Creepy Archives Volume 4

Archie Goodwin (1937–1988) was a comic book writer, editor, and artist. Goodwin was a chief contributor for Creepy and Eerie, two of the premier comic anthologies of the mid-twentieth century. Goodwin is cited as being one of the greatest comic book editors of all time and is the winner of multiple Shazam awards.

Frank Frazetta was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and other media. In the early 1950s, he worked for EC Comics, National Comics, Avon Comics, and several other companies. By 1964, one of Frazetta’s magazine ads caught the eye of United Artists studios. He was approached to do the movie poster for What’s New Pussycat? and earned his yearly salary in one afternoon. Frazetta also started producing paintings for paperback editions of adventure books. His cover for the sword-and-sorcery collection Conan the Adventurer by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp caused a sensation—numerous people bought the book for its cover alone. From this point on, Frazetta’s work was in great demand. During this period he also did covers for other paperback editions of classic Edgar Rice Burroughs books, such as those from the Tarzan and Barsoom series. He also did several pen and ink illustrations for many of these books. Frazetta was inducted into the comic book industry’s Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999. He was the subject of a 2003 documentary, Painting With Fire.

Johnny Craig was an American comic book artist born in 1926. A veteran of World War II, Craig got his start in comics as an assistant to Harry Lampert, cocreator of the Flash. After the war he worked as a penciler and inker at EC Comics. Before EC’s collapse after the United States Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency hearings, Craig was best known for his work on The Vault of Horror and Crime SuspenStories. He passed away in 2001 and was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2005.

Steve Ditko is a comic book writer, penciller, and inker. He is known for his work on Spider-Man, Eerie, Doctor Strange, Blue Beetle, and many other beloved comic book titles. Ditko created the characters of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee. Ditko is a legend in the industry in his own right, and is a member of the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame and the Will Eisner Hall of Fame.