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was Jerry Garcia a GA horror collector?
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I like the Dead.  I read that Jerry had a comic book collection left in his estate.  Does anybody know what Jerry collected or anything about the books he collected?  From the intro in Grateful Dead Comix:

The first comic that made an impression on me was an EC that my stepfather gave me when I was eight or nine. It was beat up, it didn't have a cover on it, it was absolutely hideous, really horrible—just perfect. I had asthma as a kid so I got into reading and the way I got into reading was from these comics. I got fascinated by them, by the horribleness of them, for one thing, and by the tongue-in-cheek humor. I found them funny and reasonable and wise, in a kind of Old Testament way—of course, I didn't know it in those words at that time—but EC comics were always eye for an eye, the bad guy always got it. They were horrible, but they were really well executed, the drawings were excellent and so forth, in fact unparalleled to this day—Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Bill Elder, Harvey Kurtzmann, they even had Frank Frizetta for a little while. Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, Shock Suspense Stories—I just loved them, and I started collecting them.

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7 hours ago, atomised said:

I like the Dead.  I read that Jerry had a comic book collection left in his estate.  Does anybody know what Jerry collected or anything about the books he collected?  From the intro in Grateful Dead Comix:

The first comic that made an impression on me was an EC that my stepfather gave me when I was eight or nine. It was beat up, it didn't have a cover on it, it was absolutely hideous, really horrible—just perfect. I had asthma as a kid so I got into reading and the way I got into reading was from these comics. I got fascinated by them, by the horribleness of them, for one thing, and by the tongue-in-cheek humor. I found them funny and reasonable and wise, in a kind of Old Testament way—of course, I didn't know it in those words at that time—but EC comics were always eye for an eye, the bad guy always got it. They were horrible, but they were really well executed, the drawings were excellent and so forth, in fact unparalleled to this day—Wally Wood, Jack Davis, Bill Elder, Harvey Kurtzmann, they even had Frank Frizetta for a little while. Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, Shock Suspense Stories—I just loved them, and I started collecting them.

Hey now!

garcia's comic collection was sold off. I don't know exactly what was in the collection but garcia had all the ec horror books. the collection's appraised value in 1997 was $30000 according to court documents (see page 2)

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/garcia1.html

a nevada casino paid $2500 for garcia's toilet!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/08/BAGSJPND0K4.DTL

 

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5 hours ago, Randall Dowling said:

My recollection was that he had a complete set of ECs but I forget where I heard it.  The person I know that would know, can't be mentioned on these boards.

yep, its a shame

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3 hours ago, jpepx78 said:

Hey now!

garcia's comic collection was sold off. I don't know exactly what was in the collection but garcia had all the ec horror books. the collection's appraised value in 1997 was $30000 according to court documents

 

What a deal! What a pedigree!

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