A MOVIELAND CLASSICS, LLC MAGAZINE
OPENING WOUNDS
MONSTERS #257
FAMOUS SEP/OCT 2011
If Monster Kids were actual children, Forry would have spent the better part of his life in family court settling paternity suits. Of course, this has nothing to do with Forry being of questionable character, but rather because the sense of wonderment that he was able to bring to the pages of FAMOUS MONSTERS was so infectious that it spread like the zombie apocalypse across entire generations of young fans. So powerful was this Forry-ce of Nature that some of these Monster Kids took up the Mantle of Monsterdom and chose to—often much to the chagrin of their parents—make monsters their lives and their careers. In this issue, our one-year celebration of the rebirth of FAMOUS MONSTERS, we’ve chosen
Diamond retail cover by RICHARD CORBEN!
Newsstand cover by PAUL GARNER!
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FORREST J ACKERMAN Honorary Editor-In-Chief
MONSTERS #257
FAMOUS SEP/OCT 2011
PHILIP KIM (KONG) Publisher
DOMINIE LEE
Associate Publisher/Art Director ED BLAIR
Executive Editor NICK EKUM
Associate Editor/ Media
JENNA BURNETT Design
HOLLY INTERLANDI Copy Editor
SEAN FERNALD Film and Music
Collector’s Edition
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Collector’s Edition cover by RICK BAKER
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Eric Ashton, Steve “Uncle Creepy” Barton, Dennis Billows, Kevin Burns, Brock DeShane, Ian Freer, Madeleine Koestner, Jessie Lilley, Mark L. Miller, Terry Pace, Richard Schellbach, Staci Layne Wilson, Matt Winston
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ACK-NOWLEDGMENTS: JJ Abrams, Rick Baker, Kevin Burns, John
Carpenter, Richard Corben, Glenn Danzig, Kevin Eastman, Michael C. Gross, Rodrigo Gudiño, Ray Harryhausen, Hal Hefner, Gale Anne Hurd, John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Timpone
FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTERS cover art by Rick Baker
MONSTER KIDS
cover art by Paul Garner HEAVY METAL
cover art by Richard Corben Fangmail art
by George Chastain aka E-gor Special thanks to
Kevin Burns and Joe Moe Legal Counsel: Valerie Ann Nemeth
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FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND NUMBER 257, SEP/OCT 2011. FIRST PRINTING. Published by Movieland Classics, LLC.
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Forrest J Ackerman Inspiration
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to not just celebrate the accomplishments of some of the Monster Kids, but tell their stories. Uncover the path that leads a young boy from pouring fake vomit on moviegoers all the way to becoming the greatest storyteller of his generation. Find out how a young man went from accidentally creating poisonous gas in his bedroom while trying to make monsters to winning seven Academy Awards. Discover how a sick child, who’d never even seen a monster, had a chance encounter with an Aurora model that set him on a path to becoming one of Hollywood’s most prolific TV producers. This summer saw the release of SUPER 8, the JJ Abrams-directed and Steven Spielberg- produced film that is nothing less than a love letter to the Monster Kid generation. The film chronicles a group of small town, Midwestern kids whose plans to make their ultimate zombie film are interrupted when they accidentally come face-to-face with a real life monster. Inside we’ll talk to the two filmmakers about growing up Monster Kids. We’ll also take a trip back to 1981 and revisit the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking animated film, HEAVY METAL, and why its influence is still strong decades after its release. The year also represented a landmark in the lives of two effects artists who were at opposite ends of their careers. Matt Winston writes about how his father, Stan Winston, cemented himself as a true presence in Hollywood with his first Oscar nomination, while Brock DeShane talks with Ray Harryhausen about his final 1981 masterpiece, CLASH OF THE TITANS. Remember, while reading the stories of these mere mortals who became gods, we all came from the same places. We were all just youngsters staring in amazement at the images flashing before us on screens of all sizes, playing with models and action figures while acting out intricately created tales, or daydreaming in class of what would happen if Frankenstein came bursting through the door and stuck the teacher in the garbage can (come on, I can’t be the only one). No matter who we are or where we ended up, we all started in the same place—inside our own imaginations, creating worlds and creatures of our very own. And it is to this idea that we owe so much to the life’s work of Forrest J Ackerman, a man whose passion inspired the imaginations of boys and girls who would go on to change not just films or books or Television, but the world itself.
Ed Blair Executive Editor
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FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND • #257 • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011
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