Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol.1

Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol.1

A collection of works from the first two years of Ditko's career: over 200 pages of vintage, pre-Amazing Spider-Man, pre-Comics Code horror comics.
Before the Amazing Spider-Man, before the mysterious Doctor Strange, before the black-and-white world of the Ayn Rand-inspired Mr. A, the legendary comic book artist Steve Ditko was conjuring all manners of horrors at his drawing table. In his first two years in the industry (1953 and 1954), Ditko drew tales of macabre suspense that were not yet hobbled by the imminent Comics Code Authority (adopted in October 1954). These stories featured graphic bloodshed, dismemberment and blood-curdling acid baths as the ugly end to the lives of the dark and twisted inhabitants of Steve Ditkoâ€™s imagination.

Following up on Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, Blake Bellâ€™s 2008 best-selling critical retrospective of Ditkoâ€™s career, strange suspense, Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 1 will, for the first time, feature spectacular full-color reprints of every story from those first two years of his career. Beginning with Ditkoâ€™s very first story to Ditkoâ€™s short stint in the Joe Simon/Jack Kirby studio, to Ditkoâ€™s eventual encampment at the Charlton Comics operation in 1954, readers will see the initial works of an artist already at a level of craftsmanship that exceeded most of his peers. The book will also feature editor Bellâ€™s insightful historical notes.

â€œDitkoâ€™s legacy is undeniableâ€¦visually he was revolutionary.â€â€•MacLeans

â€œDitkoâ€™s artwork is impossible to shake.â€â€•Douglas Wolk, author of Reading Comics
Color comics throughout
Country USA
Brand Fantagraphics
Manufacturer Fantagraphics Books
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781606992890
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Fantagraphics
Manufacturer	Fantagraphics Books
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781606992890
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol.1

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