{"product_id":"b-kingstein-comics","title":"B. KRIGSTEIN Comics","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamed as one of the great innovators in comics history, \u003cstrong\u003eBernard Krigstein\u003c\/strong\u003e was one of the first cartoonists to consciously experiment with pacing and layout for psychological effect. This impressive coffee-table book follows his development from his heavy-handed crime and romance comics of the late 1940s to his expressionist masterpieces for EC Comics a few years later.\n\nEmploying a variety of artistic styles and inking techniques, Krigstein emerges as a restless trendsetter, moving from a loose, sketchy style to a dense horror technique, depending on the story. Unfortunately, the reprinted comics stories also show how Krigstein was handcuffed by the period's trite themes and \"shock\" endings. Many of the stories are so hackneyed they're barely readable today, and when editor \u003cstrong\u003eSadowski\u003c\/strong\u003e mentions that a story about a pirate with an ape for a sidekick was a Krigstein favorite, one can only wonder why. However, at EC, Krigstein found writers similarly dedicated to pushing artistic boundaries, and these collaborations are the book's finest: \"\u003cem\u003eKey Chain\u003c\/em\u003e\", in which a crime in a key-making shop leads to madness, or \u003cem\u003e\"In the Bag\"\u003c\/em\u003e, a gruesome story of a cop following a suspicious character whom Krigstein elevates to art with his moody storytelling and withering ability to capture human weakness with a few lines.\n\nThe quality is heightened by \u003cstrong\u003eMarie Severin'\u003c\/strong\u003es masterful recoloring throughout.\n\nInscribed by Greg Sadowski for Richard.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eOut of Print.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCondition: Very Fine.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59640868307230,"sku":"RB4709","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/RB4709-b-krigstein-comics.jpg?v=1784501274","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/b-kingstein-comics","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}