This Mexican lobby card for El Pantano Siniestro (Shark River, 1953) is a treat. The action-packed illustration frames a dynamic inset scene from the movie, and the use of green and black inks on the off-white (although there is some tanning from age) heightens the visual appeal.
An underwhelming writing exercise for The Valley of Gwangi (a storyline for the movie, not a review or analysis), but an informative article on Vampires in the Comics, takes over issue 15 of The Monster Times. By now it's obvious that TMT is stronger when discussing comic books than classic movies. While comic book articles receive more devoted attention, genre movies were given the usual let's write out the movie's story for you to read brush-offs. While I didn't much notice this when I originally read TMT, now–and of course given the Internet's glut of information, and the easy availability of movies today–it's irksome to read. Yes, it was a different take on covering the movies, but not anywhere near fun to read as the other, more lively, articles in TMT. Alfred Hitchcock is also interviewed, and Gary Brown gives love to HLP. The Roots of Evil: The Carrot That Conquered the World by Jim Winoroski, and Joe Kane's article on Blacula, shows how much more TMT could do with writing about genre movies when given a mind to.
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A beautiful Mexican lobby card for Hopalong Cassidy. Not sure if this one is for a movie or the television series.
Seller frankenkid offers this artful Horror House Paint and Pencil playset (Hasbro) from 1963. And only for $1,999.99 starting bid; you should get right on it. I dare you to bring it to one of those coloring book parties adults are doing these days. (I also added a photo from crabmonk's Cool Vintage Monster Toys collection on eBay)
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According to the Weird Indexes of Eerie Publications by Mike Howlett, this volume 5, issue 5 of Horror Tales is the second volume 5, issue 5 to hit the newsstands in 1973. The first one is dated June 1973, and appears to be actually isssue 3, but was given the right volume but wrong issue number. As you get later into the issues, more and more stories from earlier issues reappear. Some wonderful artwork in this issue.
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Cousinherb is parting with his vintage Satan (or devil, take your pick) Piggy Bank. Beautiful colors and grin.
Here's the striking Mexican lobby card for Badman's Territory (1946) with Randolph Scott.
Seller bchick1022 (and others) are flaunting this Shogun Warriors Godzilla (Mattel) from 1977.
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From seller kingtoys comes this Munsters Coloring Book by Whitman. Love the cover. And for 29 cents you get 128 pages to color. I hear there are coloring books designed for grown-ups now, filled with more complex and artistic line art to color. I heard they were the biggest sellers, book-wise, in France. Sure, any excuse to be a kid again. Oui?
I'd buy this for the box alone! Look at that eye-popping illustration! I can already hear today's parents moaning and bitching about it in the aisles of TRU, in spite of it saying it's "an exciting hobby for the whole family." I don't get it, though. I know you're growing plants, but how the "face" part comes in, I'm not clear on. Looks like the box is missing the "decorator kit."
From seller yellowildflowers on eBay: Ooze-It; a weird (and messy) toy from 1981. Didn't know about this one until now. What happened to all those messy, drippy, oily, pliable, and crushable toys we grew up with? Buy it now price is $999.99. A lot of oozing right there.
The Mexican lobby card for El Gran Gorila (Mighty Joe Young).