{"title":"Jack Kamen","description":"\u003cp\u003eJack Kamen’s collection offers a captivating dive into the world of graphic storytelling, blending imaginative plots with striking illustrations. Readers can expect intriguing tales that explore both the eerie and the fantastical, with titles such as \u003cem\u003eKamen's Kalamity And Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e showcasing a unique blend of suspense and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom science fiction to mysterious adventures, Kamen’s work brings vivid characters and atmospheric settings to life. Fans of graphic novels seeking stories rich in visual detail and inventive narratives will find much to enjoy within this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kamens-kalamity-and-other-stories-by-al-feldstein-9781683969181","title":"Kamen's Kalamity And Other Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJack Kamen's stories for \u003cem\u003eThe Vault of Horror, Tales From the Crypt\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Haunt of Fear\u003c\/em\u003e favoured unnerving creepiness over gruesome shock. With his penchant for deft delineations of scheming women, jealous husbands, murderous love triangles, and not-so-innocent children, Kamen's pen laid down a precise, sure line that brought each story's shock ending into sharp relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume features 27 Kamen favourites, drawn at the peak of powers, including: \"Kamen's Kalamity,\" our title story, featuring the \"true\" origin story of the artist himself! When the pressures of drawing his stories, dealing with his editors, and pleasing his wife and kids become too much, comic book artist Jack Kamen loses it, and that night, when the moon is full…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"How Green Was My Alley,\" the cautionary tale of a travelling salesman who spends every other week at home with his wife. And every other other week at his other home with his other wife! In a grisly finale, echoing the EC shocker \"Foul Play,\" Kamen leaves nothing to the imagination!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Beauty Rest\" How far would you go to win a beauty pageant for the title of \"Miss Corpse\"? Well, this contestant is willing to go even further than that! She had the looks, the ambition, and the smouldering sex appeal to play the world's oldest game and snag the man of her dreams - the rich man of her dreams - but it was never more than \"Only Sin Deep.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen, Kamen switches from horror to horror-humour for all 13 of his classic \"Grim Fairy Tales,\" revealing the gruesome underpinnings of the classics. You'll never look at Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, or Little Red Riding Hood and their friends quite the same way again!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlus: seven bonus crime and horror stories by EC short-termers John Alton, Frank Bolle, Leonard Starr, Bill Fraccio, Rudy Palais, and Ed Smalle. Introduction by Thommy Burns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike every book in the Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library, \u003cem\u003eKamen's Kalamity And Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e also features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic masterpieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596719538412,"sku":"9781683969181","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781683969181-kamen-s-kalamity-and-other-stories.jpg?v=1777938449"},{"product_id":"the-martian-monster-and-other-stories-by-al-feldstein-9781683961680","title":"The Martian Monster and Other Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStories in this volume include \u003cem\u003eThe Martian Monster\u003c\/em\u003e, in which a 9-year-old boy befriends a Martian in the woods and asks him to kill his stepmother — but the \"Martian\" convinces him that it’s really his father who he should target.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s sharp social commentary in \u003cem\u003e…And Then There Were Two!\u003c\/em\u003e (highly intelligent robots unveil a plan for world peace, but political opportunists launch an anti-robot campaign to discredit them) and \u003cem\u003ePrediction of Disaster!\u003c\/em\u003e (an astronomer concludes that our sun is about to go nova and tries to warn the world).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599706243308,"sku":"9781683961680","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3f6a06aa144b1b9c34ef3743ba26f618.jpg?v=1778021815"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jack-kamen.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}