The EC Artists' Library are a series of books released by Fantagraphics Books, which collect anthologies by artists and themes of the comics originally published by EC Comics.

Background

On July 23, 2011, Gary Groth, president of Fantagraphics Books, announced during the Fantagraphics panel at San Diego Comic-Con that Fantagraphics had established an agreement with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. to publish The EC Artists' Library starting in 2012, with the aim to reintroduce the EC stories to new contemporary readers. with the exception of MAD, whose rights belonged to another owner. Fantagraphics' publication would become the first EC Comics collection arranged by artist.

Format

Volumes of the series have been published in hardcover format measuring 7.25 inches × 10.25 inches (185 mm × 261 mm) and are printed in black-and-white. The books are edited by J. Michael Catron and were initially designed by Jacob Covey. Subsequent designers have followed Covey's design format. Each volume contains between 200 and 250 pages including the comics and extras. Individual volumes are also available bundled in a boxed set of four.

Volumes and box sets

Volumes

Volumes Volume Release date Title Artist in focus Genre Page count ISBN 1 2012-11-15 Corpse on the Imjin! and Other Stories Harvey Kurtzman War 240 2 2012-11-15 Came the Dawn and Other Stories Wallace Wood Horror/Crime 240 3 2013-04-06 50 Girls 50 and Other Stories Al Williamson Science Fiction 240 4 2013-04-06 Tain't the Meat... It's the Humanity! and Other Stories Jack Davis Horror 240 5 2013-09-07 Fall Guy for Murder and Other Stories Johnny Craig Crime/Horror 160 6 2013-09-07 Child of Tomorrow and Other Stories Al Feldstein Science Fiction 160 7 2014-02-15 Zero Hour and Other Stories Jack Kamen Science Fiction 176 8 2014-02-15 Sucker Bait and Other Stories Graham Ingels Horror 208 9 2014-06-08 Judgment Day and Other Stories Joe Orlando Science Fiction 184 10 2014-07-05 Bomb Run and Other Stories John Severin War 264 11 2014-12-06 Aces High George Evans War/Crime 216 12 2015-01-04 Spawn of Mars and Other Stories Wallace Wood Science Fiction 216 13 2015-07-04 Grave Business and Other Stories Graham Ingels Horror 224 14 2015-10-02 Forty Whacks and Other Stories Jack Kamen Horror 208 15 2016-02-08 The High Cost of Dying and Other Stories Reed Crandall Horror 176 16 2016-06-21 The Living Mummy and Other Stories Jack Davis Horror 224 17 2016-12-06 Voodoo Vengeance and Other Stories Johnny Craig Horror 216 18 2017-01-31 The Million Year Picnic Will Elder 216 19 2017-06-28 The Thing from the Grave and Other Stories Joe Orlando Horror 240 20 2017-10-31 Daddy Lost His Head and Other Stories Jack Kamen Horror 192 21 2018-01-31 Master Race and Other Stories Bernard Krigstein Crime/Horror/War/Science Fiction 232 22 2018-06-30 Death Stand and Other Stories Jack Davis War 192 23 2018-11-17 Doctor of Horror and Other Stories Graham Ingels 224 24 2019-02-12 The Martian Monster and Other Stories Jack Kamen 160 25 2019-09-10 The Woman Who Loved Life and Other Stories Johnny Craig 232 26 2019-11-15 Atom Bomb and Other Stories Wallace Wood 272 27 2020-01-14 Man and Superman and Other Stories Harvey Kurtzman 180 28 2020-06-23 Terror Train and Other Stories Al Feldstein 296 29 2020-11-24 Accidents and Old Lace and Other Stories Graham Ingels Horror/Crime 232 30 2021-01-12 A Slight Case of Murder and Other StoriesGeorge Evans Horror 224 31 2021-07-13 Three for the Money and Other StoriesJack Kamen 224 32 2022-06-07 Code of Honor and Other StoriesJohn Severin 248 33 2022-11-22 Deadly Beloved And Other StoriesJohnny Craig Crime/Horror 256 34 2023-06-13 The Planetoid And Other StoriesJoe Orlando Science Fiction 208 35 2023-12-12 The Bitter End And Other Stories Reed Crandall, George Roussos Crime, Horror, Science fiction 232 36 2024-04-09 Kamen’s Kalamity And Other Stories Jack Kamen Horror 248 37 2024-09-17 Foul Play And Other Stories Jack Davis Horror, Science Fiction, War 312 38 2025-09-30 Spawn of Venus And Other Stories Wallace Wood Science Fiction 248 39 2025-11-18 My Gun is the Jury Jack Davis & Wallace Wood Satire/Comedy 280 40 2026-07-07 Shock Treatment And Other Stories Jack Kamen, Reed Crandall, Graham Ingels, and Joe Orlando Drama 264 0 2026-11-03 The Crypt of Covers: The Complete EC Covers Compendium Grant Geissman (Editor) Covers 500

Box sets Box sets Vol. Release date Title Volumes ISBN 12014The EC Comics Slipcase Volume 11–422015The EC Comics Slipcase Volume 25–832017The EC Comics Slipcase Volume 39–1242019-11-05The EC Comics Slipcase Volume 413–1652020-11-03The EC Comics Slipcase Volume 517–2062021-11-09The EC Comics Slipcase Volume 621–2472025-11-18The EC Comics Slipcase Volume 725–28

References

External links Official page at the publisher (Fantagraphics Books) website Preview - Forty Whacks & Other stories Preview - Grave Business & Other stories