Confessions Illustrated

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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.

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 The reprint volume included the previously unpublished third issue of Confessions Illustrated.

[edit] Issue guide

#	Date	Cover Artist	Story	Story Artist	Story Writer
1	Feb 1956	Bud Parke	I Joined A Teen-Age Gang	Jack Kamen	Daniel Keyes
			I Can Never Marry	Joe Orlando	Daniel Keyes
			My Tragic Affair	Wally Wood	Daniel Keyes
			I Took My Sister's Husband	Jack Kamen	Daniel Keyes
			Passion Made Me A Thief	Johnny Craig	Daniel Keyes
2	April 1956	Rudy Nappi	I Sold My Baby	Jack Kamen	Daniel Keyes
			Unfaithful Wife	Reed Crandall	Daniel Keyes
			They Ran Me Out of Town	Jack Kamen	Daniel Keyes
			I Destroyed My Marriage	Joe Orlando	Daniel Keyes
			Man-Crazy	Johnny Craig	Daniel Keyes