| Zero Hour and Other Stories Contributor(s): Feldstein, Al (Author), Kamen, Jack (Author), Catron, J. Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1606997041 ISBN-13: 9781606997048 Publisher: Fantagraphics Books OUR PRICE: $24.64 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Science Fiction |
| Dewey: 741.5 |
| Series: EC Comics Library |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 7.29" W x 10.25" (1.45 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With his wholesome approach, Jack Kamen stood out amongst the grandguignol grunge, gritty realism, or futuristic dazzle of his fellow EC cartoonists -- but his brilliant editor/writer Al Feldstein found a way to exploit the surface innocence of his style with seemingly nice stories of romance gone horribly wrong, or future fantasies with an unexpectedly brutal twist. And nowhere did Kamen's clean-but-lush graphics work better than in the stories he created for EC's science-fiction comics. The title story, "Zero Hour" (one of three in this book adapted from works by Ray Bradbury), set in a Spielbergian suburban idyll, is particularly well served by Kamen's surface innocence; "A Lesson in Anatomy" works similar magic, with its Mayberry-esque setting veering into alien-invasion terror. If there was any devil in Kamen, it came out in his loving depiction of the female face and form, and you could see why his hapless heroes were often fatally entranced with them -- as in "Punishment Without Crime" (Bradbury again), "He Who Waits!" (a scientist finds an extreme way of rejoining his eight-inch-tall inamorata), and "Miscalculation!" (the lucky recipient of a package from the future literally brews his own harem); even the supercomputer in "Only Human!" proves vulnerable to a beautiful woman's charms. Zero Hour And Other Stories contains 22 classic EC yarns -- plus the usual all-new biographical, historical, and critical essays that have made Fantagraphics' EC Library series the ultimate version of these classics. |
Contributor Bio(s): Feldstein, Al: - Albert B. Feldstein (1925-2014) was an American writer, editor, and artist, best known for his work at EC Comics (particularly in the science fiction genre) and, from 1956 to 1985, as the editor of the satirical magazine Mad.Kamen, Jack: - The Brooklyn-born Jack Kamen (1920-2008) began his career as a pulp illustrator and spent his last professional decades as an illustrator, but is best remembered for his half-decade at EC (and his 1982 contributions to the EC-inspired movie Creepshow).Groth, Gary: - Gary Groth is the co-founder of The Comics Journal and Fantagraphics Books. He lives in Seattle. |