Here it is, another volume in the EC "auteur" series published by Fantagraphics.  As with the other volumes in this series (this is the fifth so far) each volume is a 200+ page, clothbound hardcover collecting work by a single artist (sometimes including a small group associated with the central creator).  Each volume includes and introduction and notes and the art is impeccably reproduced in black and white on heavy white matte stock.  And, as an added bonus for the æsthete, each of the spines is a variation on a theme, so these books look great on a shelf.  It's hard to go wrong with these... SPECIAL PRICE!

The latest collection of classic Johnny Craig tales from the glory days of EC Comics goes back to the beginning.  Starting off with Craig's first EC story, "Rustlers of Ransom Gap" – featuring Moon Girl! – from 1947, The Woman Who Loved Life collects 26 Craig stories, primarily from EC's crime and horror titles, but also including some romance and western stories – and even one western romance!  Over the course of these stories – most of which are both written and drawn by Craig, and all of which are presented in chronological order – readers will see Craig's artwork gradually strengthen into the mature style for which he is best remembered, which really starts to firm up in 1950.  "Curse of the Full Moon!" "Portrait in Wax," "The Wall," "Cave Man," and, especially the collection closer, "Zombie!" are all Certifiable Johnny Craig Classics!

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Just in time for Halloween, a small stack of NEW copies of this 1988 magazine-size reprint of TALES OF THE CRYPT #23 & #24.  Very crisply printed in full color on flat white stock, it collects eight classic – all four from each issue, 56 pages of classic EC comics in all – but none of the non-story pages. 

According to the CPIU inflation calculator, $4.95 in 1988 is worth $13.56 today – so DEAL!