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silver surfers

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes: The Silver Surfer: The Ultimate Cosmic Experience Marvel Comics/Simon & Schuster, 1978 Illustration (left): Jack “King” Kirby (1917-1994) Illustration (right): Earl Norem (b. 1924), based on an original sketch by Jack Kirby Part 4 of LONG … Continue reading

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but it was a hoot

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes: Horror of Party Beach Warren Publications, 1964 Illustration: undetermined (see story) Design: uncredited, possibly Harry Chester or Wally Wood Story Adaptation + Art Direction: Wally Wood (1927-1981) and Russ Jones (b. 1942) Countdown to Summer Vacation…. … Continue reading

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gramps: it a monster of a world

Jesse Marinoff Reyes (Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) “Granpa” Al Lewis (1923-2006)! Born Alfred Meister in New York City (likely Brooklyn), much of Al’s past was a bit of a mystery (by design), including his backdating of his birthdate … Continue reading

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“un momentino senor”

Peter Malkin who captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann approached him in a Buenos Aires street with the words “one moment, sir”… Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) May 11, 1960. Four Israeli Mossad agents captured … Continue reading

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revenge against the machine

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Christopher Lee (1922- )! Count Dracula. Frankenstein’s Monster. The Mummy. Rasputin. Sherlock Holmes. Scaramanga. Count Dooku. Saruman. Get the picture? Famous Films, No. 2 “Curse of Frankenstein/Horror of Dracula” … Continue reading

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the sinister and dreadful “yes”

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Vincent Price (1911-1993)! Erudite and eloquent, possessing a singular elocution that could make a three letter word like “yes” seem sinister and dreadful, or drip with lofty sarcasm. Yet with … Continue reading

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bursting out of content prohibition

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) A Freud bursting with muscular explosiveness. Frazetta wasn’t a “panty waist” (to borrow the vernacular of the day), and wasn’t to far removed from his muscular subjects. In another life … Continue reading

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monsters. its a living

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): HERE’S my “mag cover of the day” (or week, or month or whatever) feature (great magazine covers ignored by the mainstream world). this is ‘famous monster of filmland’ #40. the editor was forrest j. ackerman, the … Continue reading

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into the crypt of the subculture

monsters.a rich american subculture. do we really need another book about paul rand? … by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) My friend dave crider (estrus records) actually has this thing hanging on his office wall. dave is a mad collector and aficionado … Continue reading

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