The Bicentennial Beast-Bashes Never End! But This Serialized Essay Does! The 1976 Monster Rally, Part 5 (Finale) It’s all about wrestling, when you get right down to it. Though nobody has ever written about it, to my knowledge, I see[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Life After Zaat Or: The Afterlife of Zaat Monsters never die. Not really. Even neglected, unloved, unwanted, long-forgotten monsters. Like the walking catfish Zaat was ostensibly derivative of, once the water dried up in one pond, Zaat made its way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Prime-Apes!!! My Fave Planet of the Apes Knockoffs Best of the Bunch: Jack Kirby‘s Kamandi #16 (April 1974)—“The Animals Have Taken Over the World!” So began one of Jack Kirby‘s liveliest spins on Pierre Boulle‘s Planet of the Apes, spiced[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Amid unpacking last night, I found a clutch of my collectible vinyl 45s, among them this jewel, one of the prides of my collection: Christy’s Italian 45 release of the title song from Diabolik! It was one of my first-ever[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…