The EC Artists' Library


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 at Fantagraphics Books, announced during the company panel at San Diego Comic-Con that Fantagraphics had established an agreement with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. to publish the EC Comic Library starting in 2012, with the aim to reintroduce the EC stories to new contemporary readers. The reprint run would feature all the EC comic material with the exception of MAD comics, 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 and are printed in black-and-white. The books have been designed by Jacob Covey and 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

VolumeRelease dateTitleArtist in focusGenrePage countISBN
12012-11-15Corpse on the Imjin! and Other StoriesHarvey KurtzmanWar240
22012-11-15Came the Dawn and Other StoriesWallace WoodHorror/Crime240
32013-04-0650 Girls 50 and Other StoriesAl WilliamsonScience Fiction240
42013-04-06Tain't the Meat... It's the Humanity! and Other StoriesJack DavisHorror240
52013-09-07Fall Guy for Murder and Other StoriesJohnny CraigCrime/Horror160
62013-09-07Child of Tomorrow and Other StoriesAl FeldsteinScience Fiction160
72014-02-15Zero Hour and Other StoriesJack KamenScience Fiction176
82014-02-15Sucker Bait and Other StoriesGraham IngelsHorror208
92014-06-08Judgment Day and Other StoriesJoe OrlandoScience Fiction184
102014-07-05Bomb Run and Other StoriesJohn SeverinWar264
112014-12-06Aces HighGeorge EvansWar/Crime216
122015-01-04Spawn of Mars and Other StoriesWallace WoodScience Fiction216
132015-07-04Grave Business and Other StoriesGraham IngelsHorror224
142015-10-02Forty Whacks and Other StoriesJack KamenHorror208
152016-02-08The High Cost of Dying and Other StoriesReed CrandallHorror176
162016-06-21The Living Mummy and Other StoriesJack DavisHorror224
172016-12-06Voodoo Vengeance and Other StoriesJohnny CraigHorror216
182017-01-31The Million Year PicnicWill Elder216
192017-06-28The Thing from the Grave and Other StoriesJoe OrlandoHorror240
202017-10-31Daddy Lost His Head and Other StoriesJack KamenHorror192
212018-01-31Master Race and Other StoriesBernard KrigsteinCrime/Horror/War/Science Fiction232
222018-06-30Death Stand and Other StoriesJack DavisWar192
232018-11-17Doctor of Horror and Other StoriesGraham Ingels224
242019-02-12The Martian Monster and Other StoriesJack Kamen160
252019-09-10The Woman Who Loved Life and Other StoriesJohnny Craig232
262019-11-15Atom Bomb and Other StoriesWallace Wood272
272020-01-14Man and Superman and Other StoriesHarvey Kurtzman180
282020-06-23Terror Train and Other StoriesAl Feldstein296
292020-11-24Accidents and Old Lace and Other StoriesGraham IngelsHorror/Crime232
302021-01-12A Slight Case of Murder and Other StoriesGeorge EvansHorror224
312021-07-13Three for the Money and Other StoriesJack Kamen224
322022-06-07Code of Honor and Other StoriesJohn Severin248
332022-11-22Deadly Beloved And Other StoriesJohnny CraigCrime/Horror256
342023-06-13The Planetoid And Other StoriesJoe OrlandoScience Fiction208
352023-12-12The Bitter End And Other StoriesReed Crandall, George RoussosCrime, Horror, Science fiction232
362024-04-09Kamen’s Kalamity And Other Stories Jack KamenHorror248
372024-09-17Foul Play And Other Stories Jack DavisHorror, Science Fiction, War312
382025-09-30Spawn of Venus And Other StoriesWallace WoodScience Fiction248
392025-11-18My Gun is the JuryWallace WoodSatire/Comedy280
402026-07-07Shock Treatment And Other StoriesJack Kamen, Reed Crandall, Graham Ingels, and Joe OrlandoDrama264