Oh, cats and kitties, boils and ghouls, I am just having myself one heck of a gory old time with these beautiful EC Archives books. Volume three of Tales From The Crypt arrived today. Some of the best comics ever created, six issues per each hard-backed volume, in glorious remastered color. Artists like Graham Ingels, George Evans, Jack Kamen (who did the cover for Uncle Stevie's Creepshow book), Will Elder, Al Williamson, and my favorite, JACK DAVIS!
CREEPSHOW indeed--the REAL Creepshow. I dare say, had these incredible comics never been printed, Uncle Stevie might never have been inspired to write the stuff he writes.
Hmm...I'd like to have a gander at King's EC collection. He probably has all the originals, displayed on spinner-racks in his basement. That's what I'd do, had I HIS kind of bucks.
Now to start loading up on other Archives, like Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, Shock and Crime Suspenstories, Panic, Frontline Combat...*choke!* GOOD LORD!