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jlroberson (jlroberson) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-27 07:48:00

Current location:	Seattle
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Current music:	William Burroughs at Naropa: Class on Joseph Conrad.1979
Entry tags:	creator: graham ingels, publisher: ec comics, theme: history

EC Comics "New Direction" MD #1
From 1955, a bit of a rarity; a docucomic drawn by Graham Ingels. From one of EC's last sputters before the Comics Code.

I'd like to see a "history week" here.

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	psychop_rex 2009-09-29 10:52 am UTC (link)
	So basically, the whole issue is dedicated to the family-friendly M.D version of the two-fisted scientist archetype. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-09-29 11:01 am UTC (link)
	The whole series. Like if Marcus Welby were an anthology series. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-09-29 11:30 am UTC (link)
	'Whole SERIES'? Hang on, I thought this was EC. You mean to tell me that EC Comics, purveyor of horrors for young and old, actually did a series about heroic doctors and their all-American fight against disease? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-09-29 12:13 pm UTC (link)
	Not for too long. This was part of their "new direction," partly intended to show their decent side. Guess why. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-09-29 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I can guess, all right - but the concept is still somewhat staggering. It's like hearing that your neighborhood Hell's Angel is a bible salesman in his spare time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlroberson 2009-09-29 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	Actually, EC did Bible stories too! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

psychop_rex
2009-09-29 11:14 pm UTC (link)

That I'm actually not all that surprised about. I can picture them doing some great fire-and-brimstone Old Testament stuff - that seems to play more to their strengths. But doctors? THRILL! As the pediatrician prescribes a vitamin tonic for little Johnny! CHILL! As the heart specialist scolds his overweight patient for eating bacon! GASP! As the podiatrist ponders what type of orthopedic shoe is required to help Mrs. Terwilliger's flat feet! SCREAM! As the plastic surgeon deftly removes a mole from a starlet's elbow!
OK, OK, so it'd probably be more like emergency room stuff. But still, the concept of doctors doing actual MEDICINE in an EC comic, instead of giving their clients pills to drive them mad or transplanting a human brain into a gorilla's body, just seems fundamentally WRONG somehow.

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	jlroberson 2009-09-30 02:07 am UTC (link)
	No, your guess about MD is pretty accurate(try PSYCHOANALYSIS for a similar tone). As far as the Bible Stories, those were pretty tame. I got a torrent of some and maybe I'll post a few. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-09-30 02:11 am UTC (link)
	I was right? Drat! I hate it when I'm right like that. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jlroberson 2009-09-29 12:15 pm UTC (link)
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.D._(comics) (Reply to this) (Parent)

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