Category: EC Comics

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Positioning in Al Feldstein and George Russos’ “The Slave Ship”

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Getting ready to speak with some art educators this summer, I collected some EC Comics stories for us to discuss. One of those stories was Al Feldstein’s “The Slave Ship” from Weird Fantasy #8 (1951). George Russos illustrated the published version, but some Bernard Krigstein also illustrated the story. (I do not know exact dates, but you can find Krigstein’s work here, just search … Read More Positioning in Al Feldstein and George Russos’ “The Slave Ship”

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Positioning the Reader in “The Teacher from Mars” and “Judgement Day!”

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Last post, I wrote about the ways that Eando Binder’s “The Teacher from Mars” serves as a commentary on racism and Jim Crow during the mid-twentieth century. Today, I want to look at Otto Binder, Al Feldstein, and Joe Orlando’s adaptation of the story for EC Comics’ Weird Science-Fantasy #24 and at Feldstein and Orlando’s “Judgement Day!” Specifically, I want to focus on some … Read More Positioning the Reader in “The Teacher from Mars” and “Judgement Day!”

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Reader Positioning in Al Feldstein’s “Reflection of Death”

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Over the past few years, I have been reading more and more EC Comics’ stories, and each one I read highlights something new that I did not notice before. After reading Qiana Whitted’s EC Comics: Race, Shock & Social Protest, I went in search of a few of the stories that she examines, stories that I have not read before. Today, I want to … Read More Reader Positioning in Al Feldstein’s “Reflection of Death”

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Identity in Christopher Priest’s “Power Man and Iron Fist”

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Last Thursday, I wrote about Christopher Priest’s Power Man and Iron Fist #122, looking at the ways that Priest confronts Luke Cage’s publication history. Today, I want to continue that discussion through an examination of Power Man and Iron Fist #123, an issue where Priest and co-author M.D. Bright directly address issues of race. This is the only time, apart from issue #122, where … Read More Identity in Christopher Priest’s “Power Man and Iron Fist”

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The Unattainable Past in Criminal: The Last of the Innocent

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Nostalgia powerfully pulls at us, especially as we get older. Deriving from the Greek words nóstos (homecoming) and álgos (pain), nostalgia relates to a longing for the familiar that has passed away. However, the authenticity of that past is not reality. It exists as a mental construction, one that plays up the feelings of youth and innocence while hiding the realities of the past. This … Read More The Unattainable Past in Criminal: The Last of the Innocent

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