EC Comics: It Didn't Rot Our Brains

Now that's art!

(and it's by one of our faves, Francesco Francavilla!)

Mondo will celebrate EC Comics & Tales From The Crypt this Halloween with a gallery show that will run from October 25 through November 23...

Thirty-plus artists will honor one of the greatest horror television shows of all time and its origins in EC Comics, which produced some of the most original and striking horror artwork, inspiring a generation of artists and genre fans.

The show will feature both original works of art and blood-drenched screen prints.

The gallery opening on Friday, October 25 will be from 7:00 – 10:00pm with regular hours to follow for the show’s duration.

The Mondo Gallery is located at 4115 Guadalupe St. in Austin, TX.

I'm so pissed I'm not in Austin...

Reading Room: PHANTOM WITCH DOCTOR "Out of the Deep"

Avon's Phantom Witch Doctor (1952) was a unique one-shot...

...with a lead story featuring the title character and a trio of totally-unrelated tales backing it up.

Whether the creature is a Lovecraftian-type Elder-God, a stranded alien, or just a sentient life-force is never really explained.

Another unsolved puzzle is who the writer and artist(s) for this never-reprinted short story were.

But what's life without a few mysteries, eh?

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Reading Room: ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN "Man in the Mirror"

I've worked on-and-off in the comics industry since 1982...

...and I've never experienced a situation like this guy goes through!

(I've never seen anyone wear a suit jacket at their desk, either. But that's another story...)

This reflective story ACG's Adventures into the Unknown #9 (1950) was probably written by editor Richard Hughes and was illustrated by pulp artist Robert S Pious, who worked on-and-off in comics from 1940 to 1955 before moving into book publishing and later, fine arts.

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Zombies, Zombies, Zombies!

ZOMBIES!

Call them the undead, the unliving, reanimated corpses, or even the ultimate carnivores, zombies are HOT, HOT, HOT!

Between Walking Dead, Dead Set, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, 28 Days Later & 28 Weeks Later, the Return of the Living Dead series, and, of course, the George Romero Living Dead series, zombies have never been more popular!
But, all those films and tv series owe a debt to the visual depictions of zombies in the horror pulps and comics of the Golden Age (1930s-1950s)!

Like video games today, those periodicals were deemed so harmful to the psyches of impressionable youths that the government held hearings about possibly banning them altogether! 
The comics industry barely survived, but ended up toning down horror comics to a mere shadow of their blood-dripping selves, only recently, in the 1990s,  returning in all their gruesome glory!

Even with modern technology, today's zombie flix are hard pressed to match these classic comics for visceral visual thrills.
So, it's with pardonable pride that Atomic Kommie Comics™ re-presents some of the creepiest and koolest covers from those bygone days, digitally-restored and remastered, on a line of collectibles including mugs, hoodies, iPad/Kindle/messenger bags, and a 2014 12-month calendar!

If you're looking for a birthday or holiday present for a fan of the life-impaired (or a Halloween treat for yourself), why not combine one of our kool kollectibles with one of the books or DVDs available on-line or at brick-and-mortar stores?
(We'd provide links, except Amazon cut us as an affiliate due to the state forcing tax collection for Internet sales)

Design of the EEK Redux! The No Longer-Walking Dead!

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!
With the new season of Walking Dead underway on AMC, you like the way we graphically-show the only way to stop a zombie/walker/biter (depending on who you're listening to)...do something to destroy the head, so much that we're extending his undead presence for another week!
He's available on t-shirts, messenger bags, mugs, and a whole slew of kool kollectibles perfect for Halloween!
So order now, before he puts the bite on you...