Ultimate Warren Index!

This self published tome promises to be just that. Just ordered this from ebay. If it's half as good as the reviews, it should be well worth the 40 bucks! 700 freakin' pages! Only 300 copies printed. (Don't wait if you want one!)

• Complete listings of all Warren publications, including full contents, full indicia information, and any relevant historical or background information.
• A complete listing and description of all Warren-related merchandise.
• A comprehensive list of publications that reprinted Warren material.
• The first detailed, comprehensive list of foreign Warren reprint or related publications.
• An extensive section devoted to books and magazines that included information about Warren Publishing.
• Over 100 pages of appendixes, featuring writer, artist, and editor indexes for Warren titles; title indexes for both comics and movie-related magazines; feature indexes for the movie-related magazines ("You Axed For It," etc.); and a Warren chronology featuring issue pub dates, among other things.

Also added to the "Books" section (indexes).

FM #254B

The first post of 2011 and possibly the last, as I just can't think of anything else I want to do with this blog? I really only wanted a place to put the contents of the old cover scan site and a few pics of interesting monster mag related ephemera, etc. It was never my intention to post about the current monster mag scene (even though I have been posting those FM covers) and John has that covered on Monster Magazine World, so, unless I find something interesting to add to the archives, I guess I'll be seeing you at MMW and the UMA!

Here's FM 254 the newsstand cover.

Original Cover Art pt. 10

For a mag not yet released. The artist (Jason Edmiston) provides a BTS look at the upcoming finished cover art for FM #254. What think you now?

New Monster Mag

Who says print is dead! Well, a lot of people, but here's one more new mag, at least. Here are the covers for the first two issues of Undying Monsters. The "limited edition" (500) issue was a Chiller Theater show exclusive (available from Scary Monsters while suplies last) and issue #1 comes out in Jan. You'll soon be able to order from the website, where you can read more details.

FM #254

Next week, covers for FM #s 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264 and maybe 265! (just kiddin')

The Price cover is by Jason Edmiston. The other is the forth and last Stout "incentive" cover? (Which still leaves, I assume, one other cover.)

Interview with Me

Over at MONSTER MAGAZINE WORLD there is an interview with me (zzzzzzzzzzzzz). If you get bored halfway through, there's lots of interesting stuff on the site!

FM #253 Final!

Well, here they are! All four covers, including a varient of a varient!
(Someone has a serious problem, here!)

The Kerry Gammill Island of Lost Souls is the subscriber and comic book store cover.

The William Stout Mummy is the comic book store "incentive" cover.

The Charlie Adlard The Dead Walk is the newsstand cover(s).

FM, Again

Man, I'm gettin' lazy, lately! I gotta post something, just to break the cycle!

Here we go again! More drama from FM. Editor Michael Heisler and managing ed. Mark Redfield are out (nobody's saying nothin' about nothin'), which leaves Jessie Lilley as the new editor. Also, at least one of the writers had his article axed. (Remember what Bette Davis said in All About Eve?)

On the bright side (I guess?), the mag is getting retooled. Smaller (page count-wise), cheaper (price-wise), published 6 times a year (instead of 4) and less covers (only 2!) Here's an update on the cover for #253.

Have A Scary Holiday!

Famous Monsters Series - Addendumdum

Let's wrap this thing up with this observation as to who was responsible for the lame doodling on those cards. I suggest it was Ed Urbank! (Article from FM #3)

Famous Monsters Series - Addendum

See the "Corrugated Brute" in his natural habitat, the FM makeup contest winners article in #18. Some of the fans who were later immortalized in card form.

Famous Monsters Series 49-64

Several cards used photos from FM make-up contests. I'm sure a lot of people have wondered what movies those photos are from. (There are several question marks on these cards as it is!)

Scans by Skeen.

49. The Snake Pit (FM Make-Up Contest)
50. Reptilicus
51. Circus of Horrors
52. The Sea Monster (The Hideous Sun Demon)
53. Dracula's Daughter (The Raven - 1963)
54. The Ghost (FM Make-Up Contest)
55. (War Of) The Colossal Beast
56. Konga
57. The Corrugated Brute (FM Make-Up Contest)
58. Invasion of (the Star) Creatures
59. (Invasion of the) Star Creatures
60. The Yelloe Serpent (Tales of Terror)
61. The Devil's Doll (Bob Burns Make-Up)
62. The Beastly Horror (Attack of the Puppet People)
63. Haunted Fear (FM Make-Up Contest)
64. Horrors of the Black Museum

THE END

FM 253

Early version of the cover with Kerry Gammill's cover art.

Famous Monsters Series 33-48

Ok, now the outlining is just getting annoying!

Scans by Skeen.

33. Invasion Of (The) Saucermen
34. How to Make a Monster
35. The Claw ?
36. The Werewolf and Frankenstein (How to Make a Monster)
37. Teenage Werewolf (How to Make a Monster)
38. Werewolf Meets Teenage Frankenstein (How to Make a Monster)
39. Invasion Of (The) Saucerman
40. Coffin of Terror ?
41. The She Creature
42. The Hook ?
43. (The) Unknown Terror
44. Horrors of the Black Museum
45. Circus of Horrors
46. (Prisoner Of) The Iron Mask
47. I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
48. (Prisoner Of) The Iron Mask