{"product_id":"came-the-dawn-and-other-stories-hardcover-by-wallace-wood","title":"Came The Dawn And Other Stories Hardcover by Wallace Wood","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2012-11-15)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e208\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781606995464\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e765.45\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e25.91 x 18.34 x 2.21\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHorror and crime shockers from the EC vaults, illustrated by a comics grandmaster.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWallace Wood applied his preternaturally lush brushwork to over two dozen stories in the thematically overlapping (“dreadful things happen to people, both innocent and guilty”) horror, crime, and suspense genres. This work is the subject of one of the two premiere releases in Fantagraphics’ highly-anticipated new EC reprint line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking its title from one of Wood’s all-time classics, the evil little paranoid thriller “Came the Dawn,” this collection features page after page after page of Wood’s sleek and meticulously crafted artwork put in the service of cunning twist-ending stories, most often from the typewriter of EC editor Al Feldstein.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese tales range from supernatural shockers from the pages of \u003ci\u003eTales From the Crypt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Haunt of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e (“The Living Corpse,” “Terror Ride,” “Man From the Grave,” “Horror in the Freak Tent”) to often pointedly contemporary crime thrillers from \u003ci\u003eCrime SuspenStories\u003c\/i\u003e (“The Assault,” “The Whipping,” and “Confession,” which was singled out for specific excoriation in the anti-comics screed \u003ci\u003eSeduction of the Innocent\u003c\/i\u003e, thus giving it a special cachet), but the breathtaking art and whiplash-inducing shock endings are constants throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike every book in the Fantagraphics EC line, “Came the Dawn!” will feature extensive essays and notes on these classic stories by EC experts — but the real “meat” of the matter (sometimes literally, in the grislier stories) will be supplied by these often lurid, sometimes downright over-the-top, but always compelling and superbly crafted, classic comic-book masterpieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWallace Allan Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (1927–1981) is widely considered to be America’s greatest science fiction cartoonist. But Wood could — and did — do it all: humor (a founding cartoonist of \u003ci\u003eMAD\u003c\/i\u003e), crime, superheroes, romance, war. He was also a pioneering alternative\/underground cartoonist\/publisher with his magazine \u003ci\u003ewitzend\u003c\/i\u003e. Among many other honors, he was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1992.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Groth\u003c\/b\u003e is the co-founder of \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and Fantagraphics Books. He lives in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556048031905,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781606995464","price":46.54,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781606995464_29d7bb1e-a2b7-46b7-92b5-0db0b31d4cfd.jpg?v=1781804139","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/came-the-dawn-and-other-stories-hardcover-by-wallace-wood","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}