Courtesy of Professor Kinema's Archives comes this 1933 issue of the British Picturegoer magazine. Aside from the fun of seeing the period ads and getting a glimpse of Hollywood glamour circa 1933, of particular interest to readers of From Zombos' Closet are pages 14 and 15. Did you know that King Kong stood 50 feet high? Or that each of his eyes was 10 inches long?
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Here's what I want for Christmas. No, not the magazine! Got that. But every cool send-away-for item in the magazine! In doubles! That's what I want Santa to bring me. While I'm waiting, like the cover says, "Have a Cool Yule" (with or without a ghoul is fine).
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Courtesy of the Professor Kinema's Archives comes another issue of Fantasy Magazine, sent to the Professor by Forrest J. Ackerman some time ago. In this issue, Robert Block writes up a satire, FJA writes another Scientificinematorially Speaking, and Julius Schwartz puts things in focus with The Science Fiction Eye.
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I saw this issue of On the Screen Presents Super Heroes No. 1 at the Internet Archive, in the Warren Magazines section ( https://archive.org/details/onthescreen-warren). You can go there to download it in various formats, but I didn't see a comic book reader format. So...here you go.
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Another rare fanzine from Professor Kinema's archives, Fantasy Magazine, July 1935, was given to the Professor by Forrest J. Ackerman. Ackerman's article and note can be seen on page 10.
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With issue 25 of Castle of Frankenstein, the original run of Calvin T. Beck's magazine ends. He decided to move on to writing books (Heroes of the Horrors, Scream Queens: Heroines of the Horrors). In this issue, Phantom of the Paradise, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, George Pal, Andy Warhol's abominable Dracula and Frankenstein (hey, I got physically ill in the theater watching these train wrecks--in 3D for Frankenstein!), Ed Parker (stunt monsterman for Universal), and Young Frankenstein are covered. And for Night Stalker fans, there's an interview with Darren McGavin.
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Here's another interesting item from Professor Kinema's Archives, given to him by Forrest J. Ackerman. Of note in this issue is Robert Bloch's article on Voodoo and Julius Schwartz's The Science Fiction Eye. Flash!!--from England is also interesting: "After fifteen months of negotiations with leading authors over here, the firm of George Newnes Limited, of London, have at last decided not to publish what would have been the first real science fiction magazine to appear in England."
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Professor Kinema received this Fantasy Magazine Vol. 1, No. 1 (Scientifilm Issue) from Forrest J. Ackerman. Note FJA's personal note, written in 1990, on the Contents page. A big thanks to Professor Kinema for sharing this rare and fragile magazine with us. (Here's the comic book reader version: Download Fantasy Magazine Vol 1 No 4 . For more cool monster and scientifilm reading pay a visit to the Magazine Morgue.)
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Good coverage of Roger Corman' Fantastic Planet and Not of This Earth, plus a solid layout with lots of photos, makes issue 23 of Castle of Frankenstein a good read. Unfortunately, coverage of the Planet of the Apes series, which could have been better represented, is marred by yet another dislike-fest (so much bitterness in the 1970s, oh my) from Paul J. Wishninsky (nom de plume alert?). Edward Felipe soothes the burn with his article on George Pal's Doc Savage. Sort of. He doesn't cover the movie, just provides a good background to the pulp superhero who predated Superman.
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In issue No. 6 of Screen Facts: The Magazine of Hollywood's Past (1964), William K. Everson contributed some pictures from his Bela Lugosi collection. Here's that section from the fanzine.
While horror, fantasy, and science-fiction magazines crowded the racks at the corner store in the 1960s and 70s, fanzines grew in popularity as more fans became knowledgeable in the genre and rolled their own. Here's Famous Fantasy Films from 1965, courtesy of Professor Kinema, which addressed the following concern: "Are you sick and tired of puns? Are you vexed at seeing the same monster pictures and information repeatedly printed? Do you enjoy reading magazines which contain over 25% advertising? If these are your complaints, then Famous Fantasy Films will try to alleviate them."
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From the Wikipedia entry on fanzines: "Alex Soma's Horrors of the Screen, Calvin T. Beck's Journal of Frankenstein (later Castle of Frankenstein) and Gary Svehla’s Gore Creatures were the first horror fanzines created as more serious alternatives to the popular Forrest J. Ackerman's 1958 magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland." Courtesy of Professor Kinema's archives comes issue 3 of Horrors of the Screen, murky fanzine printing and all. Articles include Edwin Schallert's How the Invisible Man Was Filmed, which delves into the special effects used to create the illusion of invisibility, Annette Florance's Peter Cushing. Steven Jochsberger recalls a birthday with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi's career coverage is continued in part 2 of William G. Obbagy's article.
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