While it's been nearly 70 years since the last issue of EC Comics was published, its hair-raising morality tales are more timely now than ever before, and its enduring legacy still resonates with countless creators influenced by EC's relentlessly bold and macabre storytelling. So it was an especially thrilling and chilling day for so many fans this past February when it was announced that Oni Press has partnered with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. to resurrect EC Comics with new titles this summer!
Ahead of the July 24th release of the horror-filled Epitaphs from the Abyss #1 and the August 7th debut of the sci-fi and cosmic-centric terror of Cruel Universe #1, Daily Dead had the great pleasure of catching up with Oni Press President and Publisher Hunter Gorinson and Oni Press Editor-in-Chief Sierra Hahn for an extensive and insightful discussion about how Oni Press has resurrected EC Comics, including how the exciting opportunity came about,...
Ahead of the July 24th release of the horror-filled Epitaphs from the Abyss #1 and the August 7th debut of the sci-fi and cosmic-centric terror of Cruel Universe #1, Daily Dead had the great pleasure of catching up with Oni Press President and Publisher Hunter Gorinson and Oni Press Editor-in-Chief Sierra Hahn for an extensive and insightful discussion about how Oni Press has resurrected EC Comics, including how the exciting opportunity came about,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Earlier this year, the surprise announcement that Oni Press is resurrecting EC Comics delighted horror fans around the world, but that was only the begining! More series and creator announcements have been teased, and we're excited to exclusively reveal a new line of variant covers, which you can check out right now! Eisner Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning artist Jay Stephens, the creator of Dwellings, is honoring EC Comics with a new, continuing line of "EC Homage" variants, debuting with Epitaphs From The Abyss #1 and Cruel Universe #1. We have a look at both covers below, along with my personal favorite: Epitaphs From The Abyss #2, featuring Jay Stephens homage of Haunt Of Fear #15 by Johnny Craig!
If It Bleeds, It Leads! Following on from an announcement that rocked the comic book industry just a few short weeks ago – the return of the legendary EC Comics with an all-new line of, never-before-seen titles for summer 2024 – Oni Press,...
If It Bleeds, It Leads! Following on from an announcement that rocked the comic book industry just a few short weeks ago – the return of the legendary EC Comics with an all-new line of, never-before-seen titles for summer 2024 – Oni Press,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Founded by Maxwell Gaines in 1944, the Entertaining Comics brand (a.k.a. EC Comics) initially specialized in educational comics and stories aimed at children. But after Gaines died in a boating accident in ’47, his 25-year-old son William took control of the company and changed its direction, exploring the genres of horror, sci-fi, and satire while bringing us classic titles like Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, The Haunt of Fear, Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and Mad. Sadly, EC Comics was at its peak when parents started to worry about the negative effects reading comic books could have on their children, leading to things like a Congressional hearing that blamed comic books for juvenile delinquency – a claim that was backed up by the book Seduction of the Innocent, written by psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. So by 1956, EC Comics ceased publishing all of their titles except for Mad. Those classic EC...
- 2/20/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Founded by Max Gaines in 1944 and taken over by son William Gaines later that decade, EC Comics is one of the most legendary names in horror, known for their series’ Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, and The Haunt of Fear. Eighty years after the company came onto the scene, THR reports this afternoon that EC Comics is coming back from the dead.
THR reports, “Oni Press, the publisher perhaps best known for the breakout indie hit Scott Pilgrim, has partnered with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., the rights holders of the EC line, to launch all-new stories with A-list comics creators beginning this summer.”
“EC Comics is one of the most artistically important and culturally significant publishers of all time,” Oni’s publisher Hunter Gorinson told The Hollywood Reporter.
He added, “In ways both artful and shocking, EC confronted the darkness lurking behind the thin facade of...
THR reports, “Oni Press, the publisher perhaps best known for the breakout indie hit Scott Pilgrim, has partnered with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., the rights holders of the EC line, to launch all-new stories with A-list comics creators beginning this summer.”
