Blazing Combat eBook Archie Goodwin Various
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Written by Archie Goodwin and drawn by such luminaries as Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, John Severin, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Russ Heath, Reed Crandall, and Gene Colan, Blazing Combat was originally published by independent comics publisher James Warren in 1965 and ’66. Following in the tradition of Harvey Kurtzman’s Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat, Goodwin’s stories reflected the human realities and personal costs of war rather than exploiting the cliche´s of the traditional men’s adventure genre. They were among the best comics stories about war ever published.
Blazing Combat eBook Archie Goodwin Various
The legendary war comic magazine published by Warren Publishing (the people who gave us Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, and Famous Monsters Of Filmland). Hard hitting and refusing to pull punches, it didn't glorify war...and as a result found itself frozen out of the market after 4 issues.Product details
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Blazing Combat eBook Archie Goodwin Various Reviews
After waiting for more than a year for this book to come out, it finally arrived. I won't go into the details of how the original Blazing Combat magazine came to be (you can do so by reading the introduction and interviews included within), just bear in mind that between the covers of this book you'll be reading some of the best war stories ever (second only to Harvey Kurtzman's war titles for EC) and viewing the best comic book art ever (from some veteran EC artists and some newer ones like Gray Morrow, Gene Colan, Russ Heath and Alex Toth).
Okay, let's get on with the book itself. Fantagraphics has done a great job as usual. I actually prefer the sturdy mat paper Fantagraphics has used as opposed to the glossy paper Dark Horse used for their Creepy and Eerie reprints. There is no glare on the pages from your source of light and contrary from what you may think, the paper is actually heavy and sturdy and a million times better than the pulp paper used for the original comic. The reproduction is pristine clear, especially concerning the duo-tone and dot screen patterns that most of the artists used at the time. A special treat is of course Russ Heath's Give and take, which is probably the best use ever given to a duo-tone board (and the artwork itself will just blow you away). There are some interesting interviews with Jim Warren, the publisher, and Archie Goodwin, the editor and writer of most of the stories. And even if the series was done in the mid 60s, most of the stories still hold up to date. And the artwork is just the best that there ever was. Most fans, critics, etc. believe that the art in EC comics were the best ever, but to me, all those artists really came around and did their best work in the 60s and early 70s, mostly for the Warren magazines.
My only complaints are
1. The book size. Smaller than the original magazines and smaller than Dark Horse's Eerie/Creepy reprints.
2. The covers by Frazetta aren't reproduced at the beginning of each chapter, but rather at the end of the book and only as a series of small vignettes.
3. It's a pity there is no input from the artists themselves, as I am sure most of them would have some pretty interesting stories to tell (at least those who are still alive).
4. It's a pity Fantagraphics didn't reproduce the original magazine's letters page section as well (as the Dark Horse reprints did), but this is only a minor complaint.
All in all, and keeping those minor complaints aside, this book is a real treat and is highly recommended. You won't be disappointed.
This volume collects Warrens 4 issue, short lived war comics series. This was the brainchild of Archie Goodwin as he penned the majority of stories. It was an easy transition to get the horror artists from Creepy & Eerie to switch to combat mode and the majority of these stories really hit the target. War is hell and Warren was extremely truthful in their story presentations. The opening book cover depicts an American GI chomping on his cigar while he's bayonetting a German soldier. This book is not Sgt. Rock! With contributions from an all star line up of artists, this book is a must have for any graphic art fan. I found that some of these stories could have been presented in one of the Warren horror magazines. An example would be the story "Souvenirs". I just knew from the title that the story was going to be nasty. This story confuses heroism for darker and ghastly qualities that can be found in soldiers during war. Yet, history proves that this was true. I won't reveal too much more on this but this archive provides a lot of bang for the buck. Buy it today!
This collection of war stories is pretty amazing. The stories jump from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam all the way back to the Revolutionary War. They got into trouble for publishing a story that dared to question whether the Vietnam War was really accomplishing anything. It's strange that wholesalers had enough power to actually kill a comic magazine of such high quality back then, but in a way, having to appeal to wholesalers forced comics to be more innovative. Bold experiments that packaged comics in magazine-type formats had to be attempted to appeal to adults. In this particular case, the wholesalers unjustly stopped selling Blazing Combat because they thought it was anti-American. The stories are short, but thoughtful looks at what it was like to be a soldier. There is no question that these stories were ground breaking and still have powerful messages about the costs of war.
The legendary war comic magazine published by Warren Publishing (the people who gave us Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, and Famous Monsters Of Filmland). Hard hitting and refusing to pull punches, it didn't glorify war...and as a result found itself frozen out of the market after 4 issues.
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