Month: November 2017

Not the finest artist in terms of technique, but man, he sure lards in the elements. Also, I'd be intrigued to see Santo take on Japanese Blacula.

Boy, that artist has really captured the excitement of ladies', uh, wrestling. Strom Thurmond in his Fabio period looks on in amazement.

Me likey. Very frustrating. It's out on a cheapo Lionsgate DVD double bill (Lionsgate has a whole line of these, it seems), but they never subtitle the films. It might still be worth a look, but obviously I'd prefer it if I could understand the dialogue.

Another movie warning of the dangers of pot. I hope and trust everyone had a great holiday.

Earliest appearance of Death Bed. Kids, believe me, stay UNDER the bed.

Another artifact that plays off how weirdly (or not) disconcerting and frightening house cats can be. The cover is helped immensely by the Neil Adams art, as a more cartoony style wouldn't have worked nearly as well.

I'm a dope. I know, not exactly the shock statement of the decade. However, now that I see faces, the art is obviously Neal Adams, not Bernie Wrightson. I like the amount of detail here, suggesting a carefully arranged ritual.

Some of you may have noticed we were suffering domain name issues yesterday. Of course this immediately motivated me to pathetically bleat for help from Jabootu's resident superhero Carina Magyar, who quickly put things aright. Thanks for the thousandth time, C! House of Mystery was DC's main 'weird tales' comic. It started in 1951…

I saw Thor: Ragnarok last night, and it Rag-na-ROCKS! (Line trademarked) How many movies has Marvel/Disney made now? It's got to be closing in on 20, right? It's amazing they've kept the quality up as much as they have. They might be eclipsing even Pixar in that regard. Some might complain that it goes…

Although FMF very soon found its voracious audience and was selling in just about every drug store, convenience store and newsstand in the country, early on it looks a lot more fanzine-ish. We tend to think of FMF at the height of it's glory, symbolized by those gorgeous Basil Gogos covers. The first issue,…