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What We Watched T(ween) Fest 2019….

For anyone interested, FoJ Chad R kindly recorded everything we watched for T(ween)-Fest weekend a few weeks ago. This includes the stuff watched by people who hung around before and after the official Saturday Fest. For example, I arrived after the showing of Black Sleep on Thursday, but saw everything else documented here: Thursday:…
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G-Fest movies announced…
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G-Fest movies announced…

Every summer the Canadian publisher of G-Fan magazine comes to the Chicago area to hold G-Fest, the Godzilla fan convention. Obviously there are times when more is going on with the character, and right now things are pretty active. One of the best advantages of this situation is that even if, like me, you…
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Monster of the Day #1918
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Monster of the Day #1918

It turns out you don't want to hit "refresh Firefox" when you ONLY have half an hour before you have to leave for work. Anyway, I hope everyone had a great day yesterday. And now it's Friday! Whee!
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Monster of the Day #1917
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Monster of the Day #1917

Vampirella was clearly different from Uncle Creepy and Cousin Eerie because she was an actual character with an ongoing series of stories in her magazine rather than just a host. Therefore unlike her compatriots she pretty much featured directly on the covers of her book. It's almost like Warren thought she had some sort…
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Monster of the Day #1916
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Monster of the Day #1916

As detailed in the excellent biography James Warren Empire of Monsters, Warren Publishing eventually starting using a pre-established stable of Spanish artists. I was out of the books by then, but it does sound like the books got interesting again. Although it also sounds like they more heavily went into more realistic tales of…
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Monster of the Day #1915
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Monster of the Day #1915

I've been reading the very nice biography James Warren Empire of Monsters, which is really a history of Warren Publishing. It reminded me that the company kept publishing its horror magazines well past the time I was reading them in the early days. The book is very well written and informative, and a very…
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Coming to Amazon in May….

For those who have been paying attention, Amazon Prime streaming has been adding a lot of fun crap lately. I'd love to see that escalated, although since I'm almost exclusively watching anime now I won't see much of what's below. Speaking of Dororo is currently running on Amazon, a pretty great anime with a…
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Monster of the Day #1914
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Monster of the Day #1914

This is easily the best of the lot (although the Krimi is great!). I showed this at T-Fest one year, and except for Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake, might have been the be received "modest little movie that everyone kinda loved." Crazy cast; Cameron Mitchell (starting the road from How to Marry a Millionaire…
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