Books by Harvey Kurtzman
Aces High (The EC Comics Library, 11)
by Al Feldstein, George Evans, Harvey Kurtzman
George Evans was a master of the aviation war story. This collection includes all of his highly-acclaimed stories for Aces High, EC’s famous air war title. As a bonus, we present a rarity: Evans’ never-before-reprinted 3-D story of World War I ace Frank Luke (in regular, easy-on-the-eyes 2-D). This volume also includes numerous Evans crime and shock stories, including “As Ye Sow…,” “…My Brother’s Keeper,” and “Cadillac Fever.” Other war stories, many done in collaboration with Harvey Kurtzman, include “Napoleon!” and “Flaming Coffins” (which Evans wrote, about the inherent perils of WW I aircraft). Like all books in the Fantagraphics EC line, Aces High features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic comic book masterpieces.
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Man And Superman And Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)
by Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman
These stories ― all drawn by Kurtzman, some of which he also wrote ― are from the pages of Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, Tales from the Crypt, and more. With Al Feldstein, Kurtzman created "Lost in the Microcosm," "The Man Who Raced Time," and "Atom Bomb Thief." There's also "The Radioactive Child," "The Last War on Earth," and the titular story, a cautionary tale about how the laws of physics would impact a real-world superhero, delivered in a uniquely bold, slashing cartoony-but-dead-serious style. This volume also includes essays by experts and more.
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Atom Bomb And Other Stories (The EC Comics Library, 27)
by Wallace Wood, Harvey Kurtzman
When artist Wallace Wood teamed up with writer/editor Harvey Kurtzman to create stories, the result was some of the best war stories ever put to paper. Together, Wood and Kurtzman delivered outstanding, deeply human battle tales from the Civil War to World War I to World War II to Korea. Atom Bomb And Other Stories collects all the combat tales Wood and Kurtzman did together for EC’s Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat, plus other war stories Wood did for EC writer/editor Al Feldstein. Wood and Kurtzman pulled no punches in depicting the utter folly, madness, and horror of war ― especially in the title story, which depicts the bombing of Nagasaki from the viewpoint of the victims on the ground ― a shockingly controversial point of view in 1953!
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Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book (Essential Kurtzman)
Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book is considered one of the "Top 100 Comics of the 20th Century" by The Comics Journal and is widely regarded to be a lost classic. Written and illustrated by Kurtzman, Jungle Book inspired and influenced comics creators such as Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Gilbert Shelton, and Terry Gilliam. Back in print for the first time in over twenty-five years, this deluxe hardcover features an essay by comics archivist Denis Kitchen; a new introduction by Gilbert Shelton; a conversational afterword between Pete Poplaski and Robert Crumb; and and a selection of Kurtzman's photographs, correspondence, and artwork. The definitive edition of this graphic novel masterpiece is not to be missed!
2015 Harvey Award nominations for "Best Domestic Reprint" and "Excellence in Presentation"
"He is as good as any cartoonist in history that I know of." -R. Crumb
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Bomb Run And Other Stories (The EC Comics Library, 9)
by Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman, John Severin
The team of Harvey Kurtzman and John Severin was one of the most fruitful collaborations in the history of comics. The work they did together brings the gritty realism and psychological truth of Stephen Crane and a verisimilitude to the page that it seems as if they are reporting from the scene. Together with inker and friend Will Elder, whose own obsession for detail perfectly complemented the impact they were all striving to achieve, they produced 34 emotionally draining — and dramatically eloquent — war stories in just under three years. This book collects them all. Settings include: the Roman empire; the Revolutionary War; the American-Indian Wars; the Alamo; the Civil War; World War I (in the trenches and in the air); World War II (in the Pacific and in Europe, including the D-Day invasion); and the Korean War.
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The EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales Volume 2
HARROWING, TRUE-TO-LIFE COMICS WAR TALES IN THE EC TRADITION.
The heart-pounding, spine-rattling war stories of Two-Fisted Tales continue with this volume where the destructive force of battle and the true human cost of war is laid bare under celebrated cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman’s watchful eye and steadfast editorship.
Collecting Two-Fisted Tales issues #24–#29, this affordably priced paperback volume features—in fully remastered digital color—the work of comic book greats Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, John Severin, Jerry De Fuccio, John Severin, and more!
Includes the Kurtzman classic war story “Corpse on the Imjin!”
Foreword by Rocco Versaci, Ph.D.
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