One of the first stories Ray ever told me was about his appearances
in EC Comics. (I was a comics fan so it was a natural area of interest.)
I no longer remember which of the stories appeared in the comics first
-- adaptations of his short stories -- but EC adapted it, according to
Ray, without his knowledge. He told me wrote Bill Gaines, the editor, a
letter saying that he really loved the adaptation but they'd forgotten to
send him his check. Soon thereafter, a contract arrived. And a check.
And EC continued to adapt (by advance agreement) several more of
his stories.
Craig.
At 07:01 PM 6/7/2012, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
I never met Ray Bradbury OR Ray Harryhausen, and I doubt I would
have known either one by sight.
But I loved Bradbury stories after I read the EC Comic adaptations
as a kid, and I went on to read his stuff and some of his stories
were great and some pretty hard to follow, but he sure was unlike
any other sci-fi writer and in a great way.
And I was lucky enough to see Sinbad and Jason in the theater and I
thought them way better than the regular sci-fi or horror stuff.
The funny thing is, I STILL think they wrote and directed light
years ahead of today's people who churn out crap with regularity,
and good movies are fewer and fewer.
Bruce
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
I had met Ray many times during my life and we chatted frequently at
shows. I was always quite surprised that he remembered my name.
More than that however, when I was a young teen, and before I had
been introduced to Raymond Chandler, Bradbury was my favorite
novelist and the Martian Chronicles was my favorite book
he was a great guy
he loved his fans every bit as much as they loved him, which is
something that can also be said of his two best friends, Harryhausen
and Ackerman
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