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Issue: The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #18
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Title: The Million Year Picnic and Other Stories
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Publisher: FlagFantagraphics
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Indicia Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/11/2017
Volume: 18
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9781606999820
UPC/EAN: 978160699982052999
Price: $29.99 USD
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Content Items: 46 (27 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gary Groth (publisher and executive editor); J. Michael Catron (senior editor)
Disclose Notes: This is Volume 18 of The Fantagraphics EC Library.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Black and White with some Color
Dimensions: 7.25" x 10.25" (18.4 cm x 26 cm)
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Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Bill Elder
Bill Elder
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Wild Will Elder

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Larry Stark
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Bill Elder
Bill Elder
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Inside Story!

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Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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science fiction
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Ahead of the Game!

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Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Bill Elder [as B. Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as B. Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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science fiction
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Counter-Clockwise

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Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)
John Severin [as Severin] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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science fiction
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Right on the Button!

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Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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science fiction
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...Two for the Show!

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Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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crime
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Final panel by Jack Kamen.
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King of the Grey Spaces!

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Ray Bradbury (original); Al Feldstein (adaptation)
John Severin [as Severin] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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science fiction
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Juice for the Record!

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Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Bill Elder (signed)
Bill Elder (signed)
Jim Wroten
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crime
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Strop! You're Killing Me!

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Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Bill Elder (signed)
Bill Elder (signed)
Jim Wroten
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horror
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...For Us the Living

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Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)
John Severin [as Severin] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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science fiction
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Last Laugh

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Bill Gaines (co-plot); Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script)
Bill Elder (signed)
Bill Elder (signed)
Jim Wroten
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horror
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The Million Year Picnic

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Ray Bradbury (original); Al Feldstein (adaptation)
John Severin [as Severin] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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science fiction
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The Strange Couple!

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Al Feldstein
Bill Elder (signed)
Bill Elder (signed)
Jim Wroten
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horror
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The original version of this story appeared in Vault of Horror #14 (August-September, 1950). This version, re-written by Feldstein, was re-drawn by Elder on multiple layers to achieve the 3-D effect for this issue. Fantagraphics restored Elder's artwork from the printed 3-D comic and "translated" it into 2-D, and also meticulously re-created the lettering for publication in this volume.
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Bill Elder
Bill Elder
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The Night Before Christmas

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Charles Clement Moore
Bill Elder [as Bull Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Bull Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
Poetry Dept.
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The Lady or the Tiger?

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Al Feldstein
Bill Elder (signed)
Bill Elder (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
Classic Literature Dept.
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Single drawing by Basil Wolverton appears on page 6 of the story.
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Li'l Melvin

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Al Feldstein
Bill Elder [as Bill (Al Hatt) Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Bill (Al Hatt) Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
Enviable Comic Strip Character Dept.
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Parody of "Li'l Abner" comic strip.
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Smiddy

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Al Feldstein
Bill Elder (signed)
Bill Elder (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
Eternal Youth-Type Comic Strip Dept.
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Parody of comic strip "Smitty".
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Tick Dracy

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Al Feldstein
Bill Elder [as 'Justfer Gold' Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as 'Justfer Gold' Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
Crime Does So Pay...When You Write a Syndicated Strip About It Dept.
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Parody of "Dick Tracy" comic strip.
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The Phansom

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Al Feldstein
Bill Elder [as Bill Elder and Willie McElder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Bill Elder and Willie McElder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
Comic Strip Heroes That Live On and On! Dept.
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Parody of "The Phantom" newspaper strip.
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Mel Padooka

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Jack Mendelsohn
Bill Elder [as B. Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as B. Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
Clean Living, Non-Smoking, Non-Drinking Comic Characters Dept.
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Parody of comic strip "Joe Palooka".
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Irving Oops

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Jack Mendelsohn
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
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Parody of comic strip "Alley Oop".
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Rx Migrane M.D.

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Jack Mendelsohn
Bill Elder [as Bladder, Gallstone & Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Bladder, Gallstone & Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
Doctors in Comic Strips Dept.
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Parody of comic strip "Rex Morgan, M.D.".
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Captain Izzy and Washt Upps

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Jack Mendelsohn
Bill Elder (signed)
Bill Elder (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
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Parody of comic strip "Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs".
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Punch Lines

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Jack Mendelsohn
Bill Elder (signed)
Bill Elder (signed)
Jim Wroten
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Mary Worthless!

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Jack Mendelsohn
Bill Elder (signed)
Bill Elder (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
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Parody of comic strip "Mary Worth".
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Sunday at the Beach!

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Jack Mendelsohn
Bill Elder [as B. Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as B. Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
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Charlie Chinless

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Jack Mendelsohn
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
T.V. Dept.
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Parody of TV show "Charlie Chan".
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The Heartaches of Joliet's Groans!

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Al Feldstein (script); Nick Meglin (idea)
Bill Elder [as Stan Duck Elder] (signed)
Bill Elder [as Stan Duck Elder] (signed)
Jim Wroten
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humorous
Syndicated Comic Strip Dept.
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Will Elder Ad Gallery

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Bill Elder
Bill Elder
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Reproductions of house ads for EC comics.
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Bill Elder
Bill Elder
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science fiction
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Bill Elder Caricature

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Marie Severin
Marie Severin
Marie Severin
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Caricature of Bill Elder done by Marie Severin for the 1953 EC Christmas Party.
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Will Elder

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S. C. "Steve" Ringgenberg
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Behind the Panels

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Janice Lee; Arthur Lortie, S. C. "Steve" Ringgenberg; Tom Spurgeon
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Short bios of the writers of the comic stories in this book.
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Bill Elder
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Crime, Horror, Terror, Gore, Depravity, Disrespect for Established Authority - and Science Fiction Too! The Ups and Downs of EC Comics

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Ted White
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