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Maxwell Charles Gaines (born Max Ginzberg, September 21, 1894 – August 20, 1947) was an American publisher and a pioneering figure in the creation of the modern comic book. [3] [4] In 1933, Gaines devised the first four-color, saddle-stitched newsprint pamphlet ( Funnies on Parade ), a precursor to the color-comics format that became the ...
Discover Max Gaines' remarkable creative portfolio: Art Direction, Graphic Design, Photography, Video, and more.
- Judgment Day. Write: Al Feldstein. Art: Joe Orlando. Originally appears in Weird Fantasy Vol.1 #18 (March/April 1953) A suited astronaut, emissary of the Galactic Republic, pays a visit to Cybrinia, a planet inhabited by robots.
- Cutting Cards. Writer/Art: Fred Peters. Originally appears in Tales from the Crypt Vol.1 # 32 (Oct 1952) An ingenious little tale about two gamblers who hold extreme grudges upon each other.
- Good Boy. Writer/Art: Graham Ingels. Originally appears in Crime SuspenStories Vol.1 #27 (Feb/March 1955) A father’s undying love for his son is at the heart of this devious little crime caper by Graham Ingels.
- Horror Beneath the streets! Writer/Art: Al Feldstein. Originally appears in The Haunt of Fear Vol.1 #3 (Sep/Oct 1950) At last, the truth of how the horror hosts of EC comics came to be!
Apr 29, 2004 · Max Gaines is rightly credited as the Father of the Comic Book, writes Digby Diehl in Tales from the Crypt: The Official Archives. By the mid-40s Max had his own company, which he...
Feb 19, 2024 · Oni Press – the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of groundbreaking comics and graphic fiction for more than 25 years – is proud to announce a brand-new publishing partnership with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. that will see the full-fledged return of EC Comics to comic shop and bookstore shelves worldwide with a slate of ...
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In 1939, in the wake of the tremendous success of Siegel and Shuster's Superman, Max Gaines joined forces with Harry Donenfeld and Jack Liebowitz in a new publishing venture called All-American Comics (the AA Group).
A decade earlier, Max Gaines had been one of the pioneers of the comic book form, with Eastern Color Printing's proto-comic book Funnies on Parade, and with Dell Publishing's Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics, considered by historians the first true American comic book.
