Research Catalog

Tales from the crypt : the official archives / by Digby Diehl.

Title
Tales from the crypt : the official archives / by Digby Diehl.
Author
Diehl, Digby
Publication
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextRequest in advance PN6728.T25 D54 1996Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • Gaines, William M.
  • Kaestle, David
  • DeMonico, Rick
  • Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection wid
  • EC Comics
Description
256 p. : ill.; 31 cm.
Summary
Through text and illustrations, examines the history of the popular comic strip and television series.
Subject
  • Gaines, William M
  • EC Comics
  • Tales from the crypt (Comic strip) > Miscellanea
  • Tales from the crypt (Television program) > Miscellanea
Genre/Form
Trivia and miscellanea
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
In the beginning -- The birth of the comic book -- The grisly creativity of William Gaines -- The descent into the crypt : the early days of EC -- ES splatters America with an explosion of horror -- The just desserts cookbook : EC's grisly morality plays -- Send in the ghouls : the crypt keeper as horror host -- The EC constellation of comic book artists -- EC's Mad Magazine -- Further into horror : the comics become more gruesome -- Premature death of tales -- The weird science of Dr. Fredric Wertham -- The Kefauver hearings -- Bowing to the inevitable : EC quits horror -- Corpses & covers : covers of all 105 EC horror comics -- Four four tales : four complete classic tales in their original form -- The fans keep the flame alive -- Tales from an English crypt : the 1970s movies -- A star is exhumed : tales resurrected on TV -- Joel Silver : the spark plug -- Bringing the Crypt Keeper to life : Kevin Yagher and his puppeteers -- The crypt compendium : a complete filmography of the series -- Now a major motion picture -- Demon knight -- Special effects wizard Todd Masters and his demons -- Bordello of blood -- Yesterday's memories -- tomorrow's treasures -- Collectibles from the crypt -- Bill Gaines : an appreciation -- A final gift from the crypt : picto-fiction story -- "The Mother" / illustrated by Jack Davis.
ISBN
0312144865
LCCN
^^^96003078^
OCLC
  • 34767316
  • SCSB-10946365
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library