“EC Comics is one of the most artistically important and culturally significant publishers of all time,” Oni’s publisher Hunter Gorinson told The Hollywood Reporter.
He added, “In ways both artful and shocking, EC confronted the darkness lurking behind the thin facade of...
- 2/19/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The impact of EC Comics cannot be understated, having inspired countless horror creators, including George A. Romero, Stephen King, and many, many more. After nearly 70 years since the last comic book from EC, as first reported by the NY Times, Oni Press has partnered with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. to introduce new EC Comics! Starting this summer, Epitaphs From The Abyss #1 and Cruel Universe #1 will kick off brand-new stories from some of today's best comic book writers, and we have all the details:
"Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic fiction for more than 25 years – is proud to announce a brand-new publishing partnership with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. that will see the full-fledged return of EC Comics to comic shop and bookstore shelves worldwide with a slate of all-new series beginning in the summer of 2024.
Beginning with Epitaphs From The Abyss...
"Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic fiction for more than 25 years – is proud to announce a brand-new publishing partnership with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. that will see the full-fledged return of EC Comics to comic shop and bookstore shelves worldwide with a slate of all-new series beginning in the summer of 2024.
Beginning with Epitaphs From The Abyss...
- 2/19/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
In the early 1950s, EC Comics was the bad boy of comic publishers. Its comics such as Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science and Two-Fisted Tales sold millions in mid-century America. Unfortunately, its stories — at times shocking, horrifying, and even progressive — also drew scrutiny and backlash, and the company found itself in the cross hairs of censorship and regulation at the height of the McCarthy era. The company ultimately shuttered, with the last comic hitting newsstands and drug stores in 1956.
Now, seventy years after the creation of the self-regulatory body Comics Code Authority, the infamous comics company is blasting out of the crypt and returning with a brand new line of comics.
Oni Press, the publisher perhaps best known for the breakout indie hit Scott Pilgrim, has partnered with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., the rights holders of the EC line, to launch all-new stories with A-list comics creators beginning this summer.
Now, seventy years after the creation of the self-regulatory body Comics Code Authority, the infamous comics company is blasting out of the crypt and returning with a brand new line of comics.
Oni Press, the publisher perhaps best known for the breakout indie hit Scott Pilgrim, has partnered with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., the rights holders of the EC line, to launch all-new stories with A-list comics creators beginning this summer.
- 2/19/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It was announced today that one of the most exciting comic book publishers is teaming up with one of the most enthralling production companies, as Oni Press and SpectreVision will be joining creative forces to launch High Strangeness, a publishing imprint that will explore the mind-bending depths of paranormal experiences:
Press Release: In advance of L.A. Comic Con 2023, Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book publisher, is proud to reveal a forthcoming comics collaboration with SpectreVision – the production company behind acclaimed feature films including Panos Cosmatos' Mandy, Ana Lily Amirpour's A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Adam Egypt Mortimer ‘s Daniel Isn’t Real, and many more – devoted to exploring the uncanny and unusual realms of High Strangeness with a new “pop-up” publishing imprint debuting in 2025.
Influenced by real, documented cases of paranormal phenomena dating back to the mid-20th century, High Strangeness will surveil the liminal spaces where reality,...
Press Release: In advance of L.A. Comic Con 2023, Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book publisher, is proud to reveal a forthcoming comics collaboration with SpectreVision – the production company behind acclaimed feature films including Panos Cosmatos' Mandy, Ana Lily Amirpour's A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Adam Egypt Mortimer ‘s Daniel Isn’t Real, and many more – devoted to exploring the uncanny and unusual realms of High Strangeness with a new “pop-up” publishing imprint debuting in 2025.
Influenced by real, documented cases of paranormal phenomena dating back to the mid-20th century, High Strangeness will surveil the liminal spaces where reality,...
- 12/1/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book publisher, has revealed a forthcoming comics collaboration with SpectreVision – the production company behind acclaimed feature films including Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy, Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Adam Egypt Mortimer ‘s Daniel Isn’t Real, and many more – devoted to exploring the uncanny and unusual realms of High Strangeness with a new “pop-up” publishing imprint debuting in 2025.
