Comic Pimpery: Ray Bradbury's "The Flying Machine," adapted by EC Comics and Bernie Krigstein

[thehefner]

Every week, someone posts something on scans_daily that makes me think, "Shit, I need to link to that in my LJ as an example of just *awesome* comics."

I dunno why I haven't. Maybe because half of them would be cyberghostface's EC and CREEPY posts, and maybe it's because every other awesome post is f-locked to just s_d members. I think I'm getting antsy, not being able to play overenthusiastic-comic-pimp to people since I quit Big Planet.

Well today, no more. This one just deserves all the attention it can get.

Ray Bradbury's "The Flying Machine," by the masterful B. Krigstein, published by EC Comics (TALES FROM THE CRYPT, WEIRD SCIENCE).

Krigstein was a masterful artist who believed that every panel should be a work of art unto itself, and his adaptation of "The Flying Machine" was his finest EC work, followed closely by "Master Race."

A fun side note: the whole relationship between EC and Bradbury is itself a fascinating story, and well worth reading. Just another reason why I love them both.

Comments

[tragical-mirth.livejournal.com]

I really needed something like that, and I didn't see the original post. Thanks for sharing.

[cyberghostface.livejournal.com]

Sorry about friend-locking my posts...I just do it to save bandwidth, because a lot of the time it would get exceeded. But (and this goes to anyone from s_d if you're reading this) if there are stories you want to share let me know and I'll unlock them.

On a related note, do you know why scans_daily has become suspended?

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I totally understand! Hell, most people who'd read anything I'd link already read scans_daily. Or rather, they did. WTF?

Have you found this blog, which has alerted us to the situation?

http://schmevil.livejournal.com/161736.html

[tompurdue.livejournal.com]

Interesting (though I can't read it, as you noted in a later post).

The very first play I ever directed was a version of The Flying Machine. (Bradbury's was the only name on the script, though they probably hired some ghost to do it.) Alan Duda played the lead. It was a one-act prep for founding the Rudes.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

This makes me even sadder, as you were one of the people I thought would be especially interested.

But wow, I had no idea! That's crazy!

[fiveseconddelay.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I consider it part of the Ur-Rudes history.