Eerie Publications horror magazines brought blood and bad taste to Americas newsstands from 1965 through 1975. Ultra-gory covers and bottom-of-the-barrel production values lent an air of danger to every issue; daring you to look at (and purchase) them.The Weird of World of Eerie Publications introduces the reader to Myron Fass; the gun-toting megalomaniac publisher who; with tyranny and glee; made a career of fishing pocketbook change from young readers with the most insidious sort of exploitation. Youll also meet Carl Burgos; who; as editor of Eerie Publications; ground his axe against the entire comics industry. Slumming comic art greats and unknown hacks were both employed by Eerie to plagiarize the more inspired work of pre-Code comic art of the 1950s.Somehow these lowbrow abominations influenced a generation of artists who proudly blame career choices (and mental problems) on Eerie Publications. One of them; Stephen R. Bissette (Swamp Thing; Taboo; Tyrant); provides the introduction for this volume.Heres the sordid background behind this mysterious comics publisher; featuring astonishingly red reproductions of many covers and the most spectacularly creepy art.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. story concept was so interestingBy rose aielloActually I loved the story line but when I ordered this book. I had ordered the play version instead of the regular book. I had seen the old movie so I could visualize the scenes in my head. but I would think the book form would be better instead of the play. Still. it is worth reading.