Influenced by real, documented cases of paranormal phenomena dating back to the mid-20th century, High Strangeness will surveil the liminal spaces where reality, hallucination, science and mythology give way to cosmic wonder and existential terror, bending perception far beyond the bounds of traditional science fiction and horror.
“Accounts from experiencers of the paranormal suggest a vast, interconnected narrative unfolding at the farthest reaches of human experience – from UFOs, to cryptid sightings, to patterns of synchronicities that point to an invisible architecture underlying our reality,...
Influenced by real, documented cases of paranormal phenomena dating back to the mid-20th century, High Strangeness will surveil the liminal spaces where reality, hallucination, science and mythology give way to cosmic wonder and existential terror, bending perception far beyond the bounds of traditional science fiction and horror.
“Accounts from experiencers of the paranormal suggest a vast, interconnected narrative unfolding at the farthest reaches of human experience – from UFOs, to cryptid sightings, to patterns of synchronicities that point to an invisible architecture underlying our reality,...
- 12/1/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Over the past several months, we've shared exclusive looks at the surgical obsessions of Cullen Bunn and Jesús Hervás' new Oni Press comic book series Invasive ahead of its anticipated premiere this December (and ongoing release next year), and as they recently announced, Oni Press also has plenty of other nightmares in store for readers in 2024 with an exciting slate of monthly comic book series, including Jill and the Killers, Cemetery Kids Don't Die, Night People, and Akọgun: Brutalizer of Gods, and we have a look at the main cover art and release details for the first issue of each series:
Press Release: Oni Press is proud to reveal Oni 2024—a high-intensity first wave of five propulsive new monthly comic series from a wide-ranging cast of award-winning creators and fast-rising stars that will fully embrace the potential of the comics medium to invert, collide, and reinvent the foundational genres of horror,...
Press Release: Oni Press is proud to reveal Oni 2024—a high-intensity first wave of five propulsive new monthly comic series from a wide-ranging cast of award-winning creators and fast-rising stars that will fully embrace the potential of the comics medium to invert, collide, and reinvent the foundational genres of horror,...
- 11/2/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Several years after teaming up for the return of The Empty Man, writer Cullen Bunn and illustrator Jesús Hervás are reuniting to bring more nightmare fuel to readers with their new Oni Press comic book series Invasive, which peels back the grisly layers of a macabre mystery involving "murder surgeons." Following our exclusive look at the character designs and variant cover reveals for the first issue of Invasive, we're thrilled to exclusively unveil uncolored process art from the series' first issue (releasing on December 6th), and we also have a look at the chilling covers for Invasive #2 (coming out on January 10th)!
Members of a surgery support group discuss their obsession with going under the knife in our exclusive look at uncolored process art pages from Invasive #1 below, and you can get an idea of the surgical scares that await readers in the second issue with our exclusive reveal of...
Members of a surgery support group discuss their obsession with going under the knife in our exclusive look at uncolored process art pages from Invasive #1 below, and you can get an idea of the surgical scares that await readers in the second issue with our exclusive reveal of...
- 10/20/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
This past July, we gave Daily Dead readers an exclusive look at the characters from Invasive, the new comic book series from Cullen Bunn & Jesús Hervás. "A Radical New Experiment in Horror," the first issue of Invasive is due out December 6th and we're back with an exclusive look ath variant covers from Luana Vecchio and Brian Level!
Oni Press is proud to announce Invasive #1 (of 4) – a terrifying new experiment in pain from Eisner Award nominee Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Basilisk) and acclaimed illustrator Jesús Hervás (The Empty Man), beginning in December 2023!
"Invasive might very well go down as Cullen Bunn's ultimate statement on what the horror comic can and should be. As both a mystery and meditation on the addictive nature of power, Invasive is one of the most compelling, thought-provoking, and genuinely rattling projects that I have ever had the privilege to shepherd forward,” said Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson.
