The Warren companion : the definitive compendium to the great comics of Warren Publishing
Six years after debuting the legendary horror movie magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland, Warren Publications suddenly took the comics world by storm in 1965 by releasing Creepy #1 before a stunned, delighted - and terrified - audience. Filled with compelling tales of terror exquisitely illustrated by many of the best artists of the day, the magazine proved to be the tip of an iceberg of horror as Warren Publishing went on to produce some of the finest comic-book stories in the history of the form. In the pages of Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, Blazing Combat, and many other mags, readers discovered extraordinary artists and writers coming together to create extraordinary work. Then, in 1983, the company just suddenly disappeared ... In 1999, Comic Book Artist magazine published the most comprehensive history of the oft-neglected company to date in its Eisner Award-winning fourth issue. But, until now, the riveting story of Warren Publishing was incomplete. In addition to reprinting the contents of CBA #4, this volume contains many new interviews, features, articles, and the most comprehensive and exhaustive checklist ever compiled on Warren Publishing's incredible output
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271 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
9781893905085, 9781893905092, 189390508X, 1893905098
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Introduction / by David A. Roach
Warren Publishing overview / by David A. Roach
The early years: 1930-1957
Making of a monster mogul / Jim Warren
The building years: 1958-63
Famous monsters: a beginning / Jim Warren
Help!: the humor magazine / Harvey Kurtzman
Davis remembers Warren (kinda) / Jack Davis
The golden age: 1964-67
The glorious Goodwin era / Jim Warren
The Angelo Torres effect / Angelo Torres
Williamson's Warren days / Al Williamson
George Evans: the ace artist / George Evans
Anne & Archie: Warren days / Anne T. Murphy
Jeffrey Jones' magical times / Jeffrey Jones
Before I forget / Alex Toth
Dan Adkins on Wood & Warren / Dan Adkins
The B & W world of Gray Morrow / Gray Morrow
The Warren experiments / Neal Adams
The rebuilding years: 1968-71
Vampi & dark days / Jim Warren
The Cuti perspective / Nick Cuti
Cochran in command / John R. Cochran
On the wings of a bird / T. Casey Brennan
McGregor's macabre tales / Don McGregor
Tom Sutton's sinister stylings / Tom Sutton
Confessions of a horror writer / Doug Moench
The Wolfman works at Warren / Marv Wolfman
The '70s renaissance: 1972-79
Revitalization: Dube & Weezie / Jim Warren
The big push & other tales / William Dubay
The odd world of Rich Corben / Rich Corben
Wrightson's Warren days / Bernie Wrightson
The Stenstrum technique / Jim Stenstrum
A spirited relationship / Will Eisner
A place of his own / Carmine Infantino
Captain of the company / Flo Steinberg
Weezie's renaissance / Louise Jones Simonson
Brancatelli & the comic books / Joe Brancatelli
The Bruce Jones touch / Bruce Jones
The horrors of Russ Heath / Russ Heath
Decline & fall: 1980-83
Warren: ends & beginnings / Jim Warren
Afterword / by Jon B. Cooke
By the numbers: the Warren checklist / by David A. Roach
Waren stuff
Warren related publications
Warren merchandise
Warren related merchandise
Warren related fanzines
Miscellaneous publications
Appendix A: Warren awards
Appendix B: Most prolific Warren writers
Appendix C: Most prolific Warren artists
Appendix D: Most prolific Warren cover artists
Appendix E: The best of Warren
Appendix F: Warren's unpublished strips & comics
Appendix G: The evolution of Eerie
Appendix H: The Ace connection
Appendix I: The Spanish invasion: a survey