T. Casey Brennan
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United States
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comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
writer.
During the 1970s, he wrote for Warren Publishing
Warren Publishing
Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades...
's black-and-white horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
-comics anthologies Creepy
Creepy
Creepy was an American horror-comics magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. The anthology magazine was initially published quarterly but...
and Eerie
Eerie
Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and thus did not require the approval or seal of the Comics Code Authority. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host...
, and Vampirella
Vampirella
Vampirella is a fictional character, a comic book vampire heroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and costume designer Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine Vampirella #1 . Writer-editor Archie Goodwin later developed the character from horror-story hostess, in...
. He also wrote for DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
' House of Mystery
House of Mystery
The House of Mystery is the name of several horror-mystery-suspense anthology comic book series. It had a companion series, House of Secrets.-Genesis:...
and Archie Comics
Archie Comics
Archie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
' Red Circle Sorcery
Red Circle Comics
Red Circle Comics was an imprint used by Archie Comics Publications, Inc. to publish non-Archie characters, especially their superheroes, in the 1970s and '80s.-Phase 1: 1970s:...
.
In the 1980s, Brennan campaigned to have depictions of smoking
Tobacco smoking
Tobacco smoking is the practice where tobacco is burned and the resulting smoke is inhaled. The practice may have begun as early as 5000–3000 BCE. Tobacco was introduced to Eurasia in the late 16th century where it followed common trade routes...
in comics banned, which led then-Gov. Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
of Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
to issue a proclamation designating January 1990 as "T. Casey Brennan Month".
Creepy
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- 31: "Death of a Stranger" (art by Ernie ColónErnie ColonErnie Colón is an American comics artist, born on July 13, 1931,Colón was born in Puerto Rico and began his professional career at Harvey Comics as a letterer. He later worked, uncredited, as an artist on titles including Monster in My Pocket, Richie Rich and Casper the Friendly Ghost...
) - 36: "On the Wings of a Bird" (art by Jerry GrandenettiJerry GrandenettiCharles J. "Jerry" Grandenetti was an American comic book artist and advertising art director, best known for his work with writer-artist Will Eisner on the celebrated comics feature "The Spirit", and for his decade-and-a-half run on many DC Comics war series...
) - 37: "The Cut-Throat Cat Blues" (art by Ernie ColónErnie ColonErnie Colón is an American comics artist, born on July 13, 1931,Colón was born in Puerto Rico and began his professional career at Harvey Comics as a letterer. He later worked, uncredited, as an artist on titles including Monster in My Pocket, Richie Rich and Casper the Friendly Ghost...
) - 38: "Escape From Nowhere World" (art by Jerry GrandenettiJerry GrandenettiCharles J. "Jerry" Grandenetti was an American comic book artist and advertising art director, best known for his work with writer-artist Will Eisner on the celebrated comics feature "The Spirit", and for his decade-and-a-half run on many DC Comics war series...
); "Loathsome Lore!" (art by Ken Kelly) - 43: "The Golden Sun Disc of the Incas" (art by Richard CorbenRichard CorbenRichard Corben is an American illustrator and comic book artist best known for his comics featured in Heavy Metal magazine...
) - 44: "The Last Days of Hans Bruder" (art by Frank BolleFrank BolleFrank Bolle is an American comic strip artist, comic book artist and illustrator.-Career:-Children's books:...
) - 45: "Dungeons of the Soul" (art by Felix Mas)
- 47: "Mark of the Phoenix" (art by Reed CrandallReed CrandallReed Crandall was an American illustrator and penciller of comic books and magazines. He was best known for the Quality Comics character Blackhawk and for stories in the critically acclaimed EC Comics of the 1950s.Crandall was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009.-Early...
) - 50: "Climbers of the Tower" (art by Felix Mas)
- 61: "A Stranger in Eternity" (art by Adolfo Abellan)
- 63: "A Ghost of a Chance" (art by Vicente AlcazarVicente AlcazarVicente Alcazar a.k.a. Vicente Alcazar-Serrano is a Spanish comics artist best known for his work for the American comic-book publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics, including a 1970s run on the DC Western character Jonah Hex....
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- 31: "Death of a Stranger" (art by Ernie Colón
Eerie
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- 22: "Family Curse" (art by Tony Williamsune)
- 29: "Strange Gateway" (art by Jack Sparling)
- 36: "Eerie's Monster Gallery" (art by Pablo MarcosPablo MarcosPablo Marcos Ortega, known professionally as Pablo Marcos is a comic book artist and commercial illustrator best known as one of his home country's leading cartoonists and for his work on such popular American comics characters as Batman and Conan the Barbarian, particularly during the 1970s...
