Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Famous Monsters of Filmland is an American genre-specific film magazine, started in 1958 by publisher James Warren and editor Forrest J Ackerman. Famous Monsters of Filmland directly inspired the creation of many other similar publications, including Castle of Frankenstein , Cinefantastique , Fangoria , The Monster Times , and Video Watchdog .
Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, created by publisher James Warren and editor Forrest J Ackerman, premiered in 1958 and was aimed at young readers who were then discovering the classic horror films of the 1930s and 1940s on television. The magazine's covers were usually eye-catching close-ups of horror movie characters.
Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades.Magazines published by Warren include After Hours, Creepy, Eerie, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Help!, and Vampirella.
Forrest James Ackerman [1] (November 24, 1916 – December 4, 2008) was an American magazine editor; science fiction writer, and literary agent; a founder of science fiction fandom; a leading expert on science fiction, horror, and fantasy films; [2] a prominent advocate of the Esperanto language; and one of the world's most avid collectors of genre books and film memorabilia. [3]
James Warren (born James Warren Taubman; [1] July 29, 1930) [2] is a magazine publisher and founder of Warren Publishing.Magazines published by Warren include Famous Monsters of Filmland, the horror-comics magazines Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella, the war anthology Blazing Combat, and the science-fiction anthology 1984 (later renamed 1994), among others.
Lilley began publishing Scarlet Street in 1990 before her association with a number of small-press film magazines like RetroVision, [2] Chiller Magazine, [3] Worldly Remains: A Pop Culture Review, [4] Cinefantastique, Scary Monsters, Femme Fatales, Little Shoppe of Horrors and the recent re-launch of Famous Monsters of Filmland. One of the ...
The album's title is an allusion to the horror/sci-fi magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland, from whom the Misfits borrow their classic logo font.The UK release also exclusively includes the song "1,000,000 Years BC", which was later re-released on Cuts from the Crypt in 2001.
Earlier, in 1978, Robert Skotak renewed interest in Patrick's career after publishing an article documenting her creature design work in the Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. [36] Her Gill-man work was also explored in a 2011 Tor.com article by Vincent Di Fate. [25]