The definitive (and first) collection of B. Krigstein's comics.
Following last year's critically and commercially successful
biography/art book, B. Krigstein, is this companion volume, a
full-color collection of 36 complete stories, representing the best
work throughout the career of the most innovative comic book artist
of his generation. Never before has the evolution of a comics artist
been so extensively presented; B. Krigstein: Comics is the ultimate
testament to the commitment and technical mastery that Bernard
Krigstein brought to bear in his attempt to legitimize a
then-ridiculed medium. Editor Greg Sadowski has selected and restored
36 stories from 1949-56, tracing Krigstein's respective tenures at
the publishers Rae Herman, Hillman, Atlas, DC, and EC. The meticulous
restoration is of particular note because, unlike the superficially
slick four-color comics of today, ten-cent comics of the '40s and
'50s were notorious for their poor color registration, cheap paper,
and shoddy printing, all of which worked against Krigstein's complex
design and subtle draftsmanship. Here, for the first time, his
artistry is not compromised by inadequate production methods: every
panel of every story has been painstakingly cleaned and
color-corrected. Smothered for generations, Krigstein's compositions
are finally presented in the same spirit as he originally conceived
them. Fifteen stories, culled from every stage of his career, have
been entirely recolored for this volume by Marie Severin, widely
regarded as one of the most accomplished color artists in the history
of the medium, who colored Krigstein's work at EC in the '50s. Most
of this work has been out of print and unavailable for nearly five
decades, and will be a revelation to those who know Krigstein solely
from his celebrated and justly famous work at EC.
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