Monster of the Day #710
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Monster of the Day #710

Here's a DC villain who, in the New 52 (Hey, kids, comics!) is of course an insanely gross mass-murderer. Meanwhile, Marvel--presumably learning the lesson from their amazingly successful movies--is making waves with *gasp* comics that are actually clever and fun, like Hawkeye, Daredevil and Wolverine and the X-Men, the first X-Men book I've read…
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Kirk Draut, TV Star! in two weeks, June 26th
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Kirk Draut, TV Star! in two weeks, June 26th

Kirk Draut, husband of Patty and one of the mainstays of our Texas Fest crowd, is one of the guys behind this pilot, and, we hope, subsequent series. It premeires on the Discover Channel on June 26th, as below. PLEASE watch the show and tell your friends. I've met Rick via Kirk and he's…
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Monster of the Day #709
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Monster of the Day #709

The Sci Fi Channel (as it was known at the time) also took a whack at the Shark Man idea. No Stan Winston creation, it was a CGI creation, at about the level you'd expect from the SFC. It was surprisingly difficult to find a decent still from the movie; hence the better but…
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The Kickstarter that Saved T-Fest…
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The Kickstarter that Saved T-Fest…

Kickstarter, is there anything it can't do? Some may remember that Sandy Petersen, gentleman, scholar, big time game creator and T-Fest host, had earlier this year launched a sadly failed Kickstarter for a proposed electronic Cthulhu game. When that didn't come off as they had hoped, Sandy and his compatriots decided to take the…
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DVD news….

Don't get as much of this sort of thing as we used to, but news from DVD Drive-in.... Shout! Factory to Release Two MGM Sci-Fi Sets! It is come to our attention that up for pre-order on Amazon.com are two science fiction DVD collections from Shout! Factory containing classics from MGM’s vault of AIP…
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Monster of the Day #705
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Monster of the Day #705

OK, intellectually, this is terrifying. Think how bad a regular-sized pissed off house cat is. It's not a bear or anything, but you wouldn't chose to tangle with it. More to the point, think of the cat in Incredible Shrinking Man. This would be bad news. Still...even if this isn't inherently farcical, like giant…
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Monster of the Day #704
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Monster of the Day #704

Seriously, that's just gorgeous. And I'm actually saving my favorite covers for the next time I do a Kona week. Notice again the huddlers up on the ledge. Screw those guys. Still, there's no doubt Kona is a badass. I mean, damn.
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