{"product_id":"50-girls-50-and-other-stories-3","title":"50 GIRLS 50 AND OTHER STORIES","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarely old enough to drink when he joined the EC Comics stable,\u003cstrong\u003e Al Williamson\u003c\/strong\u003e may have been the new kid on the block, but a lifetime of studying such classic adventure cartoonists as Alex Raymond (\u003cem\u003eFlash Gordon\u003c\/em\u003e) and Hal Foster (\u003cem\u003ePrince Valiant\u003c\/em\u003e) had made him a kid to reckon with -- as he proved again and again in the stories he created for EC's legendary \"New Trend\" comics, in particular \u003cem\u003eWeird Science\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWeird Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e. As a result of Williamson's focus, it's possible to compile all of Williamson's \"New Trend\" EC work into one book -- which Fantagraphics is finally doing here.\n\nSci-fi aficionados should note that although most of the stories were written by \u003cstrong\u003eAl Feldstein\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003e50 Girls 50\u003c\/em\u003e features three of EC's legendary \u003cstrong\u003eRay Bradbury\u003c\/strong\u003e adaptations, including \u003cem\u003e\"I, Rocket\"\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\"A Sound of Thunder\"\u003c\/em\u003e -- and a unique curiosity, a strip adapted from a short story submitted by a teenage \u003cstrong\u003eHarlan Ellison\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n\nWilliamson ran with a gang of like-minded young Turks dubbed the \u003cem\u003e\"Fleagle Gang,\"\u003c\/em\u003e who would help one another out on assignments. Thus this book includes three stories upon which Williamson was joined by the legendary \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Frazetta\u003c\/strong\u003e, and one story (\u003cem\u003e\"Food for Thought\"\u003c\/em\u003e) where \u003cstrong\u003eRoy Krenkel\u003c\/strong\u003e provided his exquisite alien landscapes, to make it one of the most gorgeous EC stories ever printed.\n\nAs a supplementary bonus, \u003cem\u003e50 Girls 50\u003c\/em\u003e includes three stories drawn by Fleagles sans Williamson: Frazetta's \u003cem\u003eShock SuspenStories\u003c\/em\u003e short\u003cem\u003e \"Squeeze Play\u003c\/em\u003e\"; Krenkel's meticulous \u003cem\u003e\"Time to Leave\"\u003c\/em\u003e; and Angelo Torres's \u003cem\u003e\"An Eye for an Eye,\"\u003c\/em\u003e an EC story that famously fell prey to censorship and was not released until the 1970s. As with other Fantagraphics EC titles, \u003cem\u003e50 Girls 50\u003c\/em\u003e also includes extensive story notes by EC experts.\n\n\u003cem\u003e50 Girls 50 And Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is part of the The EC Artists' Library series.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eOut Of Print. Condition: Fine.\u003c\/strong\u003e Lightly tipped corners.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643013366046,"sku":"RB6430","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/RB6430-50-gIRLS-50.jpg?v=1784512910","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/50-girls-50-and-other-stories-3","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}