Oni Press is proud to announce Invasive #1 (of 4) – a terrifying new experiment in pain from Eisner Award nominee Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Basilisk) and acclaimed illustrator Jesús Hervás (The Empty Man), beginning in December 2023!
"Invasive might very well go down as Cullen Bunn's ultimate statement on what the horror comic can and should be. As both a mystery and meditation on the addictive nature of power, Invasive is one of the most compelling, thought-provoking, and genuinely rattling projects that I have ever had the privilege to shepherd forward,” said Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson.
- 9/13/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Just announced earlier today at Screen Rant, Oni Press presents Invasive #1, "A Radical New Experiment in Horror" from Cullen Bunn & Jesús Hervás. With the first issue set for release this December, we have an exclusive look at the incredible and haunting character designs from Jesús Hervás and details on how you can get a special look at the upcoming series!
In an underground hospital secretly operating deep beneath the streets of a major metropolis, a radical new addiction has taken hold.
Once inside its grip, there are no rules, no oaths, and no taboos too deep to not to be broken.
The scalpel is their tool, and the alleys are their operating theater...and, together, a new class of surgeon is bent on piercing the final threshold of accepted medical orthodoxy one incision at a time.
Beyond excess, beyond ethics, beyond science...a delicate and excruciating new discipline is about...
In an underground hospital secretly operating deep beneath the streets of a major metropolis, a radical new addiction has taken hold.
Once inside its grip, there are no rules, no oaths, and no taboos too deep to not to be broken.
The scalpel is their tool, and the alleys are their operating theater...and, together, a new class of surgeon is bent on piercing the final threshold of accepted medical orthodoxy one incision at a time.
Beyond excess, beyond ethics, beyond science...a delicate and excruciating new discipline is about...
- 7/12/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Indie comics and graphic novels powerhouse Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group has named Sierra Hahn as its new editor-in-chief.
The former executive editor at Boom! Studios is also a veteran of Dark Horse as an editor and a member of the DC/Vertigo publicity team. Hahn’s hire follows the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group tapping Hunter Gorinson as president and publisher in Dec. 2022.
“I’m ecstatic to collaborate with a passionate team of editors and storytellers to build on Oni-Lion Forge’s success and produce bold, groundbreaking, and inspirational stories for generations to come,” Hahn said in a statement on Tuesday.
She will have creative oversight over the indie company’s comics, original graphic novels and high-profile licensed content. “Sierra is an immense talent, and, without a doubt, the ideal choice to lead our editorial team as we reinforce and amplify Oni’s mandate to do what it does best: empower...
The former executive editor at Boom! Studios is also a veteran of Dark Horse as an editor and a member of the DC/Vertigo publicity team. Hahn’s hire follows the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group tapping Hunter Gorinson as president and publisher in Dec. 2022.
“I’m ecstatic to collaborate with a passionate team of editors and storytellers to build on Oni-Lion Forge’s success and produce bold, groundbreaking, and inspirational stories for generations to come,” Hahn said in a statement on Tuesday.
She will have creative oversight over the indie company’s comics, original graphic novels and high-profile licensed content. “Sierra is an immense talent, and, without a doubt, the ideal choice to lead our editorial team as we reinforce and amplify Oni’s mandate to do what it does best: empower...
- 2/21/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Boom! Studios announced today their panel schedule at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2022 (Booth #2229) from July 20-24th San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA. The publisher, home to award-winning imprints Boom! Studios, Boom! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia, will host an array of panels throughout the convention, featuring exciting guests such as global star Keanu Reeves for the Keanu Reeves’ Brzrkr: The Immortal Saga Continues panel in Hall H, as well as bestselling writer and creator James Tynion IV for the Slaughterverse: The World of Something is Killing the Children panel, and even more acclaimed creators and celebrities at this year’s event. For fans and readers in attendance, Boom! Studios presents an exciting slate of programming, full of exclusive announcements and brand new reveals, throughout Comic-Con. Details below:
Thursday, July 21st
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Charge to 100 and Beyond!
