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While superhero comedian are still king in American cartoon strip , horror is another democratic musical genre for the mass medium , especially for publishing house like BOOM ! studio , Mad Cave Studios , Image Comics , DSTLRY , andOni Press . Along with the traditional considerably - sell titles , there are almost always two new repugnance singles hit the shelves of local comic store in recent years .
For instance , the week of February 12th , 2025 sees titles likeFeral#10,Creepshow in Love#1,The Hexiles#4 , andWhere monster prevarication : Cull - De - Sac#4 coming out . The stick with hebdomad will see titles likeW0rldtr33#13,Doll Parts : A Lovesick Tale#8 , andEpitaphs From the Abyss#8 , withthe last title being from Oni Press ' EC Comics depression , a lately revitalize name that will be conversant to fans who know their comic strip chronicle .
by from deliver three recent anthology comics -Epitaphs From the Abyss , Cruel Universe , andCruel Kingdom - EC Comics is one of the most influential comicpublishers of all time , but it has an ill-famed account .
After inheriting his Padre ’s publication caller , EC Comics , Bill Gaines and his work party of comic Godhead delivered matured and iconic titles likeTales from the Crypt , Weird Science , andMadfrom 1947 to 1955 . Unfortunately , comic were then under extreme examination and criticismfrom build like Dr. Fredric Wertham , a controversial psychological " authority " and the author ofSeduction of the Innocent . urge for risible record statute law , Wertham ’s attacks eventually lead to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency to look into the manufacture and level auditory modality in 1954 , allot to theComic Book Legal Defense Fund .
Amidstthe industriousness ’s top - selling graphical novel , horror titles likeSomething Is Killing the ChildrenVolume 1 and Volume 7,Houses of the Unholy , andBeneath the Trees Where Nobody Seesare among the top twenty claim for 2024 .
Oni Press Has Resurrected EC Comics, Ushering in a New Era of Horror
70 years later, EC Comics Is Back withEpitaphs From the Abyss
Despite EC Comics trying to survive under the Comics Code , it was to no service , andEC had to close its doors . EC Comics was not the only company to go under in part due to the Code , but it is the most famous . This Code want comics to be more worthy for younger readers of the culturally conservative United States of the 1950s , which meant an stress on esteem for the politics and other authorities , and sex , violence , and horror were just some of the content no longer allowed .
ScreenRant talk with the IDW creators behind the stumble comics Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees and Exorcism at 1600 Penn , talking all things horror .
It ’s always been our dream to one day bring the intrepid creative spirit of EC to a new multiplication . put to work hand - in - hand with Oni ’s award - winning team and a stunning cast of creators , it ’s a delight to – at long last – shepherd EC into the 21st C with all - newfangled series and stories .
For readers , the replication of EC Comics and its stories thanks toOni Pressis only one signaling of a healthy horror ecosystem in comics - and a healthy respect of the sensitive ’s chronicle .
EC Comics ' Epitaphs From The Abyss#8is available February 19th , 2025 from Oni Press .
Sources : Comic Book Legal Defense Fund , Oni Press
