Comic books changed forever in 1955 when Bernard Krigstein’s most famous story appeared in Impact comics #1. But a few years later he’d quit comics for good. Why did one of the most important and influential creators spend most of his life as a high school teacher? Let’s find out.
The story goes through Marvel, DC, and EC comics, and features cameos from Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Al Feldstein, William Gaines and many other comic legends.
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Buy comics by Bernard Krigstein and other EC greats!
- Messages in a Bottle, Comic Book Stories by B. Krigstein
- Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics
- The Best of EC Stories Artisan Edition
- The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 2
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Sources
Messages in a Bottle Comic Book Stories by B. Krigstein, specifically the notes by Greg Sadowski
Master Race & Other Stories by Bernard Krigstein, introduction by Greg Sadowski
Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book by By Jordan Raphael, Tom Spurgeon
Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics
Ballbuster: Bernard Krigstein’s Life Between the Panels, New Yorker Article by Art Spiegelman
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