(2:00Pm-3:00Pm, Room 25Abc)
A Morphinominal Celebration of...
Thursday, July 21st
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Charge to 100 and Beyond!
(2:00Pm-3:00Pm, Room 25Abc)
A Morphinominal Celebration of...
- 7/18/2022
- by Stephen Nepa
- Age of the Nerd
EC Comics' 1950's science fiction title "Weird Fantasy" is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M. Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story at the time was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story at the time was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 2/11/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
EC Comics' 1950's science fiction title "Weird Fantasy" is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M. Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story at the time was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story at the time was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 1/30/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
EC Comics' 22-issue, pre-Comics Code title "Weird Fantasy" (1950), is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 10/20/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
EC Comics' 22-issue, pre-Comics Code dark fantasy series "Weird Fantasy" (1950), is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 7/27/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
EC Comics' 22-issue, pre-Comics Code dark fantasy series "Weird Fantasy" (1950), is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 5/1/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Tony Sokol Dec 11, 2019
Can you see the fnords? Hivemind and Brian Taylor hatch a plot to bring The Illuminatus! Trilogy to television.
Think for yourself, schmuck! Everything you've ever believed is probably a lie. If you have any answers, we will be glad to provide full and detailed questions. If you're looking for an eye in a pyramid, the best place to start is The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, an incredible ride through the looking glass of sex, drugs, rock, roll and the conspiracy it took to make it all happen. Hivemind partnered with writer/director Brian Taylor and European production company Kallisti for a new television series based on the hugely influential science-fiction franchise which introduced the Illuminati into popular consciousness.
“Illuminatus! is a kind of mind-blowing literary miracle,” Taylor, who will be the showrunner, said in a statement. "It manages to be completely...
Can you see the fnords? Hivemind and Brian Taylor hatch a plot to bring The Illuminatus! Trilogy to television.
Think for yourself, schmuck! Everything you've ever believed is probably a lie. If you have any answers, we will be glad to provide full and detailed questions. If you're looking for an eye in a pyramid, the best place to start is The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, an incredible ride through the looking glass of sex, drugs, rock, roll and the conspiracy it took to make it all happen. Hivemind partnered with writer/director Brian Taylor and European production company Kallisti for a new television series based on the hugely influential science-fiction franchise which introduced the Illuminati into popular consciousness.
“Illuminatus! is a kind of mind-blowing literary miracle,” Taylor, who will be the showrunner, said in a statement. "It manages to be completely...
- 12/12/2019
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: The Illuminatus! Trilogy is coming to television and Hivemind is in on the conspiracy. Hivemind, the production company behind The Expanse and Witcher, is partnering with writer-director Brian Taylor and the European production company Kallisti to adapt The Illuminatus! Trilogy, the off-kilter bookshelf series by authors Robert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea.
Originally published in the 1970s, The Illuminatus! Trilogy defies simple descriptions but the surreal and satirical milestone introduced “the Illuminati” lore to a global audience and sparked much of the contemporary American fascination with conspiracy theories and their modern rhythms.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy is as subversive as it is influential — and its been cited as an influence by the like of V for Vendetta co-creator Alan Moore, Watchmen showrunner Damon Lindelof, comedy icon George Carlin, horror master John Carpenter, and sci-fi visionary Philip K. Dick.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy will be executive produced by Dinesh Shamdasani & Hunter Gorinson for Hivemind,...
Originally published in the 1970s, The Illuminatus! Trilogy defies simple descriptions but the surreal and satirical milestone introduced “the Illuminati” lore to a global audience and sparked much of the contemporary American fascination with conspiracy theories and their modern rhythms.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy is as subversive as it is influential — and its been cited as an influence by the like of V for Vendetta co-creator Alan Moore, Watchmen showrunner Damon Lindelof, comedy icon George Carlin, horror master John Carpenter, and sci-fi visionary Philip K. Dick.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy will be executive produced by Dinesh Shamdasani & Hunter Gorinson for Hivemind,...
