I’m sure I featured the Marvel Frankenstein Monster previously, but the giant spider allows me to fudge. With the collapse of the Comics Code, monsters became usable again, and Marvel particularly went… Read Article →

Oh, the one by Mary W. Shelley.

Here’s the gentler and rather more comical Briefer Frankenstein Monster. Again, this was a *radical* change from the earlier comics which were quite grisly. A very interesting shift in direction.

Dick Briefer’s version(s) of Frankenstein is an interesting piece of comics history. The early books were quite grisly, with the gigantic Monster slaughtering innocents by the hundreds. Then the book did an… Read Article →

Man, now *that’s* a poster.

Man, that poster deserved a better movie.

Unsurprisingly for the French poster, the giant octopus is more of a fashion statement.

No wonder I don’t like movies as much anymore. Look at that! However, speaking of sea beasts, they *finally* dropped the trailer for “The Meg,” (I guess they added the ‘the’ so… Read Article →

I missed a day last week (I know, shocker), and who wants to waste one of these? I hope everyone had a great weekend.