Creepy Archives. Vol. 1

by Various

Other authorsVarious (Artist)

Hardcover, 2008

Status

Available

Call number

741.5973

Publication

Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Comics, 2008

Description

Gather up your wooden stakes, your blood-covered hatchets, and all the skeletons in the darkest depths of your closet, and prepare for a horrifying adventure into the darkest corners of comics history. Dark Horse Comics further corners the market on high quality horror storytelling with one of the most anticipated releases of the decade, an archive collection of legendary Creepy Magazine. This groundbreaking material turned the world of graphic storytelling on its head in the early 1960s, as phenomenal young artists like Bernie Wrightson and Neal Adams reached new artistic heights with their fascinating explorations of classic and modern horror stories. Brilliant, classic Creepy stories from 1964-1966 raised from the dead after twenty-five years. Featuring work by such comics luminaries as Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Alex Toth, and Frank Frazetta.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Loptsson

Horror comics in hardback! Gotta love it. Felt as if I was a kid again reading these stories. The artwork throughout is mostly very good with only the occasional of the mark drawing. The stories are typical, but fun (at least the majority), with many twists and turns in the endings. The nice part

is that they are complete reprints including the letter pages so you can get the feel how people back in the day liked the magazine. This collection definitely allows a whole new generation of people to get a taste of the horror comic and I am sure will create a few new converts! Hmmm perhaps a horror comic comeback? Hmm might be pushing it!!

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LibraryThing member rickklaw

This hardcover compilation of the first six issues of the legendary horror magazine features amazing work from [author:Frank Frazetta], Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, [author:Alex Toth], Gray Morrow, Angelo Torres, and Roy Krenkel. The volume, produced in the same oversized dimensions of

the original magazine, includes the original color covers, advertisements, letters pages, and an interesting historical introduction by noted Warren magazine historian [author:Jon B. Cooke]. The Creepy Archives Volume 1 provides tantalizing insight into some of the finest horror ever produced.

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