) - 38: "The Carrier of the Serpent" (art by Jerry GrandenettiJerry GrandenettiCharles J. "Jerry" Grandenetti was an American comic book artist and advertising art director, best known for his work with writer-artist Will Eisner on the celebrated comics feature "The Spirit", and for his decade-and-a-half run on many DC Comics war series...
); "A Stranger in Hell" (art by Esteban MarotoEsteban Maroto- Career :Born in Madrid, he began his career in the 1960s with series like Cinco por infinito, published in English by Continuity Comics as "Zero Patrol" ....
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Vampirella
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- 5: "Escape Route!" (art by Mike Royer)
- 17: "Beware Dreamers!" (art by Jose Gonzalez)
- 18: "Dracula Still Lives!" (art by Jose Gonzalez)
- 19: "The Shadow of Dracula!" (art by Jose Gonzalez)
- 20: "When Wakes the Dead!" (art by Jose Gonzalez)
- 21: "Prologue" (art by Jose Gonzalez)
Vampus
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- 45 "El Disco del Sol" (art by Richard CorbenRichard CorbenRichard Corben is an American illustrator and comic book artist best known for his comics featured in Heavy Metal magazine...
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- 45 "El Disco del Sol" (art by Richard Corben
Fantasy Quarterly
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- 1: "Doorway to the Gods" (art by Dave SimDave SimDavid Victor Sim is an award-winning Canadian comic book writer and artist.A pioneer of self-published comics and creators' rights, Sim is best known as the creator of Cerebus the Aardvark, a comic book published from 1977 to 2004, which chronicles its main character in a 6,000-page self-contained...
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- 1: "Doorway to the Gods" (art by Dave Sim
House of Mystery
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- 260: "Dead Wrong" (art by Jerry GrandenettiJerry GrandenettiCharles J. "Jerry" Grandenetti was an American comic book artist and advertising art director, best known for his work with writer-artist Will Eisner on the celebrated comics feature "The Spirit", and for his decade-and-a-half run on many DC Comics war series...
) - 267: "A Strange Way to Die" (art by Abe Ocampo)
- 268: "The Man Who Spoke With Spirits" (art by Jess Jodloman)
- 274: "The Soul of Faustus" (art by Jerry Bingham and Tex Blaisdell)
- 260: "Dead Wrong" (art by Jerry Grandenetti
Power Comics
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- 1: "A Gift of Wonder" (art by Vince Marchesano); "A Boy and his Aardvark" (art by Dave SimDave SimDavid Victor Sim is an award-winning Canadian comic book writer and artist.A pioneer of self-published comics and creators' rights, Sim is best known as the creator of Cerebus the Aardvark, a comic book published from 1977 to 2004, which chronicles its main character in a 6,000-page self-contained...
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- 1: "A Gift of Wonder" (art by Vince Marchesano); "A Boy and his Aardvark" (art by Dave Sim
Red Circle Sorcery
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- 6: "Black Fog" (art by Gray MorrowGray MorrowDwight Graydon "Gray" Morrow was an American illustrator of paperback books and comics.-Biography:Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Morrow is best known as art director of Spider-Man between 1967 and 1970 and as illustrator of the syndicated Tarzan, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and Prince Valiant comic...
) Page 1 Page 2 - 7: "The Benefactor" (art by Vicente AlcazarVicente AlcazarVicente Alcazar a.k.a. Vicente Alcazar-Serrano is a Spanish comics artist best known for his work for the American comic-book publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics, including a 1970s run on the DC Western character Jonah Hex....
) - 10: "The Demon Rider" (art by Jack AbelJack AbelJack Abel a.k.a. Gary Michaels was an American comic book artist best known as an inker for leading publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He was DC's primary inker on the Superman titles in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and inked penciler Herb Trimpe's introduction of the popular superhero...
and Wally WoodWally WoodWallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and Mad. He was one of Mads founding cartoonists in 1952. Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he...
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- 6: "Black Fog" (art by Gray Morrow
Tara On The Dark Continent
Israeli podcast of T. Casey Brennan
Kitaro's Sideshow, podcast in Hebrew from Israel, featured songs by T. Casey Brennan in episodes #36 and #37.The Daniel Fry connection
One of T. Casey Brennan's early publishers was alleged UFO contactee Daniel FryDaniel Fry
Daniel William Fry was an American contactee who claimed he had multiple contacts with an alien and took a ride in a remotely piloted alien spacecraft on July 4, 1949....
, who published his essays in Understanding magazine; examples from October 1974 and September 1988 issues are posted on the Internet.
