (1949-1950), Detective book magazine (1948), The golden apples of the sun (1953), Famous fantastic mysteries (1943), Amazing stories (1944), The Arkham sampler (1949), Other worlds science stories (1950), Today (1951).
Contents:
The cover art. The fantagraphics EC artist's library. Al Feldstein -- Love and theft / Ben Saunders -- Ray's way / J. Michael Catron -- Dark carnival -- The lake / Ray Bradbury -- The small assassin! / Ray Bradbury -- The handler / Ray Bradbury -- The coffin! / Ray Bradbury -- Let's play poison / Ray Bradbury -- There was an old woman! / Ray Bradbury -- Dark carnival variations. Just desserts! / William M. Gaines -- What the dog dragged in! / William M. Gaines -- A strange undertaking / William M. Gaines -- Model nephew / William M. Gaines -- A work of art! / Carl Wessler -- A lesson in anatomy!! / William M. Gaines -- Stories from the Martian chronicles. Mars is heaven! / Ray Bradbury -- The silent towns / Ray Bradbury -- The long years! / Ray Bradbury -- There will come soft rains / Ray Bradbury -- The million year picnic / Ray Bradbury -- Mad journey!: a Martian chronicles variation. Mad journey! / William M. Gaines -- Stories from the illustrated man. Home to stay! / Ray Bradbury -- Zero hour / Ray Bradbury -- Outcast of the stars / Ray Bradbury -- He walked among us: an illustrated man variation. He walked among us / William M. Gaines -- Stories from the golden apples of the sun. Touch and go! / Ray Bradbury -- The flying machine / Ray Bradbury -- A sound of thunder / Ray Bradbury -- Other official adaptations. King of the grey spaces! / Ray Bradbury -- I, Rocket / Ray Bradbury -- The October game / Ray Bradbury -- The black ferris! / Ray Bradbury -- Surprise package / Ray Bradbury -- The one who waits / Ray Bradbury -- Punishment without crime / Ray Bradbury -- The screaming woman / Ray Bradbury -- Other "inspired by" stories. The jellyfish! / William M. Gaines -- Blind alleys / William M. Gaines -- Ray Bradbury -- I didn't have $2,000 thinking money / Ray Bradbury -- Ray and the pulps / Ted White -- Ray and readers write / Thommy Burns -- The dean of EC science fiction artists / Bill Mason -- Original story art. The long years! / Joe Orlando -- The covers. The covers -- The cover art. The Autumn people / Frank Frazetta -- Stranded / Frank Frazetta -- A sound of thunder hand-colored print / Al Williamson -- Weird fantasy 20 revisited / Al Feldstein -- Artist biographies -- The fantagraphics EC artist's library.
Summary:
A special companion to our New York Times best-selling classic reprint series, this collection features all the Ray Bradbury stories adapted by EC Comics (including the unauthorized ones!) for the first time in one volume.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.