E 'for a couple of years that we are proposing 001 stories from EC Comics . readings are quite interesting, and being a part of the history of comic book containing short stories by great writers of the period frai which are: Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman , Wally Wood and Jack Davis . In the middle is
Johnny Craig, un autore che non conoscevo bene prima di leggere Crime SuspenStories vol.1 .
Proprio di Craig voglio parlarvi.
Mentre su diverse riviste come Tales of the Crypt era affiancato da Al Feldstein ai testi, qua lo scopro come autore completo. I suoi racconti, messi a confronto con gli altri, si distinguono subito per resa e brillantezza. Il suo tratto preciso e pulito, che nei volti sembra influenzato da Caniff, con un bianco e nero pieno, rispettoso di luci ed ombre, mette in secondo piano persino le storie disegnate da Wally Wood.
Inoltre ciò che colpisce è l'abilità di sapersi calare in a language pulp. Often the labels are used to capture the anxiety and frustration of the protagonist, rarely contain explanatory and if they are short and simplified, by going to contrast with times when the captions were often heavy and, from a cartoon present, certainly unnecessary.
Far be it from me to imply that the other authors in this series produce little stories, even the quality is never low, but Craig surpasses all, even Kurtzman featuring two stories from the banal and development with very little suspense.
(a table of Craig from Vault of Horror)
(classica splash page of Jack Kamen)
Unfortunately I can not find a picture of the front page of "The Double", which is sufficient to explain everything, and then there another place below:
His stories are always loads of pathos and there is a constant surprise the reader by presenting research in descending more shots in a span of only 6, 7 pages. Surely it must be stressed that it is primarily concerned to represent the emotions and reactions of the characters rather than to propose explicitly gruesome drawings. This sometimes goes beyond the covers that are made instead to strike the reader as you can see below.
want it to be just a case for its cover, the last of the thousands of factors at play, to give the advent of the Comics Code . The cover of the offending
can see down here.
In fact, it is also the latest cover of the series created by Craig, that following the closure of the EC makes sporadic appearances on some of the tested Warren and the late 60 inks diverse cose per la Marvel e la DC. I pochi numeri supereroistici da lui disegnati sono pesantemente ritoccati, finché alla fine, costretto a non potersi esprimere, limitato da una stretta supervisione, e insofferente alle scadenze si ritira dal mondo del fumetto.
Si dedica alla pittura e produce numerose tele legate ai vecchi personaggi delle EC.
Ultimo baluardo di un'epoca finita male, Craig ne è forse l'unico vero illuminato.
(Johnny Craig 1926-2001)
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