SICK'S KING KONG FANZINE + BONUS

Another humor magazine fighting for its place on newsstands alongside MAD was SICK. It ran for 134 issues for two decades from 1960-1980. Created by Joe "Captain America" Simon, he was the editor until near the end of the 1960's. First published by Crestwood Publications, it was handed over to Hewfred Publications and finally Charlton took over in 1979 with #109.

Like most of the other humor 'zines, SICK would take a poke now and again at movie monsters. This is one example from #112 (October 1976). At this time, Joe Simon's son, Jim, was the editor and Jerry Grandenetti was the Executive Director. Other notable artists that worked on SICK over the years were Jack Davis, Angelo Torres and Dick Ayers. Bob Powell was the Art Director until his death in 1967.

This King Kong "fanzine" was written by Jim Simon and illustrated by Grandenetti and Nonoy Marcelo. The cover for this issue is also by Grandenetti.

BONUS!

Jack Davis was at it again with another one of his humorous takes on the Frankenstein monster -- this from SICK (December 1963).

MARVEL MONSTERS REMASTERED (PART 8)

CURSE OF THE WEIRD

Vol. 1 No. 4

March 1994

Marvel Comics

Editor: Mort Todd

Writers: Stan Lee; Carl Wessler

Artists: Basil Wolverton, Bill Everett, Jack Davis, Steve Ditko

Lettering: Artie Simek, Bill Everett

Cover: Tennyson Smith

Pages: 36

Cover price: $1.25

This is the last of the 4-issue series. The cover art shows a great departure from the three previous and is not as dynamic. The often-reprinted Bill Everett story, "Zombie" gets reprinted.There's more Wolverton weirdness and Jack Davis draws "Worlds At War!". Fittingly, the series closes with a story illustrated by the incomparable Steve Ditko.

MONDAY MORNING MACABRE NO. 72

To get things started for Ghosts! week here at WOM, this is a card from the 1950's Funny Monsters (aka You'll Die Laughing) set. Artwork is by Jack Davis.

MONDAY MORNING MACABRE NO. 71

JACK DAVIS DRAWS "COLD CUTS"

More Jack Davis work today. For me, along with John Severin, he sits at the top of the heap of monster cartoonists. Both of them -- and especially Jack -- had a knack for drawing cartoon monsters in a way that made them humorous, but also retained some of their scare factor.

This is his original art for the story "Cold Cuts" in SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES #5 originally published in October-November 1952. Following is the entire issue in color from the Russ Cochran reprint series with a cover by Wally Wood and stories drawn by Jack Kamen, Joe Orlando and Wally Wood.