IDW Expands Artist’s Edition Series with Wally Wood’s EC Stories
Wednesday, Jul 20th, 2011
All-time great featured as never before in oversized, collector’s hardcover
Coming in October, available now for preorder through IDW
San Diego, CA (July 20,
2011)—Kicking off the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con with a bang,
IDW Publishing today announced the latest expansion to the
company’s revered art book series with WALLY
WOOD’S EC STORIES: ARTIST’S EDTION. The third
in the Artist’s Edition series, focuses on one of
the all-time greatest comic book artists, and at the absolute peak
of his creative powers: Wally Wood. What Bill
Gaines achieved with EC Comics was quite likely, pound for pound,
the finest comics line ever produced, and Wally
Wood was one of their mainstays, who set an incredibly
high artistic standard.
"It's wonderful to see such an amazing tribute to Wally Wood. IDW
has done a top notch job," said Cathy
Gaines-Mifsud. "My Dad would be thrilled, as would
Wally."
An oversized, hardcover collection, WALLY WOOD’S EC
STORIES: ARTIST’S EDITION will present Wood’s
art the same size as it was originally drawn, and in a book
measuring an amazing fifteen inches by twenty-two inches. As with
all of IDW’s Artist’s Editions, the art
presented will be scanned from the original pages to ensure the
highest possible quality reproduction. While appearing to be in
black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely
as possible the experience of viewing the actual original
art—for instance, white-out corrections and blue pencil
notations.
“I love EC Comics,” said Artist’s Editions Editor Scott Dunbier, “and Wally Wood is one of my all-time favorite artists—when he’s at his best, no one can touch him.”
WALLY WOOD’S EC STORIES: ARTIST’S EDTION is the third of IDW’s Artist’s Edition series, following DAVE STEVEN’S THE ROCKETEER and WALTER SIMONSON’S THE MIGHTY THOR, which is launching at the convention. Two more volumes will be announced throughout San Diego Comic-con.
WALLY WOOD’S EC STORIES: ARTIST’S EDTION ($125, hardcover, black and white, 144 pages, 15” x 22”) will be available in October. Pre-order through IDWPublishing.com or local retailer. ISBN 978-1-61377-098-6.
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About IDW Publishing
IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s The Transformers and G.I. JOE, Paramount’s Star Trek; HBO’s True Blood; the BBC’s DOCTOR WHO; Toho’s Godzilla; and comics and trade collections based on novels by worldwide bestselling author, James Patterson. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints; Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio; and is the print publisher for EA Comics.
IDW’s original horror series, 30 Days of Night, was launched as a major motion picture in October 2007 by Sony Pictures and was the #1 film in its first week of release. More information about the company can be found at IDWPublishing.com.
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