Grave Business And Other Stories [Hardcover]

Even in an era of explicit horror films, Ghastly Graham Ingels still delivers a shock to readers with his grisly depictions of the stomach-churning fates of the evil men (and women) in these storiesleavened only by a sly wink to the reader and a generous dose of dreadful puns. Ingelss brushwork oozes ominously across every panel, perfectly setting the mood for the shudder-inducing fates of such corrupt characters as the sadistic asylum director, the political candidate who murders his opponent, the ventriloquist with the homicidal dummy, the millionaire who persecutes an aged junkman, and the medieval duke who runs over a young boy with his carriage then taxes the peasants to pay for cleaning up his victims blood. Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC line,Graham Ingels was the master of the macabre, a genius at delivering the tremendously terrible in horrific and?glowing detail. His handful of comics, nearly entirely?horror stories and nearly every one?delivered at E.C. Comics, were genuinely?gory and delightfully dreadful.... For anyone who loves classic American comic art, this comic is a must-read.Our latest collection of influential EC comics features Ghastly Graham Ingelss horror art.