SATURDAY SHOWCASE : Monster Art From deviantART

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By Matt Frank - KaijuSamurai

By Matt Frank - KaijuSamurai

Famous Monsters of Filmland #256: MONSTER WORLD

Famous Monsters Issue #256 is going nuclear this spring, celebrating the 110th Anniversary of the birth of visual effects and giant monster pioneer, EIJI TSUBURAYA, as well as an interview with the legendary Godzilla man-in-the-suit, HARUO NAKAJIMA, with articles by Japanese monster historian, AUGUST RAGONE.

Giant Monsters and Giant Robots Galore!

Featuring cover art by renowned Godzilla artist BOB EGGLETON
Available now.

August Solicitations Godzilla Covers : KOM #6 And G&G #3

* Note previous post with solicitations information 

Godzilla Solicitations For August 2011

SATURDAY SHOWCASE : Monster Art From deviantART

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By Matt Frank - KaijuSamurai

Godzilla and Other Monster Favorites on TCM in June

From Turner Classic Movies

Thursdays this June, the cable station Turner Classic Movies will be airing a series of “Drive-In Double Features” of monster movies from the 1950s and 60s such as THEM!, THE VALLEY OF GWANGI, THE BLOB, TARANTULA, THE BEAST FROM 20000 FATHOMS, and THE THING. The lineup features fifteen movies never before aired on TCM, including four favorites from the Golden Age of Japanese movie monsters… GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS, RODAN, GHIDORAH THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER, and GODZILLA VS MONSTER ZERO. Also on the schedule are Toho’s THE H-MAN and the Japanese/American co-production THE MANSTER. All will be shown in their English language, US release versions.

Check the TCM website for the complete list of “Drive-In Double Features”.

TCM Japanese Monster Movie Schedule for June, 2011

Thursday, June 2
8:00 PM EST- GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS (1954/1956)
Nuclear tests awaken a prehistoric monster. Director: Ishiro Honda. Cast: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi, Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata.

9:45 PM EST- RODAN (1956/1957)
Miners uncover the nest of a giant pterodactyl. Director: Ishiro Honda. Cast: Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata.

11:15 PM EST- GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (1964/1965)
Mothra, Godzilla and Rodan join forces to take on a space monster. Director: Ishiro Honda. Cast: Yosuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi.

1:00 AM EST- GODZILLA VS MONSTER ZERO (1965/1970)
Aliens try to use Godzilla, King Ghidorah and Rodan to take over the Earth. Director: Ishiro Honda. Cast: Nick Adams, Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Akira Kubo.

Thursday, June 16
3:30 AM EST- THE MANSTER (1958/1962)
A mad scientist turns a reporter into a two-headed killer. Director: George P. Breakston. Cast: Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Satoshi Nakamura, Jerry Ito.

Thursday, June 30
9:30 PM EST- THE H-MAN (1958/1959)
Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime. Director: Ishiro Honda. Cast: Yumi Shirakawa, Kenji Sahara, Akihiko Hirata.

PREVIEW : GODZILLA: KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #3

Godzilla, Rodan, and Anguirus continue their devastation, and the worldwide media begins to chime in. As people around the globe suffer, celebrities band together to save the monsters from human counterattack, and the president is criticized for being "soft on monsters." Meanwhile... a mysterious giant egg washes ashore in France. And what's with those creepy little twin girls?

STORY BY Eric Powell, Tracy Marsh

ART BY Phil Hester

COVER BY Eric Powell, Jeff Zornow

PUBLISHER IDW

COVER PRICE: $3.99

RELEASE DATE Wed, May 25th, 2011

Godzilla Corps Pics By Jamie Snell

Godzilla as a Red Lantern.

Godzilla with a Sinestro Corps ring.

Godzilla Solicitations For August 2011

Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths #3 (of 5)
John Layman (w) • Alberto Ponticelli (a) •  Dan Brereton, Ponticelli, (c)
Detective Makoto Sato has been framed, disgraced and left on the run.  But beware a desperate man... with a friend like MOTHRA! Sato strikes back at the Takahashi crime empire and the criminal underworld is powerless to fight back against the winged kaiju. Yet before Sato can finish the job, he learns that no man can truly control a monster! 
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio 
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variants: 
Black &White Ponticelli cover

Bullet points:
•    This Eisner-winning  (Layman, for Chew)  and -nominated (Ponticelli, for Unknown Soldier) creative team lets loose with an action packed story that has something for everyone!
•    John Layman’s Chew has just been picked up by Showtime!

Godzilla: 100 Cover Charity Spectacular
Alex Ross, Eric Powell, Various (a) • Matt Frank (c)
This March, IDW unleashed an unprecedented promotion in the direct comics market. A chance for retailers to have their stores smashed by Godzilla! When count was done, there were 100 covers of this landmark issue. Now, it’s a chance to own all the covers, and for a good cause! IDW will be donating all proceeds from this one-of-a-kind one-shot to the International Medical Corps for tsunami relief in Japan.
FC • 100 pages • $7.99

Bullet points:
•    See all 100 covers from IDW’s unprecedented promotion!
•    All proceeds will be donated to the International Medical Corps for tsunami relief in Japan








Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #6
Eric Powell & Tracy Marsh (w) • Victor Dos Santos (a) • Eric Powell, Jeff Zornow (c)
Monsters continue their relentless rampage around the world, demolishing cities and shrugging off military resistance. When drastic defense measures backfire, humanity's struggle to survive takes an ugly turn. Can anything be done to stop the monster mayhem? And seriously—how many of these things can there possibly be?! Sorry, mankind... in Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #6, the hits keep coming.
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 4-to-1 ratio (4 Eric Powell, 1 Jeff Zornow cover)
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variants:
    Matt Frank “Kumonga” cover   

Bullet points:
•    Ask your retailer how to get a different character cover for each issue. In this issue: KUMONGA!
•    Powell & Marsh continue the devastation and new threats join the fray!