Lost Famous Monsters Of Filmland Found!

March 3, 2011 Matt Desiderio Comic Book Movies, Horror, IDW, Stuff We Like Comments Off

Famous Monsters of Filmland issue number 70 is the first of hopefully manny “missing issue” releases. This baby is a monster kid’s dream come true, perfectly reproducing the look, content and flavor of classic FM issues. It’s worth it alone for the classic Arnold Schwarzenegger photo spread from Hercules in New York.

Click the cover to get your grubby little hands on a copy!

In a tip of the hat to our grand old name, Famous Monsters presents the first of the missing issues. FM Retro 70, written in the style of the original Famous Monsters of Filmland, offers features on Count Yorga, Vampire; Hercules in New York; Bride of Frankenstein and more. Also original features, Mystery Photo, You Axed For It, Fang Mail and Things to Come. The Retro Cover is by Jeff Preston, edited by your favorite Monster cuz Mighty Joe Moe, and of course we have Forrest J Ackerman as our Honorary Editor-in-Chief!

While I’m at it, God bless the good folks over at IDW Publishing for keeping the spirit of the Ackermonster alive by publishing new issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine.

Click on the cover to pick up a copy of issue 254 which has an awesome Vincent Price article!

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Matt D has been a manager, buyer and event coordinator at Forbidden Planet since 2005 or maybe it was 2006. Who can remember? We didn't even have computers back then. A native New Yorker from the borough of Queens, raised on Sunday Funnies, Monster Movies and Rock N' Roll. What better place to end up than Forbidden Planet where he can use his position to influence the city's pop culture. A responsibility he takes seriously more now than ever due to New York's consistent change for the worse. The last thing NYC needs is another cafe or bank so thank whatever it is you believe in that Forbidden Planet is here to stay. Beyond the walls of FP, Matt is a publicly recognized expert in cult and horror cinema with a focus on VHS. He is the founder of Horror Boobs a collective that books screenings and distributes weirdo films, the producer of the documentary Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS collector, the publisher of the Blood Video zine, and is regrettably responsible for resurrecting the career of schizophrenic Shot-on Video director Carl J Sukenick. E-mail him at Mattdfpnyc@gmail.com Follow him on various social media at @horrorboobs