Research Catalog

Title

Child of tomorrow and other stories / written and illustrated by Al Feldstein ; with additional stories illustrated by Graham Ingels, George Roussos, George Olesen, Max Elkan, and Sid Check.

Author

Feldstein, Albert B.

Publication

Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, July 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ingels, Graham, 1915-1991
• Roussos, George, 1915-2000
• Olesen, George
• Elkan, Max
• Check, Sid
• Hernandez, Gilbert

Description

xii, 201 pages : illustrations (black and white); 26 cm

Summary

Al Feldstein is best known as the main writer/editor of the EC comics line during the first half of the 1950s and then the editor of Mad Magazine for the first three decades of its existence. But what many don't know or remember is that Feldstein was also an accomplished and distinctive cartoonist, whose comics (which he both wrote and drew, a relative rarity in those days) adorned the pages of many of those self same EC comics. His powerfully composed, meticulously inked pages, often featuring grotesque creatures or scenes of ghastly destruction (and some of the greatest stiffly handsome/beautiful specimens of 1950s humanity ever put to paper), were a vital part of the allure of these classic comics. Feldstein's contributions to the first year and a half of EC's two SF titles, Weird Science and Weird Fantasy comprise 16 classic O. Henry-style shock-ending stories. Evocative, vintage titles as Things From Outer Space. The Flying Saucer Invasion, Spawn of Venus, Destruction of the Earth, and Am I Man or Machine? will be collected in their integrity in this volume. This collection also boasts a new interview with Feldstein about his years at EC, focusing in particular in his work on these science fiction titles that were the company's pride and joy (and were killed a few years later by the Comics Code).

Subject

Short stories, American > Comic books, strips, etc

Genre/Form

• Science fiction comics.
• Graphic novels.
• Comics (Graphic works)

Note

• Chiefly illustrations.

Contents

Cosmic destruction with a twist of wry: Introduction / Bill Mason -- Introduction / Gilbert Hernandez -- "Things" from outer space! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- Am I man or machine? / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- The flying saucer invasion / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- Cosmic ray bomb explosion! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- Destruction of the earth! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- Martian infiltration! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- Panic! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- The last city / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- Made of the future! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- Child of tomorrow! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- Spawn of Venus / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- Space-warp! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- It was the monster from the fourth dimension / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- 7 year old genius! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- Seeds of Jupiter! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- The origin of the species! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script and art: Al Feldstein -- House, in time! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script: Al Feldstein; art: Graham Ingels -- Across the sun! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script: Al Feldstein; art: George Roussos -- The escape / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script: Al Feldstein; art: George Roussos -- The slave ship! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script: Al Feldstein; art: George Roussos -- The slave of evil! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script: Al Feldstein; art: George Olesen -- The connection / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script: Al Feldstein; art: Max Elkan -- Strategy! / story: William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein; script: Al Feldstein; art: Sid Check -- Gut and glory: Interview with Al Feldstein / Gary Groth -- Al Feldstein Biography / S.C. Ringgenberg -- The ups and downs of EC Comics: History / Ted White -- Behind the panels: Creator biographies.

Call Number

JFF 15-224

ISBN

• 1606996592
• 9781606996591

OCLC

813931518

Author

Feldstein, Albert B., artist, author.

Title

Child of tomorrow and other stories / written and illustrated by Al Feldstein ; with additional stories illustrated by Graham Ingels, George Roussos, George Olesen, Max Elkan, and Sid Check.

Publisher

Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, July 2013.

Edition

First Fantagraphics Books edition.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Ingels, Graham, 1915-1991, artist.

Roussos, George, 1915-2000, artist.

Olesen, George, artist.

Elkan, Max, artist.

Check, Sid, artist.

Hernandez, Gilbert, writer of introduction.

Research Call Number

JFF 15-224