tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post5240722755805408362..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1225: Mom alarmed by Alarming TalesPappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-34975033011327182862012-09-13T14:37:15.220-07:002012-09-13T14:37:15.220-07:00I don't know any specific connection, Brian, b...I don't know any specific connection, Brian, but you'd have to look far and wide to see any originality in comics, which stole shamelessly from each other, as well as movies, radio, television...<br /><br />EC's treatments and artwork may have made them famous, but Gaines admitted he used springboards for the stories: he found them in science fiction anthologies and even Bennett Cerf's <i>Try and Stop Me</i>, a popular compilation of anecdotes.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-64813744139317199302012-09-13T09:49:40.324-07:002012-09-13T09:49:40.324-07:00"The Strange One" was actually a direct ..."The Strange One" was actually a direct lift from an EC sci-fi story (don't remember the name, would have to flip through my collection.)<br /><br />Not sure if it was an EC adaptation of something or an original, but it follows the same basic plot.Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.com