Confessions Illustrated

Confessions Illustrated was a black-and-white magazine published by EC Comics in early 1956. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, each magazine featured three to five stories. The format alternated blocks of text with several illustrations per page.[1]

Confessions Illustrated
Bud Parke cover, issue #1
Publication information
PublisherEC Comics
ScheduleQuarterly
FormatAnthology
Publication dateJanuary/February 1956 - May 1956
No. of issues3
Creative team
Created byWilliam Gaines
Al Feldstein

The first issue had a cover date of January–February 1956, but the second issue was the last. A third issue existed but was not printed by EC. The Picto-Fiction magazines lost money from the start, and the line was canceled when EC's distributor went bankrupt.

Confessions Illustrated was edited by Al Feldstein. The stories were written by Daniel Keyes. Artists featured include Bud Parke, Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, Johnny Craig, Rudy Nappi and Reed Crandall.

In 2006 Confessions Illustrated was reprinted along with the other Picto-Fiction magazines by publisher Russ Cochran (and Gemstone Publishing) in hardbound volumes as the final part of his Complete EC Library. The reprint volume included the previously unpublished third issue of Confessions Illustrated.

Issue guide
#DateCover ArtistStoryStory ArtistStory Writer
1Feb 1956Bud ParkeI Joined A Teen-Age GangJack KamenDaniel Keyes
I Can Never MarryJoe OrlandoDaniel Keyes
My Tragic AffairWally WoodDaniel Keyes
I Took My Sister's HusbandJack KamenDaniel Keyes
Passion Made Me A ThiefJohnny CraigDaniel Keyes
2May 1956Rudy NappiI Sold My BabyJack KamenDaniel Keyes
Unfaithful WifeReed CrandallDaniel Keyes
They Ran Me Out of TownJack KamenDaniel Keyes
I Destroyed My MarriageJoe OrlandoDaniel Keyes
Man-CrazyJohnny CraigDaniel Keyes
3July 1956Rudy NappiHigh School BrideJack Kamen
Teen-Age TemptressJack Kamen
Love CheatJohnny Craig
The AlcoholicJack Kamen
My Two HusbandsJoe Orlando
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References
  1. Schelly, William (2013). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 9781605490540.
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