Bill Peckmann &Comic Art &Illustration 06 May 2011 06:54 am
EC Comics Convention
- The following piece was sent to me by Bill Peckmann. Here’s his introduction to it:
- Here’s something that might not be accessible to some of your readers.
It’s the program booklet of the 1972 EC Comics Convention that was held in NYC.
I’ve scanned the pages pertaining to cartoonists of the early MAD comic book. The caricatures were done in the early ’50′s (EC at it’s peak) by a very young Marie Severin. (EC colorist then, went on to fame at MARVEL comics later.). The comments of the cartoonists are made by their compatriots for the Convention. Twenty years had passed but the good memories were still there.
So here we have editor/artist Harvey Kurtzman. Artists – Jack Davis, Bill Elder, Wally Wood, John Severin, colorist Marie Severin (sister of John) and last but not least, publisher of EC Comics, Bill Gaines.
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Many thanks to Bill Peckmann for sharing the material,
on 06 May 2011 at 8:45 am 1.The Gee said …
Cool.
I’ll try and read this later on but coincidentally…
Wally Wood…I intended to bring this up in the last Alex Toth post that was posted.
I figured it would be of interest to anyone who has not seen it:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/22panels.jpg
I’d recommend saving the image or at least bookmarking the page. Though there may be higher quality ones elsewhere online. That one is good enough though.
on 06 May 2011 at 8:48 am 2.The Gee said …
And, after reviewing the page, hopefully the shorthand and terminology doesn’t need interpreting. But, it doesn’t hurt to ask. I think I understand all of it but… I have little time right now.
on 06 May 2011 at 11:24 am 3.Eric Noble said …
Wonderful! I always love hearing stories like this. I love the old EC Comics. I’m hoping I can find more of Harvey Kurtzman’s work, like his war books.