Monster of the Day

OK, same basic plot as yesterday's film. Indeed, the producer really liked this plot and used it several other times as well. Not as much as Herman Cohen's go-to "Teen (or chimp) is turned into a monster by the authority figure meant to help him" trope, but plenty of times nonetheless. The advantage of…

This poster promises a monster far more elaborate than the one in the film, but to be fair, there's some nudity and lots of violence, so I doubt audiences of the time were disappointed.

At this exact moment, I'd say running away would be a good option. It's not a popular opinion, but I think that Jack Kirby was a pretty decent artist. I really miss the color palette from those days, especially the super-vivid browns and oranges. The Thing really looked fabulous on the FF covers back…

Wow, hard to see a bunch of Millennials attacking this guy with sticks. Indeed, they'd still be shooting selfies at this point. Apparent mad scientist "Vandoom" ran into all sorts of copyright issues too.

Got my "Monsterbus" yesterday, the Marvel omnibus with nearly 900 pages of wacky pre-superhero Marvel madness. I haven't had time to crack it open, but needless to say, the anticipation is great. Monster Groot is on the cover, of course. Fin Fang Foom will do the honors on Volume 2 in August. The Blip…

Uh, he was Hank Pym? In the Marvel universe, it's possible.

In honor of Groot's return to the silver screen, we'll do Tales to Astonish covers. (Also in honor of GotG2, Marvel has done an Omnibus of their pre-super hero Kirby monster books, which I should have soon.) We already did the more monstrous Groot's cover back in the day, but here are some more.

The last Fest movie had no monster, but so about another Indian horror comic? Have a great weekend, everyone!

The Rev suggested Helldriver, this Gonzo Crazy Japanese Zombie film. Which, I'll be the first to admit, just isn't my bag, man. I'm rather more narrative-driven. That's OK, though, the Fests aren't there to cater to me, at least all the time. I showed Magnificent Obsession earlier in the day, which I'm sure many…

So we ended the day shift with our usual TV slot. We watched Tybo the Carrot Man menace the crew of the Jupiter Two (wow, that show could drag). However, inspired by the fact it had just joined Netflix, I showed the first episode of One Punch Man. It's hilarious, but you wonder how…