Colman deKay

The quintessential “shock” comics of the 50’s get the full Taschen treatment in this beautiful behemoth! Stunningly produced, with insightful, well-informed commentary by EC superfan Grant Geissman, this beast brilliantly showcases the work of a tight little team of eager (and preternaturally talented) artists who were mostly in their early 20’s when they started. If you love great purple storytelling and your coffee table can handle the strain — it weighs in at over 13 pounds! — then you’ll want to own this grisly Gargantua. (BTW, a really good companion piece is Dark Horse’s CHOKE! GASP!, a maybe-definitive — who knows? I wasn’t around in the 50’s — of the “best of” EC. Last time I looked it was going for the lowlow price of $35 on Amazon.)