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Currently, I'm writing a Frankenstein graphic novel, illustrated by Nik Poliwko, for Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics, which is inspired by the classic Dick Briefer pre-code horror comics of the 1950's, and Mary Shelley, too, of course.
Alexandra Holzer: Dark Horse Comics and Imprint Sequential Pulps Writer Teams Up With Artist Tim Burgard for New Tarzan Alexandra Holzer 2011
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Currently, I'm writing a Frankenstein graphic novel, illustrated by Nik Poliwko, for Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics, which is inspired by the classic Dick Briefer pre-code horror comics of the 1950's, and Mary Shelley, too, of course.
Alexandra Holzer: Dark Horse Comics and Imprint Sequential Pulps Writer Teams Up With Artist Tim Burgard for New Tarzan Alexandra Holzer 2011
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The "pre-code" era concluded when the motion-picture industry moved from the toothless guidelines of 1930 to a binding Production Code Administration in 1934.
The Storm Before the Calm Bruce Bennett 2011
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On the heels of Bell's bio comes this collection of Ditko's early, pre-code work, comprising his first two years in the industry.
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Currently, I'm writing a Frankenstein graphic novel, illustrated by Nik Poliwko, for Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics, which is inspired by the classic Dick Briefer pre-code horror comics of the 1950's, and Mary Shelley, too, of course.
Alexandra Holzer: Dark Horse Comics and Imprint Sequential Pulps Writer Teams Up With Artist Tim Burgard for New Tarzan Alexandra Holzer 2011
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But until industry-wide fears of federal censorship and boycott changed their tune in 1934, pre-code tastemakers such as Warner Bros. production chief Darryl F.
The Storm Before the Calm Bruce Bennett 2011
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"It's a preposterous fantasy, of course, and the story is full of holes and contradictions, but the story has a non-guilty, non-puritanical, comic attitude toward sex, like John Waters's 'A Dirty Shame,' that rarely shows up in movies—almost a pre-code flavor."
Singing and Dancing on Celluloid Steve Dollar 2011
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Some of you know my blog THE HORRORS OF IT ALL, which focuses primarily on pre-code horror from the 1950's golden age of comics.
Can Comics Be Scary? 2010
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Karswell is the mad genius behind the outstanding and mind-bogglingly prolific pre-code horror comics blog The Horrors of It All.
Archive 2010-04-18 2010
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Some of you know my blog THE HORRORS OF IT ALL, which focuses primarily on pre-code horror from the 1950's golden age of comics.
Archive 2010-04-18 2010
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