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  John Landis Gathering Funds For Biopic About Mad Magazine Publisher Bill Gaines

  By Russ Fischer May 17th, 2010

  Bill Gaines is one of the most important figures in comic book history. In the '50s he was the man behind E.C. Comics, which with titles like Tales From the Crypt and Weird Science became a scapegoat for juvenile delinquency. A Senate Subcommittee investigation into the effects of horror comics led to a skewed public…

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• John Landis To Direct Feature About EC Comics Publisher: Ghoulishly Yours, William M. Gaines

  By Hunter Stephenson February 15th, 2008

  I'm not sure how much play this post will get in the comments, but to me this is a very cool and very important project. Director John Landis (An American Werewolf in London, Coming to America) is set to helm a feature biopic on the life of EC Comics publisher and personality Bill Gaines, nicely…

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