Creepy Archives Volume 2

by Archie Goodwin, Frank Frazetta (Illustrator), Reed Crandall (Illustrator), Gray Morrow (Illustrator), John Severin (Illustrator)

Overview

This veinchilling second volume showcases work by some of the best artists to ever work in the comics medium, including Alex Toth, Gray Morrow, Reed Crandall, John Severin, and others. Each archive volume of Creepy is packed with stories (usually up to eight short stories were featured in every issue!) running the gamut of gruesome subject matter, from reimagined horror classics such as The Cask of Amontillado, to spectacularly mindtwisting shorts such as The Thing in the Pit, or the macabre maritime yarn Drink Deep.

* This volume collects Creepy #610.

"Since the stock is much finer than the authentic newsprint, visually, these pages are better than the originals, with moodly, dark blacks that punctuate the shock endings." Publishers Weekly

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621154464
Publisher:	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date:	11/16/2004
Series:	Creepy Archives
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	222,052
File size:	152 MB
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Editorial Reviews

These reprints of '60s b&w horror comics magazines Creepy#6-10 are aimed at the connoisseur. They're faithful reproductions, to the extent of including each issue's cover, seven or eight short stories, table of contents, letter column and ads (updated with Web site addresses). Since the glossy stock is much finer than the authentic newsprint, visually, these pages are better than the originals, with moody, dark blacks that punctuate the shock endings. Even if they don't make sense, the villains get what they deserve, regardless of historical period-Roman, Victorian or contemporary. Some Archives projects run into trouble with color, since it's cheaper to print without it, but here, there's no loss to the gorgeous art. Various shading and cross-hatching techniques provide depth to the illustrations of outstanding talents: Gray Morrow, Reed Crandall, Al Williamson, Joe Orlando, Alex Toth, John Severin, Angelo Torres, Gene Colan and Steve Ditko. Combine them with writer/editor Archie Goodwin, one of the best ever in the business, and the result is pulp at its highest level of craft and entertainment. (Dec.)

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Publishers Weekly

"Visually, these pages are better than the originals, with moody, dark blacks that punctuate the shock endings."—Publishers Weekly

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