Bill Gaines told me the same story years ago. Actually, they combined TWO of Ray's stories into one, and Ray wrote Bill, and said that he felt they improved on them by combining them together, but that he must have forgotten to send a check.
Bill told me he wrote back and asked Ray if he would take $25 per adapted story, and Ray graciously accepted, and many of the rest of their issues had adapted stories with a large credit to Ray on the cover of each, and Bill sent him a check each time.. Of course, soon after EC was shut down by the Senate hearings (supposedly to save the world's youth, but actually because tiny EC and Lev Gleason were massively outselling DC and Timely, the giants of the business). On 6/8/12, Craig Miller <cr...@wolfmill.com> wrote: > 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:sa...@comic-art.com>sa...@comic-art.com> 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 >>Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at >><http://www.filmfan.com>www.filmfan.com >>___________________________________________________________________ >>How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>Send a message addressed to: >><mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edu>lists...@listserv.american.edu >>In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. >> >> >> >> >>-- >>Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team >>P.O. Box 874 >>West Plains, MO 65775 >>Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when >>we take lunch) >><http://www.emovieposter.com/>our site >><http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html>our auctions >> >>[] >> >> >>Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >>___________________________________________________________________ >>How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >>Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu >>In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >>The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Craig Miller Wolfmill Entertainment cr...@wolfmill.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