- 12/11/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
EC Comics' 22-issue, pre-Comics Code dark fantasy series "Weird Fantasy" (1950), is being developed as an episodic TV anthology, following a new partnership between the estate of EC Comics publisher William M Gaines and Hivemind ("The Expanse"), for producers Hunter Gorinson, Gaines' daughter Cathy Mifsud and her son Corey Mifsud:
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
Published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein, "Weird Fantasy" comic books are rare and highly prized...
...showcasing the best comic book illustrators in the business including Feldstein...
...Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, George Roussos, Reed Crandall, Will Elder, Bernard Krigstein, Jack Kamen and John Severin.
"...the most controversial story was "Judgment Day" (1953), featuring 'Tarlton', an astronaut from the 'Galactic Republic', who explores 'Cybrinia' a planet populated by orange and blue robots.
"Tarlton realizes the blue robots are treated horribly and given fewer rights than the orange robots...
"...despite the fact they are identical except for their color.
- 2/9/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
EC Comics, the legendary comic book publisher behind subversive and sublime brands like Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science, Two-Fisted Tales and Mad Magazine, has inked a partnership with Hivemind, the production company behind Netflix’s The Witcher series as well as the upcoming feature Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark from CBS Films.
The new partnership will roll out with two projects: Weird Fantasy, a television series based on the classic EC anthology series, and a biopic of EC publisher William M. Gaines, who was a firebrand figure in comics history and an infamous name to cultural crusaders of the the 1950s who targeted EC as purveyor of prurient material that directly led to juvenile delinquency. The 1950s moral panic led to an Congressional investigation that nearly doomed the entire comics industry. Gaines transformed himself into a leading free speech advocate and, with the founding of Mad (which...
The new partnership will roll out with two projects: Weird Fantasy, a television series based on the classic EC anthology series, and a biopic of EC publisher William M. Gaines, who was a firebrand figure in comics history and an infamous name to cultural crusaders of the the 1950s who targeted EC as purveyor of prurient material that directly led to juvenile delinquency. The 1950s moral panic led to an Congressional investigation that nearly doomed the entire comics industry. Gaines transformed himself into a leading free speech advocate and, with the founding of Mad (which...
- 2/8/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Article and photos by Michael Lizarraga.
Their table racked, stacked, and packed with Divinity, Ninjak, and Harbinger comics; their booth draped with Ivar, Timewalker and Imperium posters, Valiant Entertainment once again strode valiantly into WonderCon Anaheim from April 3-5, marking the company’s 25th anniversary. And like any important milestone, Valiant aims to send a “Bloodshot” heard ’round the comic world, along with an arsenal of others.
Slated for April 15 is Bloodshot Reborn #1, an all-new ongoing series by New York best-selling writer Jeff Lemire and rising artist Mico Suayan. Reborn is a dark, twisted journey of the unstoppable nano-made killing machine Bloodshot, continued from the mini-series The Valiant. Here, Bloodshot is a mere silhouette of his past persona, living a reclusive and humble existence, lamenting over the recent horrific events that almost cost him his sanity. But he is soon pulled into his former violent world when gunmen resembling Bloodshot...
Their table racked, stacked, and packed with Divinity, Ninjak, and Harbinger comics; their booth draped with Ivar, Timewalker and Imperium posters, Valiant Entertainment once again strode valiantly into WonderCon Anaheim from April 3-5, marking the company’s 25th anniversary. And like any important milestone, Valiant aims to send a “Bloodshot” heard ’round the comic world, along with an arsenal of others.
Slated for April 15 is Bloodshot Reborn #1, an all-new ongoing series by New York best-selling writer Jeff Lemire and rising artist Mico Suayan. Reborn is a dark, twisted journey of the unstoppable nano-made killing machine Bloodshot, continued from the mini-series The Valiant. Here, Bloodshot is a mere silhouette of his past persona, living a reclusive and humble existence, lamenting over the recent horrific events that almost cost him his sanity. But he is soon pulled into his former violent world when gunmen resembling Bloodshot...
- 4/13/2015
- by Holly Interlandi
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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