Forty Whacks And Other Stories (The EC Comics Library, 14)

Jack Kamen's precise, clean style was perfect subversion for EC Comics tales of seemingly normal men and women who cooly act on the rage, jealousy, and greed just below their glamorous façades. Kamenâe(tm)s crime capers include âeoeForty Whacksâe (Whatever became of that ax Lizzie Borden used?), âeoeContract for Deathâe (A suicidal man agrees to accept $5,000 for his fresh corpse, then changes his mind. But the contract fails to specify that the body has to be hisâe¦), âeoeThe Neat Job!âe (Her âeoeneat freakâe husband drove her crazy, so when she chopped him up into little piecesâe¦), âeoeJust Desserts!âe (A madman bent on revenge hosts a dinner for his victims âe¦ and the final course is a killer!) âe" plus 20 more gripping tales of tension as only EC could do them! Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC Artistsâe(tm) Library, Forty Whacks And Other Stories also features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic masterpieces.… (more)