From Zombos Closet

JM Cozzoli

A horror and movie fan with a blog. Scary.

The Monster Times Collector’s Issue 2
1974 International
Star Trek Convention

/ Pressbooks (Horror, Sci Fi, Fantasy) / Leave a Comment

Thousands of fans showed up for the 1974 International  Star Trek Convention at the American Hotel. By 1976, three Star Trek conventions ran in New York within a two-month period (fancyclopedia). I attended the Al Schuster convention at the New York Hilton, which attracted tens of thousands of fans (upwards of 50,000!). I waited on line for hours but did manage to get in, although thousands didn't. It was disorganized and not planned well at all. The convention was investigated by the New York Attorney General because many ticket holders couldn't get in. Most memorable moment for me: William Shatner getting a cream pie tossed his way by a kid who was goaded into doing it as a joke. Shatner handled it all like a pro and the audience ate it up. 

This is the blue cover, newsstand, edition of the Star Trek Lives collector's issue. The Monster Times also published a grey cover edition that was available only at the convention.

(Read The Monster Times Star Trek Lives Collectors' Issue 2)

Monster-times-star-trek_1

…

The Monster Times Collector’s Issue 2
1974 International
Star Trek ConventionRead More »

Mexican Lobby Card: Crimen En La Selva

/ Azteca/Mexican Lobby Cards / Leave a Comment

The Mexican lobby card for Hell's Headquarters (1932). Lots of color, violence, and, of course, the requisite semi-clothed female victim to spice things up. But only on the lobby card. I don't think the movie is as exciting.

mexican lobby card crimen en la selva

More Stuff in the Closet
¡Películas muy locos, ay caramba! The awesomely lurid art of Mexican B-movie lobby cards
Mexican Lobby Card: Misterios De La Magia Negra
Mexican Lobby Card: El Satanico Dr. Phibes
Mexican Lobby Card: El Triunfo De Los Campeones Justicieros

Terror Tales Vol.1, No. 4
August 1973

/ Magazine Morgue / Leave a Comment

With Eerie Publications not one to waste artwork dollars, the cover for volume 5, issue 4, of Terror Tales combines covers from Tales from the Tomb, August and October issues from 1970. So if you think it's a bit incoherent you're thinking right. In this issue, splendidly murky and swirling panels from Reynoso makes Ghoulish Feast a moody read. Pool of Horror, which leads off this issue, is also good, albeit with word balloons like "There's something evil in the air, I can feel it!" it is a tad contrived. The Swamp Devils hunger for revenge as the Harrabys can't escape their doom, and creatures that look like human moles in Doom Creatures are oblivious to fire and bullets, but not barium! (Say, wasn't barium salts the poison used on Frank Bigelow in the 1950 noir classic, D.O.A?)

Terror-tales

…

Terror Tales Vol.1, No. 4
August 1973Read More »

The Monster Times Issue 11
June 14, 1972

/ Magazine Morgue / Leave a Comment

Issue 11 of The Monster Times, dated June 14, 1972, monkeys around with Planet of the Apes, Marvel's Conan the Barbarian gets a spear tossed his way, and Fritz the Cat struts his stuff. By now, you get the feeling TMT is more at home with comic book related material than movies. Unless the movie is animated, that is. Phil Seuling gets a nod for doing the voice of a rookie cop in the Fritz the Cat animated feature. I knew Phil, often visiting him and his wife's comic book shop in Brooklyn, and attending his comic conventions in New York City. I was at the convention when he was handcuffed and arrested for peddling underground comics to a minor. It was a set up, so the charges didn't stick. When he started seeing a younger girl, a student in one of his English classes, his marriage didn't stick, either. I miss his comic book shop. I met a lot of notables there, even getting some autographs for my Warren magazines. In this issue you sense his English teacher influence starting to affect the "creative writing" styled articles. Already the bi-weekly publishing schedule appears to be wearing thin. But the coverage on the Blood series from Hemisphere helps, for now. Or was it Hemisphere? (Read The Monster Times issue 11)

Monster-times-11_cv

More stuff in the Closet
The Monster Times Issue 9
The Monster Times Issue 2
The Monster Times Issue 3
The Monster Times Issue 4
The Monster Times Issue 5

…

The Monster Times Issue 11
June 14, 1972Read More »